Jessica Infante

Jessica Infante

Managing Editor, Brewbound

Jessica Infante joined Brewbound in 2019 after nearly a decade in a variety of marketing roles in the craft beer industry. Prior to that, she was a daily newspaper reporter at the Jersey Shore. Jess holds a bachelor’s degree in magazine journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and a master’s degree in integrated marketing communication from Emerson College. She is a certified Cicerone and lives in Salem, Massachusetts.

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A Round With … Rafael D’Armas

A Round With … Rafael D’Armas

It’s hard to find someone with a more meteoric rise in craft beer than Rafael D’Armas. In about three years, he went from a production intern to graduating from the World Brewing Academy’s master brewer program. Now a brewer at New York City’s KCBC and a board member of the Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing and Distilling (MJF), Rafael shares his thoughts on the evolving craft beer world.

Oskar Blues Rolling Out Dale’s Easy IPA and Designated Dale’s NA Pils

Oskar Blues Rolling Out Dale’s Easy IPA and Designated Dale’s NA Pils

Monster-owned Oskar Blues is taking it easy for its 2025 innovation slate. The brewery’s two newest offerings are Dale’s Easy IPA (4.9% ABV) and Designated Dale’s NA Pils, the brand’s first-ever non-alcoholic (NA) beer. Both are rolling out this month, and mark a continuation of Oskar Blues’ transformation of Dale’s into a brand family. “After… Read more »

Maui Parent Company Spins Modern Times Off into Strategic Partnerships

Maui Parent Company Spins Modern Times Off into Strategic Partnerships

Craft ‘Ohana announced a pair of “strategic partnerships” for the future of the Modern Times Beer brand and hospitality business that will see the Hawaii-headquartered company step back from the daily operations to “focus and double down” on growing Maui Brewing.

Georgetown Brewing Acquires Timber City Ginger Beer

Georgetown Brewing Acquires Timber City Ginger Beer

Georgetown Brewing has acquired Timber City Ginger, a fellow Seattle-based ginger beer maker, the brewery announced today. Ten-year-old Timber City’s portfolio includes both non-alcoholic (NA) and hard ginger beer, both of which Georgetown plans to continue producing.

Boulevard’s Quirk Hard Seltzer Entering Hard Tea in 2025

Boulevard’s Quirk Hard Seltzer Entering Hard Tea in 2025

Duvel USA-owned Boulevard’s beyond beer offshoot Quirk is tea-ing up a 2025 innovation slate that touches on hot trends in the fourth category. Quirk Hard Tea (4% ABV) will roll out in early 2025 with a standalone lemonade tea offering and a variety pack, executives announced to wholesalers during Duvel USA’s virtual wholesaler summit last week.

Boulevard 2025 Plans: Space Camper Family Expands, Boulevard Light Coming to Core Market

Boulevard 2025 Plans: Space Camper Family Expands, Boulevard Light Coming to Core Market

Boulevard Brewing is looking to the final frontier for its 2025 brand plan. The Duvel USA-owned, Kansas City, Missouri-based craft brewery has elevated its Space Camper brand family to its No. 1 priority, executives shared during a live-streamed presentation of its annual business plan for wholesalers last week.

Tom Holland, Industry Vets Team up to Launch Bero Non-Alcoholic Beer

Tom Holland, Industry Vets Team up to Launch Bero Non-Alcoholic Beer

Hollywood star Tom Holland’s new non-alcoholic (NA) beer brand Bero debuts today with three styles, backed by consumer product-centric investment firm Imaginary Ventures and led by CEO John Herman, an energy drink veteran with 20 years of experience.

A Round With … Paskenta Mad River Brewery’s Linda Cooley

A Round With … Paskenta Mad River Brewery’s Linda Cooley

As the 2024-2025 season of the National Basketball Association begins, the league’s Sacramento Kings will have a new partner: Blue Lake, California-based Paskenta Mad River Brewery, which is tribally owned. In the latest A Round With – an exclusive Q&A series for Brewbound Insiders – Paskenta Mad River general manager Linda Cooley discusses the brewery’s identity, its connection to the Native community and how the Kings partnership shaped up.

Jolly Pumpkin Founder Ron Jeffries Has Died

Jolly Pumpkin Founder Ron Jeffries Has Died

Craft beer pioneer Ron Jeffries, who founded Dexter, Michigan-based Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, has died, his family announced Monday.

Hurricane Helene Aftermath: Sierra Nevada Focused on Safety of Employees; New Belgium Warns of Order Disruptions & More

Hurricane Helene Aftermath: Sierra Nevada Focused on Safety of Employees; New Belgium Warns of Order Disruptions & More

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company company is focused on ensuring its employees in Mills River, North Carolina, “are safe and accounted for,” while “still assessing” the damage sustained at the brewery, president and CEO Pryce Greenow told the company’s distributor partners on Tuesday.