RadCraft Presents Near Beer, A Celebration of Place, at Harding House Brewing During The 2023 Craft Brewers Conference

NASHVILLE, TN— The Farm to Table movement is alive and well in the beverage industry as breweries with hyper-local ethos are popping up around the country. This event is a celebration of some of those breweries who are inspired by place. 

Come taste those places at Near Beer at Harding House Brewing Company in The Nations neighborhood of West Nashville during the Craft Brewers Conference on Tuesday, May 9 from 5 to 10pm. The breweries pouring include Scratch Brewing Company from Ava, Illinois, Fonta Flora Brewing from Nebo, North Carolina, Fullsteam Brewery from Durham, North Carolina, and Free Range Brewing from Charlotte, North Carolina. Most of the breweries participating are Craft Malt Certified™, some of them grow their own ingredients, and all of them engage with nearby farms to source their recipes. 

“Our unofficial industry tagline is buy local, but craft breweries don’t always do that themselves,” says the Co-Founder of Harding House Nate Underwood, who spearheaded Near Beer. “We wanted to celebrate and hang out with those breweries who walk the walk. Purchasing local agricultural ingredients isn’t always easy or inexpensive, so we’ve got to stick together. Using local malt, hops, and ingredients is what makes craft beer fun, flavorful, and diverse.” 

Near Beer is open to the public, and CBC ticket holders will receive beer discounts. 

Media interested in credentials to this event can contact Emily Hutto at hutto@radcraftbeer.com. 

ABOUT HARDING HOUSE BREWING CO. 

Homebrewer-turned-brewmaster Nate Underwood brought his passion for local agriculture into his brewing style at Harding House Brewing Co. This brewery is named after the nickname given to a house he lived in on Harding Place here in Nashville, the place where the inspiration for the brewery originated. Co-owned by Matt Fung-A-Fat, Tyler Pate and Cameron Jones, Harding House strives to better the community in which it exists. This includes providing quality jobs and creating new agricultural economies. Harding House is committed to using the brewery as a place for the people of Nashville to gather and grow together. Learn more at hardinghousebrew.com. 

ABOUT RADCRAFT 

Founded in 2012 by Emily Hutto, RadCraft provides communications support for the beverage industry. From breweries and distilleries to maltsters and their affiliates, RadCraft’s partners are makers of thoughtful products and cultivators of radical ideas. Beers and spirits should tell stories about brands, and RadCraft loves a good story. Learn more at radcraftbeer.com.

Connect with Ska Fabricating During the 2022 Craft Brewers Conference

MINNEAPOLIS, MN— You’re invited to mingle with Ska Fabricating at the 2022 Craft Brewers Conference® (CBC) and BrewExpo America, where you can connect with the team and meet some of their most popular products The Microbus, the Can-I-Bus, and the Nimbus— three machines proven to help craft breweries automate and grow. Also on display will be some exciting additions to the conveyance worlds: the Z-Grip Lowerator, the S-Grip Lowerator, and the customizable operator platform.

It’s all going down at booth 2219. 

WHAT 

Ska Fabricating has provided more than 1,000 businesses with depalletizers and other specialized packaging line equipment in all 50 states, 7 provinces, and 23 countries. Created by craft brewers for craft brewers, Ska Fab's machinery is engineered to make life on a brewery's production line easier - increasing output, maximizing efficiency, and saving time and money.

WHEN & WHERE

BrewExpo America

May 2-5, 2022

Minneapolis Convention Center

1301 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404

Booth 2219 

CanSource presents Craft After Dark 

May 3, 2022

Doors open at 7pm

First Avenue 

701 N 1st Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403

Ska Fab’s after hours event CanSource presents Craft After Dark on May 3, 2022 at the iconic First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis is an official nightly sponsored CBC event through the Brewers Association and is FREE to convention-goers with proof of convention pass! A portion of the proceeds for this evening of live music and charitable drinking will go to the Dodge Nature Center. 

