Craft beer industry news.
U.S. brewers shipped an estimated 16 million barrels of beer in June 2022, a -3.3% decline (or -540,652 barrels of beer) compared to June 2021, the Beer Institute reported, citing domestic tax paid shipments from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).
Bell’s Brewery announced that its annual Raise a Wing event has returned for a third year, teaming up with Meals on Wheels America in support of the organization’s urgent mission to empower its local community programs and improve the health and quality of life of seniors, so no one is left hungry or isolated.
Twisted Tea Hard Iced Tea, the nation’s No. 1 hard iced tea brand1, is partnering with Sesame3, a web3 platform for brands, to launch its first-ever NFT.
In September of 2021, Temperance Beer Co. launched Scarce Goods, a new label and concept: brew very small batches, available only at the brewery, in styles not yet undertaken by Temperance.
Ale Asylum permanently closed last week after 16 years, after a planned sale of the brewery failed to come to fruition, the Madison, Wisconsin-based brewery announced on its website and social media channels Friday.
Ceria Brewing Company, makers of alcohol-free (AF) THC- and CBD-infused craft beers, has launched a “crafty” out-of-home campaign in California with a tagline reading, “Legally This Ad Can’t Say Much. But This Playlist Can,” with an accompanying QR code that will connect consumers directly to a unique Spotify playlist.
After a successful trial, Constellation Brands will expand its Modelo line extension Oro nationwide in March 2023, the company announced. Modelo Oro – a lower-calorie, lower-carbohydrate light beer intended to appeal to drinkers looking for better-for-them options – was one of several innovation productions Constellation introduced this spring for simultaneous test launches in various markets.
Global hop acreage grew +0.8% to 62,886 hectares (nearly 155,395 acres) in 2021, increasing for the eighth consecutive year, global hop supplier BarthHaas reported Monday.
Atlantucky Brewing is proud to debut its newest beer, “The Bluff,” with 10 percent of the brew’s sales being donated to Future Successors’ work within the downtown Atlanta neighborhood of the same name.
Sierra Nevada announced last week the closure of its Berkeley, California-based Torpedo Room satellite taproom after nearly a decade in business.
Stormalong Cider, award-winning Massachusetts-based cidery, announced the launch of its first variety 12-pack.
Belching Beaver Brewery and Deftones started their relationship back in 2016 with the release of Phantom Bride IPA.
Denholtz Properties, a leading real estate development and investment company, announces it has negotiated a 12,080-square-foot lease with Birdsmouth Beer at The Commissary at Baseline, part of the historic Fort Monmouth redevelopment site located at 675 Oceanport Way in Oceanport, N.J.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) will lay off 142 employees from its AB ONE operations, following the sale of the Oakland, California-based wholly owned distributor, the San Francisco Business Times reported.
