By: Paula Polei Summertime means awesome craft beer festivals. Regardless of where you live, chances are, there are some remarkable craft beer festivals taking place near you this summer. If you are near one of these craft beer festivals, you should check them out to sample some of the finest craft beers in America. Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival...

June 2017 Newsletter WELCOME Thanks to all the craft brewers who stopped by the Ardagh Group booth to visit BOB during the 2017 Craft Brewers Conference. We enjoyed seeing everyone and appreciated your feedback on the next bottle design available from BOB. Stay tuned for updates as we plan to launch our new 375ml bottle in the future. Since returning...

By: Paula Polei BOB is excited to welcome a 12oz flint (clear) bottle to his portfolio of craft beer bottles! The Clear Peak is the first flint bottle to be offered on the BOB site. Manufactured in the U.S. using 100 percent and endlessly recyclable flint glass, the 12oz Clear Peak bottle with twist-off closure is now available for purchase...

By: Paula Polei Now that the official beginning of summer is just around the corner, many of BOB’s craft beer friends have their summer seasonal beers available. BOB wanted to share five highly recommended craft beer summer seasonals that are perfect for your neighbor’s bonfire or backyard BBQ. If you are in the right location near these awesome breweries, I...

By: Paula Polei In a previous blog, we mentioned the importance of Craft Beer Guilds and how you can make many new friends by your affiliation with these associations. In fact, that’s how we became friends with this month’s brewery spotlight, Four Saints Brewing Company. We caught up with Andrew Deming, Owner/Chief Operator/Head Brewer at Four Saints Brewing Company, to...

By: Paula Polei BOB is still recovering from a wonderful week in the nation’s capital, hanging out with all of his craft brewer friends at this year’s Craft Brewers Conference (CBC). Having been a part of this tremendous event for the past 11 years, we can’t help but reflect on how much the Conference has grown and what that says...

By: Paula Polei The time has come! The Craft Brewers Conference will take place on April 11-13 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. This year, we’ll be in booth #1935. We know craft brewers are always looking for the new, beautiful bottle designs to package their most treasured assets. That’s why we’ve decided to launch a...

March 2017 Newsletter WELCOME What a busy year it's been so far! BOB is looking forward to seeing all of you craft brewers at the Craft Brewers Conference in Washington, D.C. BOB will be giving away some great prizes in booth #1935, including $100 and $250 Amazon gift cards. Stay tuned to BOB's Twitter for details on our CBC prize...

#main ul li{ font-family: sans-serif;} By: Paula Polei I want to take you back in time. My first real beer show was the Great American Beer Festival and I was pretty new to the craft beer scene. Being a little naïve, I was fearful of sampling any dark craft beer because I thought it would be too rich and filling...

By: Paula Polei It is a well-known fact that New Glarus Brewing Company’s craft beer is only sold within the state of Wisconsin. But now, the 12 oz. glass bottles for its beer will also be only from the Badger State. Recently, New Glarus announced an agreement for its glass bottles to be produced by Ardagh Group’s Burlington, Wisconsin glass...