Doors open at 7pm. 

This is a PRIVATE, 21+ event.

Beverages are sponsored by Ska Brewing and Peach Street Distillers. Cash bar.

Event Sponsors include: CanSource, Ska Fabricating, DMM Packaging, WM Wunderlich-Malec, A&E Conveyor Systems, Festo, Chart Inc., FIltec, Crafted ERP, RadCraft, CraftSeams, Antego Zeon and Markem-Imaje.  

Contact Emily Hutto at hutto@radcraftbeer.com if you would like to connect with Ska Fab during CBC, or in general, for interviews or other media requests. Press assets are available here.

ABOUT SKA FABRICATING

Ska Fabricating automates packaging lines for craft businesses, specializing in depalletizers, palletizers, conveyance systems, rinsing, drying, filling and date coding products. With more than 2000 customers worldwide in more than 30 countries, Ska Fab has the products and experience to help you increase your production while saving expenses. Learn more at skafabricating.com. 

Canceled: New Orleans Funk Band Galactic to headline Craft After Dark at the Craft Brewers Conference in San Antonio on April 21

UPDATE on March 16, 2020: This event is canceled as a COVID-19 precaution.

SAN ANTONIO, TX— Hosted by Ska Fabricating, Ska Brewing, Wild Goose Filling, and presenting sponsor American Canning, Craft After Dark is an exclusive evening of live music, drinking and dancing for charity. This premiere event anchors the 2020 Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America (CBC) in San Antonio Texas on Tuesday, April 21 at local venue The Rock Box.

Hailing from New Orleans, longstanding funk and jazz band Galactic will bring down the house with support from San Antonio’s impressive pool of local talent.

Entry is free on a first-come, first-served basis to anyone with a Craft Brewers Conference badge or a sponsor-provided wrist band. Proceeds from this event will be donated to Plastic Oceans, a nonprofit organization raising awareness about plastic pollution to inspire a global movement to re-think our use of plastic.

Craft After Dark continues in the place of We Can Jam, a charity concert first hosted by Wild Goose–Meheen and Everybody’s Brewing in 2015. The events held in 2015 and 2016 raised a combined $25,000 for Athletes for Cancer and Cathedral Kitchen. Since then, the event has continued raising tens of thousands of dollars for local charities while promoting the best of craft beverage producers in the cities that have hosted CBC.

In addition to Ska Brewing, Ska Fabricating and Wild Goose, sponsors of Craft After Dark include presenting sponsor American Canning, as well as Chart Inc, Filtec, Modular Conveyor, RadCraft, Markem-Imaje, Siemens, Pack Leader USA, Festo and Five Star Chemicals, and CMC Kuhnke. Beer and beverages sponsored by Blue Owl Brewing, Hops & Grain, Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company, Ska Brewing and Oh Hi Beverages.

For more information about Craft After Dark, contact Emily Hutto at coop@radcraftbeer.com.

ABOUT SKA FABRICATING

Founded by Ska Brewing Co-Owner Matt Vincent, Ska Fabricating automates packaging lines for craft businesses, specializing in depalletizers, palletizers, conveyance systems, rinsing, drying, fill detection and date coding products. With more than 800 customers worldwide, Ska Fab has the products and experience to help you increase your production while saving expense. Learn more at skafabricating.com.

ABOUT SKA BREWING

Based in Durango, Colorado, Ska Brewing was founded in 1995 and produces more than a dozen award-winning beers fueled with Ska music, and lots of it. Pioneers in the canned craft beer movement, Ska Brewing is known for an array of styles in 12 oz cans that include Mexican Logger, Modus Hoperandi, and Rue B. Soho. For information (a lot of it), more music, and a good time, visit skabrewing.com.

