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.
After nearly five years under corporate ownership, Appalachian Mountain Brewery (AMB) leadership is excited to return to independent operations, co-founder Chris Zieber told Brewbound.
New York’s FX Matt Brewing Company has struck a deal to acquire Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland, the companies announced today. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Flying Dog’s production will begin shifting to FX Matt’s Utica, New York-based production facility over the summer with operations in Maryland expected to stop “sometime in August.”
After its request for a conversation with Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) leadership last month went unanswered, the Human Right Campaign (HRC) has suspended the perfect 100 score it gave A-B on its 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), which will prohibit the company from using the organization’s designation as one of the “Best Places to Work.”
Appalachian Mountain Brewery and Cidery (AMB) is returning to familiar ownership. Nathan Kelischek and Chris Zieber, founders of the Boone, North Carolina craft brewery, have agreed to purchase AMB from Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B), according to a press release.
A month and a half after conservative outrage directed at Bud Light began, right wing social media has turned its attention to Miller Lite after a months-old commercial for the brand resurfaced.
More than 300 winners were honored during the Brewers Association’s (BA) 2023 World Beer Cup (WBC) during Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville this week. Guinness Baltimore Blonde – the signature offering of brewing operations at Diageo’s Relay, Maryland-based production facility – has become such a local icon that one Baltimore County official wants to invest $500,000 in a local brewer to keep the beer flowing, according to the Baltimore Banner.
Molson Coors will cross the Chicago River next summer when its global headquarters moves to a new location at 320 S. Canal Street.
The rights to 15 brands will change hands from Richmond, California-based Bay Area Distributing to Antioch-based Markstein Sales Company.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for beer both at home (+5.9%) and away from home (+5.1%) outpaced overall inflation (+4.9%) in April 2023 compared to April 2022 for another consecutive month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Full Pour, a business-centric gathering, will join the Brewers Association’s (BA) lineup of events when it debuts next month in San Diego.
After one month in the black, domestic tax paid shipments from U.S. breweries dipped into the red again with a -2.3% decline in March 2023, according to the Beer Institute (BI), citing numbers from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).
The National Black Brewers Association (NB2A) announced its launch today as the Brewers Association’s (BA) annual Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) kicked off in Nashville, Tennessee.
Stone Brewing must pay past rent on the brewpub it shuttered in Napa, California, in October 2021, according to a court ruling. Tilray-owned SweetWater Brewing will open two new branded bars at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in its hometown of Atlanta.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) reported a +13.2% increase in total revenue and a +0.9% increase in total volume worldwide for the first quarter of 2023.
