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.
Boston Beer Company CEO Dave Burwick will step down and retire from the company’s board of directors, effective April 1. Michael Spillane, a Nike executive and lead director on Boston Beer’s board of directors, will supplant him.
Boston Beer Company’s shipments and depletions declined -6.2% and -6%, respectively, in 2023, the company reported today in its full-year and fourth-quarter earnings report.
Hero95 founder and CEO Todd Simon noticed the twin consumer trends of health and wellness, and variety led to product proliferation in almost all categories.
A controversial Tennessee bill to ban the sale of cold beer has been withdrawn. A bill to permit time-bound price discounts on alcohol beverages at on-premise retailers has passed both houses of the Indiana Legislature.
Leah Cheston, owner of Washington, D.C.-based Right Proper Brewing, has been named chairwoman of the Brewers Association (BA) board of directors for 2024. Cheston is the second woman to hold the title, following New Belgium co-founder Kim Jordan’s 2005-2007 term.
Homebrew Con, the American Homebrewers Association’s (AHA) annual gathering of homebrewers, is on hiatus.
A lawsuit filed by Boston Beer against a former employee alleging that he violated a non-compete agreement by working for a competitor has been dismissed. The complaint was “dismissed with prejudice as to as to all claims against Brian Soudant, without costs and fees and without right of appeal,” according to a document filed February 9 in the Massachusetts Superior Court for Suffolk County.
Brewers Association (BA) president and CEO Bob Pease acknowledged 2023 was “challenging for many small and independent brewers” in a recorded video accompanying the organization’s annual report.
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) Bud Light was dethroned by Michelob Ultra as the country’s best-selling draft beer on Super Bowl Sunday as drinkers watched the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the San Francisco 49ers in overtime, according to on-premise data firm BeerBoard.
Craft beer started out 2024 ever so slightly outpacing the industry – though both metrics were in the red – according to market research firm Circana.
Two former sales representatives have challenged Boston Beer’s non-compete clause in separate lawsuits in U.S. District Court, with one calling the policy “unreasonable, unconscionable and unenforceable under Massachusetts law.”
Boston-based Downeast Cider is following the more-is-more philosophy when it comes to innovation in 2024. The cidermaker’s big bet for this year is the Overboard family, an 8% ABV line of unfiltered ciders.
Edward Teach Brewing (ETB) has filed a pair of lawsuits connected to a Facebook post that the Wilmington, North Carolina-based craft brewery claims defames it and its owner Gary Sholar.
New Belgium shuttered its San Francisco taproom today, after nearly three years in business, the company announced.