ABOUT WILD GOOSE CANNING

With decades of experience in brewing, canning, and bottling craft beverages, Wild Goose Filling Systems provides filling systems for beer, cider, kombucha, cannabis, wine, and other ready-to-drink beverages. Having pioneered the first craft canning and bottling systems on the market, Wild Goose systems have patented technology that maintains the highest quality levels for packaged beverages. Their expertise in engineering and focus on craft beverages sets them apart from other systems on the market. With unmatched efficiency, operational control and excellence in customer service, Wild Goose provides canning and bottling systems to thousands of customers around the globe. To find out more, visit wgcanning.com.

Ska Fabricating Brings Sexy Cans Back; Lucky Winner of Photo Contest Will Head to 2020 Craft Brewers Conference

DURANGO, CO—  Ska Fabricating is bringing its #SexyCans campaign back for the second time in 2019. This photo contest celebrates the thriving online craft beverage community and the rise of canned beverage artistry around the world. Ska Fab will reward one lucky participant with an all-expense-paid trip to the 2020 Craft Brewers Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Cans are quickly gaining popularity as infinitely recyclable vessels with a 360° canvas so everyone has a favorite can or two, either because of what's in it or what's on it. The #SexyCans contest is every drinker’s opportunity to turn a picture of that can into an awesome prize! Starting December 1, 2019, submit your favorite craft can photos to this contest by posting them to Instagram, Facebook or Twitter with the hashtag #sexycans and tagging @skafabricating. Post as many entries as you like - the more, the merrier! Every participant will receive a package of winter Ska Fab schwag.

All entries are due by Sunday, March 1 with the winner announced Monday, March 2. All entrants must be at least 21 years old. The winner of this #sexycans photo contest will receive a trip for one to the 2020 Craft Brewers Conference, taking place in San Antonio, Texas from April 19 through 22. This prize includes flights, hotel accommodations, and a full conference badge. 

Badge holders at the 2020 Craft Brewers Conference are invited to join Ska Fabricating and friends at Craft After Dark on Tuesday, April 21 at The Rock Box. Galactic will headline this event with support from San Antonio’s rockin’ local talent. The nonprofit recipient will be announced in the coming months. 

For more information about #sexycans or Ska Fabricating, contact Emily Hutto at hutto@radcraftbeer.com. 

ABOUT SKA FABRICATING

Founded by Ska Brewing Co-Owner Matt Vincent, Ska Fabricating automates packaging lines for craft businesses, specializing in depalletizers, palletizers, conveyance systems, rinsing, drying, fill detection and date coding products. With more than 800 customers worldwide, Ska Fab has the products and experience to help you increase your production while saving expense. Learn more at skafabricating.com.

Meet RadCraft at the 2019 Craft Brewers Conference

Don’t forget your brewery stickers for our life-size cooler door at the expo!

RadCraft is joining fellow beer marketing colleagues at the Craft Brewers Conference in Denver, April 8-11. Find us at the Promote The Brew Marketing Resources Lounge  (on the ground floor of the Convention Center next to the Blue Bear). Between the five of us, we're a one-stop hub for all of your craft brewery marketing needs.

Bad Rhino

West Chester, PA
Marty McDonald, Rich DeMatteo, Ashley Owens and Eric Wilkes • Social Media Strategy

Crafting a Brand

Rochester, NY
Glenn Clark • Brand strategy and creative packaging, design and communications

Outshinery

Vancouver, BC
Laurie Millotte from Outshinery • Photography and bottle images

Promote The Brew

Delafield, WI
Scott & Steve Schmidt • Promotional marketing and the Market The Brewpodcast

RadCraft

Colorado
Emily Hutto, Aaron Sprengeler, Chea Franz, and Erin Hamrick • Marketing Communications and Media Relations

Join The Co-Op

RadCraft will launch its application period for 2019-2020 co-op memberships at the Craft Brewers Conference this year!

