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.
“Steeled by struggle, renewed by resilience, optimistic and independent, we are stronger than ever,” Brewers Association (BA) president and CEO Bob Pease said during the opening session of the 2022 Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) in Minneapolis.
Legacy beer publication All About Beer was resurrected this week when beer journalists Andy Crouch and John Holl announced they acquired the outlet’s intellectual property and archives from its former owners. Weathered Souls Brewing co-founder Marcus Baskerville and Rahr Malting have partnered to launch the Harriet Baskerville Incubation Program, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based educational and mentoring platform aimed at diversifying the craft beer industry.
PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta was asked just one question about the carbonated soft drink maker’s plans in the beverage alcohol space, during the company’s Q1 2022 earnings call Tuesday.
A bill to expand to-go sales from Minnesota craft breweries has been paired with a proposed agreement that all parties involved in the legislation’s negotiation – which include organizations representing the state’s craft brewers, wholesalers and liquor stores – would promise to refrain from promoting other alcohol-related laws for five years.
BrewDog USA has permanently shuttered its Indianapolis-based taproom, a spokesperson confirmed Friday.
Stone Brewing Company has filed a motion to recoup attorneys’ fees after winning a $56 million judgment against Molson Coors for trademark infringement, according to court documents filed earlier this week.
About 30 employees have been let go following the integration of the Bell’s Brewery organization into New Belgium after the latter’s parent company, Kirin-owned Lion Little World Beverages, acquired the former last fall. The layoffs amounted to less than 3% of New Belgium and Bell’s combined workforce.
Branford, Connecticut-based Stony Creek Brewery has hired Anheuser-Busch InBev sales and marketing vet Dan Shannon as CEO and David Morrice as VP of sales. Dave Mevoli has joined ready-to-drink (RTD) canned cocktail maker Fishers Island Lemonade as chief operating officer.
After a state court largely rejected its claims earlier this year, Seismic Brewing Company has now filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against DBI Beverage, Reyes Holdings and Reyes subsidiary Harbor Distributing, alleging the beer distributor attempted to maintain a monopoly of California’s beer distribution market.
Hammond Beverage Group (HBG) has struck a deal to acquire North East, Maryland-headquartered Northeast Beverage Corporation. Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close June 24, were not disclosed.
The open rate of bars and restaurants has hit its highest point since on-premise research firm BeerBoard began tracking the pandemic’s effect on the hospitality industry two years ago. “After two consecutive periods at 94%, the open rate (locations open and pouring beer) ticked up to 95% on the weekend,” the company reported.
Boston-headquartered fruited hard seltzer maker Willie’s Superbrew has laid off most of its staff and is considering a sale of the brand, according to Good Beer Hunting.
Waterbird Spirits, the Charlottesville, Virginia-headquartered spirits maker, which specializes in canned ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails, is the first beverage-alcohol brand in the country to use resealable lids on 24 oz. single-serve cans, effectively opening up the convenience store channel more widely to spirits-based RTDs.
Constellation Brands executive vice president and beer division chair Paul Hetterich died yesterday at age 59 following “a series of health issues in recent years,” the company announced to wholesalers today.
