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.
TRU Colors, the craft brewery that aimed to end street violence by employing rival gang members, will cease operations on Friday, September 9. In a lengthy Facebook post, founder and CEO George Taylor II outlined the Wilmington, North Carolina-based brewery’s struggles, which have included violence and quality control issues that led to a delayed first commercial batch.
The Yellowstone universe has expanded into the cold boxes and warm shelves of Texas – with more states to follow – in the form of craft beers and ranch waters from 6666 Grit & Glory. The products are the result of a collaboration between Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, 101 Studios CEO and producer David Glasser and beverage incubator L.A. Libations.
Light lager (+9%) and American lager (+19%) both grew share of sales on e-commerce alcohol delivery platform Drizly over Labor Day weekend compared to the holiday weekend in 2021, the company reported.
Nearly 40 breweries and establishments have pledged to support Drinking In Another State, a collaboration project to raise money for an emergency health fund to provide access to abortion services to beverage-alcohol industry workers in need but live in states where the practice has been abolished.
Beer category dollar sales at off-premise retailers increased +2% year-over-year for the week ending August 21, outpacing total beverage alcohol dollar sales growth (+1%), according to market research firm IRI.
Beer inventory in wholesalers’ warehouses is at risk of expiring in the next 30 days, according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) August edition of the Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI).
Happy hour is more popular than ever, according to data from beer-centric social media platform Untappd, which shows late afternoon and early evening check-ins have stolen share from nighttime drinking.
Molson Coors U.S. president of sales and distributor operations Kevin Doyle will retire on December 31 after nearly 40 years with the company. Chief customer officer Brian Feiro will backfill Doyle’s position after training with him for the next several months, Molson Coors announced today.
Beer Kulture, Brave Noise, and Women of Bevolution have launched a grant program aimed at helping underserved groups launch businesses in the craft beverage industry.
The rate of craft beer drinkers who say they drink craft weekly has declined -4% since last year, according to the Brewers Association’s (BA) annual consumer survey conducted by the Harris Poll.
New Belgium’s Voodoo Ranger brand family continues to light up the top 30 craft brands tracked by market research firm IRI. Year-to-date though August 7, five Voodoo Ranger SKUs made the list and all but one posted significant growth.
When Maui Brewing’s acquisition of Modern Times Beer closes in late October, the newly formed parent company will be called Craft ‘Ohana – the Hawaiian word for “family,” Maui announced today.
After more than a year under the wing of Molson Coors, spirits-based, ready-to-drink canned cocktail maker Superbird will leave the nest as Molson Coors hands the reins to the brand’s distribution efforts back to its parent company, Casa Komos Brands Group (CKBG).
Katrina Shabo, former director of sales and marketing at Worcester, Massachusetts-based Wormtown Brewery, has joined Medusa Brewing Company in Hudson as sales director. Carrie Shafir has been promoted to VP of marketing for the Brewers Collective, Anhesuer-Busch InBev’s (A-B’s) craft business unit.