Freshcraft Unveils Elevated Food and Beer Events During CBC Week

DENVER, CO— On April 8-11, 13,000 brewing industry professionals will converge for a week of mingling and education in Denver during the 2019 Craft Brewers Conference (CBC). This moving conference hosted by the Brewers Association provides independent brewers with the opportunity to connect and share ideas facing the brewing community. To celebrate this exciting week, Freshcraft, recently named Best Beer Bar in Colorado by Craftbeer.com readers, will host a series of tap takeovers and food pairings that will make any craft beer lover swoon.

“With so many beer industry professionals in town we wanted to step up our standard tap takeovers and pairings and do something special,” said Jason Forgy,  owner of Freshcraft. “Events range from tap takeovers featuring breweries that have never been on tap in Colorado to informative and interactive events with some of the most highly-regarded brewers in the world.”

Freshcraft’s CBC week-long lineup:

Monday, April 8: Commonwealth Brewing CBC Kick-Off Party
4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Commonwealth Brewing out of Vigina Beach, VA will be taking over the taps with their full-flavored, artisan ales including:

• Halo DIPA

• Iconoclast DIPA

• Oscuro Oro Aztec Style Imperial Stout

• Aureole Pils

Tuesday, April 9: Louisiana’s Finest on Tap
4:30 p.m. - Close
In conjunction with the Louisiana Brewers Guild, for one night only, four of Louisiana’s finest breweries show off a little southern hospitality. New Orleans-style eats and the following beers will be on tap including the inaugural winner of the Juicy or Hazy Pale category from the 2018 Great American Beer Festival®:

• Gnarly Barley Brewing- Jucifer IPA

• Parleaux Beer Lab- Lab Czeck Pilsner and Inspector Boots Tart Saison

• Tin Roof Brewing Co.- Voodoo Pale Ale (2018 GABF® gold medal winner in the Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale category)

• Urban South Brewery- Holy Roller IPA, Lime Cucumber Gose and Snowball Juice IPA

Wednesday, April 10: Food and Beer Pairing with Rudi Ghequire of Rodenbach Brewery
12 p.m. $25 per person
Join us for an extraordinary pairing with esteemed brewmaster, Rudi Ghequire of Rodenbach. $25 gets you a pour of Rodenbach beer, a lunch pairing and a seat at Rudi’s table (this event is open to all but $25 gets a you a seat at Rudi’s table which is limited to 20 people).Tickets can be purchased here.

Be[er] Here Now
4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Some of Colorado’s most notorious breweries will be tapping their favorite sessionable beers alongside their rare or heavy-hitting beers. Enjoy tappings from the following:

• 4 Noses Brewing Company- Zwicky P Zwickel Pilsner and Inherited Oak Series #2 Oak Aged Golden Sour with Blueberry and Maple

• Cerebral Brewing- International Waters Foeder Fermented Unfiltered Pilsner and Under The Stars S’Mores-inspired Imperial Milk Stout (collaboration with Mikerphone Brewing)

• Outer Range Brewing Company- Canvas Dry-Hopped Saison and Spatial Awareness Imperial/Double IPA with Sapphire and Wakatu

• WeldWerks Brewing Co.- Hefeweizen and Triple Dry-Hopped Juicy Bits

El Dorado Tap Takeover
7 - 9 p.m.
Join us as we celebrate the glory of El Dorado hops. We’ll be featuring beers that highlight this hop variety including offerings from Commonwealth Brewing Company, TRVE Brewing, Comrade Brewing Company, Epic Brewing Company, Great Divide Brewing Co. and Stone Brewing. Meet the growers from Washington’s CLS Farms, rub some hops and get some cool swag!

Thursday, April 11: Ice Cream Social
4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Four different ice cream flavors using your favorite beers from Station 26 Brewing Company and Surly Brewing and made right in front of your eyes with liquid nitrogen by Eskimo Bros. Nitro Ice Cream. Beer ice cream? Enough said.

