Gevalia, a brand of Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft Foods Group Inc., announced the introduction of its single-serve, café-style coffee beverages for use in the Keurig K-Cup brewer, a product of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Waterbury, Vt.

St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, a division of Anheuser-Busch InBev, opened The Biergarten at its Brewery and Tour Center in St. Louis. The outdoor establishment offers guests a place to gather and relax while enjoying a beer experience, including exploring lager beers and trying ales and other specialty beers, the company says.

Chicago-based MillerCoors announced that its Golden Brewery in Golden, Colo., now is landfill-free. Building on its experience in making four of its other breweries landfill-free, this latest achievement means that one of the largest breweries in the United States eliminated an average of 135 tons of waste monthly that was previously sent to a landfill, according to the company.

Full Sail Brewing Co. released the newest beer in its Brewer’s Share Series: Vendell Veizen Weizen Bock, developed by the company’s Assistant Packaging Supervisor Wendell Bryant.

 This month, Longmont, Colo.-based Oskar Blues Brewery integrated its brewing and restaurant roots to open its fast-craft-casual restaurant, ChuBurger.  

 With a goal of creating a cohesive look to create brand recognition and communicate the quality of its Belgian-style ales, Ommegang Brewery enlisted the help of Duffy & Partners, Flower City Printing and AR Metallizing.  

 Big design changes are happening at Lancaster Brewing Co.  

 Full Sail Brewing announced that it will release its Session Premium Lager and Session Black Lager in six-packs.  

After enduring contraction the last few years, the overall beer market is on the uptick, says Dan Wandel, senior vice president of beverage alcohol client insights for Chicago-based SymphonyIRI Group. 

The Brewers Association, Boulder, Colo., released mid-year numbers for America’s small and independent craft brewers. Dollar sales were up 14 percent in the first half of 2012, and volume increased 12 percent during that same time period, the association said.