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.
Aslin Beer Co., the country’s third-largest taproom brewer by volume, and Torch & Crown Brewing have merged to form the Driven Collective. The platform will combine Alexandria, Virginia-headquartered Aslin’s production capacity and Torch & Crown’s distribution arm in New York City to “unlock smarter growth, fuel creativity and prove that craft still has room to run,” according to a press release.
Craft outperformed the overall beer category in convenience stores to close the summer selling season. In the four-week period ending September 7, dollar sales of craft beer increased 1.5% in c-stores, compared with total beer’s 1.9% decline in the channel, according to the latest monthly report from market research firm Circana.
Molson Coors named long-time chief strategy officer Rahul Goyal as the company’s new president and CEO, succeeding Gavin Hattersley who announced in April plans to retire at the end of the year.
The Brewers Association (BA) has asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to examine state-level regulations governing franchise law, three-tier mandates and territory exclusivity.
Island Brands USA, its founders and several related business entities are facing an investor lawsuit alleging fraud. Lisa Pollner and Caleb Fournier, a wife and husband who befriended Island co-founders Scott and Meghan Hansen, claim the Hansens breached their fiduciary duty and committed fraud by using hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in the lager brand for personal benefit.
Mid-Atlantic brewpub chain Iron Hill Brewery has closed three locations, the company announced Wednesday in a press release. One of the shuttered locations was Iron Hill’s flagship brewpub in Newark, Delaware, its first location.
If going out seemed expensive in July, dining and drinking budgets were likely stretched further in August. The consumer price index (CPI) for alcohol away from home (+3.8% year-over-year [YoY]) and food away from home (+3.9% YoY) far outpaced overall inflation (+2.9%) in August, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) most recent monthly report.
Antigua Brewing Company has closed its sole location in San Luis Obispo, California, after four years in operation, the SLO Tribune reported. The shuttering has been characterized as an abrupt move.
Longtime Heineken USA chief sales officer Jim Sloan will retire from the company next month after 20 years with the Dutch brewing giant.
The controversial study that drew the ire of beverage-alcohol industry trade groups will not be published, according to several media outlets.
As Constellation Brands navigates uncharted stormy waters, the company’s leadership remains focused on “controlling the controllables,” CEO Bill Newlands said Tuesday.
Domestic beer shipments drop back into the red in July, according to the Beer Institute’s (BI) latest monthly economic report.
Garage Beer, the light beer brand that achieved national prominence when NFL stars Travis and Jason Kelce invested in it last year, has received “strategic growth investment” from Durational Capital Management, the company announced today.
Dan Kleban, founder of Freeport-based Maine Beer Co., has entered the race to unseat longtime U.S. Senator Susan Collins. Kleban is the latest candidate to join a growing field of challengers in the state’s Democratic primary to take on Collins, a Republican, in 2026.