• Station 26 Brewing Company: Juicy Banger, 303 Lager, Tangerine Cream and a specialty beer (TBD)

• Surly Brewing: Axeman, Rosé, Space Race Hazy IPA and Coffee Bender

Agave and Beer Pairings
7:00 p.m. - Close
Freshcraft is going out with a bang! Join them for tappings from Boulevard, Ommegang, and Telluride Brewing paired with amazing agave spirits including Derrumbes San Luis Potosi and Fidencio Clasico from the Classic Distributing portfolio.

Saturday, April 20: Secret Stash Tapping
1 p.m. - Close
Freshcraft will be releasing their amazing stash of cellared beers from the conference and tapping this exclusive collection for locals to enjoy.

“We’re just going to soak up the amazing energy from CBC and have a great time,” said Forgy.

All draft lists are subject to change. For more information about Freshcraft, contact Chea Franz at chea@radcraftbeer.com.

ABOUT FRESHCRAFT

Quickly after Freshcraft’s 2010 opening in Denver’s LoDo neighborhood, the craft beer bar and scratch kitchen established itself as one of the Mile High City’s best craft beer bars. A destination spot for craft lovers, Freshcraft sports twenty five taps and more than 125 selections of bottles and cans from some of the most noteworthy brewing companies in Colorado and beyond. In 2019, Freshcraft was named Best Beer Bar in Colorado by CraftBeer.com readers. Find Freshcraft online at freshcraft.com.

RadCraft Partners Bring Home Six 2018 World Beer Cup Awards; Malt Barley For Winning Beers

NASHVILLE, TN— RadCraft partner breweries were awarded six medals at the 2018 World Beer Cup®, including two gold medals for German-Style Pilsner and Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin.

Here are the winners in order of announcement at the 2108 World Beer Cup Awards Ceremony at Nashville’s Music City Center.

Category 1: Telluride Brewing received a silver award for its Whacked Out Wheat in the American-Style Wheat Beer category. It was among 53 entries. Whacked Out Wheat also won silver at the 2016 World Beer Cup.

Category 39: Rockyard Brewing was honored to take home the gold medal in the German-Style Pilsener category. Primadonna Pilsner was one of 176 entries into this category. Read the full press release about this win here.

Category 60: Karl Strauss Brewing Company’s Farmhouse was awarded a silver medal in the French & Belgian-Style Saison category, among 87 entries. This small-batch beer was produced at the company’s 4S Ranch satellite brewery in San Diego by Head Brewer Sean Albrecht. There is a full press release about this win and Karl’s recent win at the LA International Beer Competition here.

Category 65: Funkwerks is proud to return home with the gold medal for the Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale category. Oud Bruin, a traditional Flemish-style sour, was produced once a year from a blend of beers aged for a range of up to two years in a variety of oak barrels. Funkwerks was one of 41 entries into this category. Read the full press release about this win here.

Category 97: Bootstrap Brewing’s Wreak Havoc was awarded bronze in the Imperial Red Ale category. This beer was also awarded a bronze in the same category at the 2016 World Beer Cup. Imperial Red Ale had 44 entries this year.

Category 81: Brink Brewing Co. was awarded a bronze medal for Moozie in the Sweet Stout or Cream Stout category that had 73 entries. "Competitions are great ways for small brewers like us to get our name out there," says Brink Brewing head brewer Kelly Montgomery. "After winning a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival® in 2017, winning a bronze at WBC really validates that it wasn't just a fluke. We're so proud to bring this medal home to the College Hill neighborhood."

Also in this years winner’s circle was Intrepid Sojourner Beer Project’s Hickory Peach Wee Heavy that was brewed with Palisade peaches and Odyssey Pilsner malt from Root Shoot Malting in Loveland, Colorado. It won a silver medal in Category Category 19: Experimental Beer that had 130 entries. “Our beers provide a global experience, but we continue to strive to localize our ingredients,” says Intrepid’s Head of Brewery Operations Andrew Moore. “We're thrilled that we have such a quality malt product so close by.”

