Constellation Brands and Coors Distributing Company (CDC) must head to arbitration, according to a judge’s ruling issued this week. District Court Judge Adam J. Espinosa granted a preliminary injunction, as requested by Molson Coors-owned CDC, and ordered that Constellation Brand’s announced exit from CDC’s portfolio cannot proceed until arbitration between the two companies takes place.

Tilray Brands has consolidated its beverage manufacturing footprint into six facilities as it works to crystalize its beer and beyond strategy following the acquisition of BrewDog.

Brewers Association (BA) board of directors chairman Fred Matt was re-elected for another term, alongside newcomers Jacob Landry and Lara Gray in the trade organization’s recent election.

Convenience retailers’ outlooks on the beer category have warmed up in Q3, according to the latest Beverage Bytes survey from Goldman Sachs. Respondents, who represent about 10% of the c-store channel (approximately 15,000 retailers), reported that they expect beer sales to increase 3% year-over-year (YoY) in the Q3 survey, up from +2% in Q1.

Despite persistent inflation, consumers are still looking for reasons to celebrate – and retailers across all channels are giving them permission.

In an ever-connected world, reaching consumers is easier than ever before, but the difficulty of meaningfully connecting with them has grown exponentially.

In a brunch conversation that meandered from Groundhog Day to Greek mythology, Boston Beer Company leaders and Brewers Association (BA) president and CEO Bart Watson mused on craft beer’s current slump and how it can be busted.

Vodka + ade, hard sports drinks – whatever you call it, expect the segment to reach up to half a billion dollars in sales in 2027, according to Circana EVP of BevAl Scott Scanlon.

Competition in the vodka-based tea and lemonade segment is fierce. Many brands offer similar flavor and pack formats. Packaging is often similar, with light color palettes and visual cues to the sun.

Costs continue to rise amid skyrocketing gasoline prices and stubborn inflation, but beverage-alcohol may not be one of the line items stretching consumers’ budgets, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Consumer Price Index (CPI).

The beer category should hope for an early start to the holidays to juice sales, Circana EVP of BevAl Scott Scanlon wrote in the data firm’s weekly scans report.

Nashville’s TailGate Brewing has acquired the campus and facility of Yazoo Brewing in Madison, Tennessee, which will serve as its primary production hub, the breweries announced Tuesday.

Flavor has permeated all aspects of beverage-alcohol, and conventional wisdom holds that it is most concentrated in the ready-to-drink (RTD) space, rather than traditional iterations of beer, wine and spirits.

The 44th annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF) kicks off tomorrow, but this year’s iteration will look nothing like any of its priors.