New Albion Brewing Company

07/28/2026

Cheers to the revival of Jack's Red Tail Ale!

In Sonoma County, California, Fogbelt Brewing is refreshing and reviving an American classic—Mendocino’s Red Tail Ale—and finding a receptive audience.

07/03/2026

Cheers to 250 years of American beer! Nice shoutout to Jack in this article from Jay R. Brooks:

From Indigenous corn brews to the Gold Rush and Prohibition to the craft brewing movement, beer is part of the USA’s DNA. Here’s a quick look at the history.

06/03/2026

Love this look back at 1976 from Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione. Cheers to Jack and New Albion!

Let us all raise our pint glasses to punk, hip-hop, and the pur­suit of hoppy­ness. The United States of Amer­ica’s ori­gin story began in a Phil­adelphia bar — the City Tav­ern — with a bunch of like-minded people find­ing com­mon ground over foamy...

06/03/2026

Another retrospective of craft beer in America, with New Albion front and center.

Before craft beer there was only Big Beer. At first it was factory-made regional lagers that were ubiquitous to a certain area. Old Style in the Midwest, “Natty Boh” in Baltimore, Olympia in the Pacific Northwest, Pearl in Texas — it was what pretty much everyone in these places drank. By the ...

05/26/2026

Congrats, John Lane and crew! 🍻

The locally owned chain topped a national list of 10 sports bars, beating out well-known competitors including Buffalo Wild Wings, Dave & Buster’s and Beef ‘O’Brady’s. The rankings were determined by reader votes after nominations 👏 https://l.cleveland.com/a4m1vo

05/17/2026

Cheers! 🍻

05/11/2026

Happy heavenly birthday, Jack-- we'll toast your memory today!

New Albion founder Jack McAuliffe, "father of craft beer"