Press Releases

Great Brewers Cycling!
Date: August 27, 2010
Great Brewers Cycling Team – promoting Great Bewers and great beer!You may recall a story from July 5 of this year about a Great Brewers Cycling Team member, Jeff Harrison, who saved the lives of a drowning woman and her daughter who had fallen into the Trinit...[more]

Saint Arnold Divine Reserve 10
Date: August 20, 2010
August 19, 2010Now brewing at Saint Arnold: Divine Reserve No. 10
Chris Landis, a 10-year homebrewer with the Kuykendahl Gran Brewers, is at Saint Arnold today doing something Beer, TX readers will be very interested in.
He’s helping...[more]

Sierra Nevada earns organic certification with Estate Homegrown Ale
Date: August 19, 2010
(Chico, CA) – Sierra Nevada Brewing achieves its first organic certification.[Ed. note: Much of the information below comes courtesy of the recent interview with Brewmaster, Steve Dresler, on The Brewing Network...[more]

Texas Package Store Convention
Date: August 11, 2010
Texas Package Store Convention and Trade ShowSave these dates!
Sunday August 22 – Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Let us come together to learn and share ideas.
Every year hundreds of package store owners, managers, employe...[more]

North American Brewers Buys Magic Hat/Pyramid
Date: August 11, 2010
It’s been the buzz for weeks, and now it’s official. North American Breweries just announced the purchase of Independent Brewers United which owns Magic Hat, Pyramid and MacTarnahan’s beer. The purchase includes three breweries and five Alehouses and a retai...[more]

Deschutes & Ben E. Keith Expand Distribution in Texas
Date: July 22, 2010
Deschutes expands Texas presence; Aggieland to gainBend, Ore., brewer Deschutes announced today that it is expanding its Texas presence through a new partnership with Ben E. Keith Beverages, which has extensive import and craft beer distribution in the...[more]

Great Brewers has teamed up with Texas On Tap
Date: June 28, 2010
Texas On Tap was created to help educate and expose Texans to the vast range of high quality craft beer available to the consumer. Being an avid beer lover and always searching for a great glass to share with friends, founder Rob...[more]

Capitol Investment
Date: August 9, 2010
Ben E. Keith building $10M warehouseBen E. Keith Co. wants to brew bigger business in Central Texas with a new 41,000-square-foot warehouse and plans to double in size in Austin, thanks to growing demand for specialty craft and imported beers.
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The Ruben Martinez Family Benefit Fundraiser to be held at Billy Bob's Texas, Ft. Worth Stockyards
Date: July 15, 2010
Texas Music artists and local and national companies have joined together to produce a benefit for a Ben E. Keith Beverage delivery driver and his family.In June, Ruben Martinez was shot in the neck as he and his partner delivered beer to a local North Fort Worth co...[more]

Rascal Flatts @ Pizza Hut Park in Frisco
Date: July 24, 2010
Rascal Flatts – featuring John Rich, Kellie Pickler and Chris YoungBegin: Saturday, July 24, 2010 7:30 PM
Pizza Hut Park, Frisco
Woo-Hoo!

Daily Brew News
Date: June 29, 2010
The National Beer Wholesalers Association has produced a short film featuring the Ben E. Keith team, “Mr. Beer Guy: A Day in the Life of a Beer Distributor”. Click now and watch it here!Just 75 years ago, beer was ...[more]

Great Brewers Team Cyclist rescues drowning woman, girl
Date: July 7, 2010
A man drowned Monday afternoon after leaping into the Trinity River to try and rescue a child.The man and his wife both went in after the seven-year-old girl – one of two the couple were trying to adopt – fell into the river on the shore of Trinity Park....[more]

Randy Roger Stockyard Stampede - Ft. Worth Stockyards
Date: June 29, 2010
Date: Saturday July 3rd, 2010Location: Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas
North Forty Concert Venue (Outdoors) adjacent to Billy Bob’s Texas
Tickets:
$30 – advance
$40 – at the gate

Ruben Martinez Family Fund
Date: July 7, 2010
At the Fort Worth Cats game this Thursday, July 8, the first pitch will be thrown by our very own, John Pritchett! Then, sometime during the game, the hat will be passed through the stands to collect donations for the Ruben Martinez Family Fund. In addition to the hat being pa...[more]
Bud Light to Sponsor Cross Canadian Ragweed
Date: February 23, 2007
Download PDF (billboardCCR.pdf)

New Organic Beer: Green Valley Brewing Company
Date: November 27, 2006
With growing demand for organic foods and beverages on the rise, Anheuser-Busch has created two organic beers certified by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Wild Hop Lager and Stone Mill Pale Ale. Launched nationally Sept. 18, Wild Hop Lager and Stone Mill P...[more]Download Word Doc (Final_National_Release_with_logos_-_FOR_MEDIA_-_Sept_14.doc)
BEK Captures Top Spot
Date: July 18, 2006
100 seems to be our number this year. Not only did we celebrate our 100th year in business, but Ben E. Keith Company was recognized as the top private business in Tarrant County. To read the full length article from the Fort Worth Business Press, click the link below.Download PDF (top_100BEK.pdf)