The 2018 World Beer Cup was the largest yet, with 8,234 entries from 2515 breweries hailing from 66 countries in 101 categories judged by 295 judges from 33 countries— 72 percent of whom were from outside the United States, according to the Brewers Association. Learn more about the World Beer Cup and all of the 2018 winners at worldbeercup.org.

If you would like to speak with any of the above 2018 World Beer Cup winners, contact Emily Hutto at coop@radcraftbeer.com.

Rockyard Brewing Primadonna Pilsner Wins Gold Medal at 2018 World Beer Cup

Rockyard Brewing was honored to take home the gold medal in the German-Style Pilsner category from the 2018 World Beer Cup®. Primadonna Pilsner was one of 176 entries into this category. 

Clean, crisp, dry, old school. The Primadonna Pilsner is brewed with German-malted Pilsner and German-grown hops. A win in this traditional German-style category is “great validation” says Rockyard manager of brewery operations Zac Rissmiller. “We’ve won two gold medals in the last two years at GABF®, a Silver at the 2016 WBC®, and now a Gold this World Beer Cup. To say, it’s emotional would be an absolute understatement.” 

There is more on Rockyard's win in this Elevated Coverage podcast from KOA News Radio.

This is Rockyard Brewing’s fourth World Beer Cup award and first gold medal in the competition. The 2018 World Beer Cup was the largest yet, with 295 judges from 33 countries— 72 percent of whom were from outside the United States, according to the Brewers Association. Learn more about the World Beer Cup and all of the 2018 winners at worldbeercup.org. 

Primadonna Pilsner is a is a brand new beer from Rockyard that recently joined its canned lineup. It is available in 6-packs in select craft-savvy locations across Colorado.

For more information about Rockyard Brewing, contact Emily Hutto at coop@radcraftbeer.com. 

ABOUT ROCKYARD AMERICAN GRILL & BREWING CO.

Rockyard is the longest running brewpub in Douglas County, founded in 1999 by four Colorado-born siblings. Rockyard’s beers have won medals at many prestigious beer competitions including the Great American Beer Festival®, World Beer Cup® and the Colorado State Fair. Rockyard’s beer can be found in many retail locations and a handful of craft-centric bars and restaurants throughout the state of Colorado. Find the brewery online at www.rockyard.com. 

Bring Your Brewery Sticker To CBC 2018; Enter To Win Promote The Brew Marketing Resource Lounge Sweepstakes

photo by Colin Bridge

Don’t miss The Promote The Brew Marketing Resource Lounge at this year’s Craft Brewers Conference! Located on the first floor lobby (Lounge 1A) across from the breakout session rooms, this lounge is your one-stop hub for all of your craft brewery marketing needs.

The Promote The Brew Marketing Resource Lounge brings together industry leading resources such as Isaac Arthur and Cody Fague from CODO Design with Hands-on Branding, Emily Huto from RadCraft on Marketing Communications, Amy Oeding from Oeding Consulting to discuss retail merchandising profitably and Scott & Steve Schmidt from Promote The Brew with Promotional Marketing and The Market The Brew Podcast all in one location.

THE BUSINESSES

It's an honor to work with this world bunch of craft marketing colleagues. Click on each logo to learn more. 

THE SWEEPSTAKES

The Promote The Brew Marketing Resource Lounge is excited to raffle off a full suite of our partners’ products and services during this year’s conference. Bring your brewery sticker to stick to our life-sized cooler door for your chance to win this exceptional suite, valued at $3,635.00.

Find us at 2018 Craft Brewers Conference at the Music City Center on the first floor (street level) lobby (Lounge 1A) across from the breakout session rooms. The closest intersection is Korean Veteran's Boulevard and 5th Avenue S.

Stop in with your sticker for a chance to win, and to find out how we can help improve your business.

SEE Y'ALL IN MUSIC CITY!