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.
The buyer of Cincinnati Beverage Co. (CinBev) and its portfolio of craft beer brands has finally come forward.
A judge has ruled in favor of Anheuser-Busch InBev and dismissed the deceptive advertising lawsuit Molson Coors (then-MillerCoors) filed against the world’s largest beer manufacturer over its 2019 Super Bowl campaign.
Beverage-alcohol industry veteran Rich Andrews has been appointed president of Mark Anthony Wine & Spirits, a Toronto, Canada-based import and distribution arm of the Mark Anthony Group, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Ryan Burk has joined Feel Goods Company, parent company of Good Beer Hunting, as co-founder following his departure from Boston Beer last month. At Feel Goods, a marketing and innovation studio focusing on beverages, Burk will work alongside co-founder Michael Kiser to create programming for new clients and work on brand development for existing ones.
Ready-to-drink canned cocktail maker Crook & Marker has confirmed the elimination of positions in its salesforce, according to a company spokesperson. The spokesperson declined to share the specific number of jobs that were eliminated.
A confluence of factors – the reopening of the on-premise channel, distributed packaging sales, and monetary relief from the federal government – helped boost many of the country’s regional craft breweries to growth in 2021. Nearly four-fifths of the regional craft brewers beyond the top 50 increased production in 2021, according to data published in the May/June edition of the Brewers Association’s (BA) New Brewer magazine.
Kihei, Hawaii-based Maui Brewing Company has placed a “stalking horse” bid to acquire San Diego, California-based Modern Times Beer, which has been accepted by a court-appointed receiver.
As the on-premise began to reanimate after a year of pandemic-driven closures and restrictions, 28 of the top 50 Brewers Association-defined (BA) craft breweries posted volume increases in 2021, according to data published today in the May/June edition of the trade group’s New Brewer magazine. Last year, the BA reported craft beer’s volume declined -9% in 2020 – the first time the trade group that represents the nation’s small and independent breweries recorded a volume loss in the industry’s modern era – and a majority (36) of the top 50 saw their output decline compared to 2019.
Everett, Massachusetts-headquartered Night Shift Brewing will begin distributing in Maryland with Legends Ltd., the Baltimore-based subsidiary of Sheehan Family Companies. Manhattan-based Torch & Crown Brewing has entered Massachusetts statewide with Craft Collective.
A bill to add $40 billion to the depleted Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) failed to secure the requisite 60 votes in the U.S. Senate yesterday.
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s beyond beer division is organizing itself around four priorities: hard seltzers, Cutwater Spirits, Nütrl Vodka Seltzer and Ghost Energy, beyond beer business unit president Fabricio Zonzini shared during Beer Marketer’s Insights’ spring conference in Chicago last week.
Sunshine Pilsner is now produced in part with the help of real sunshine, thanks to a major brewery expansion project at Hershey, Pennsylvania-headquartered Tröegs Independent Brewing that includes a full roof of solar panels. Tröegs has marked its 25th anniversary with enough solar panels to provide 50% of its electric needs and a 14,000 sq. ft. expansion that will double the brewery’s canning capacity.
Sierra Nevada VP of sales Ellie Preslar and chief commercial officer Joe Whitney discussed the company’s growth via its Little Things family, media budget increases for Pale Ale, entering the non-alc segment with Hop Splash sparkling water and other innovations. After hinting at the possibility of taking non-alcoholic craft beer maker Athletic Brewing public during Brewbound Live last year, co-founder and CEO Bill Shufelt said an initial public offering (IPO) could materialize in the next 12-18 months.
Vermont lawmakers have advanced a bill to lower taxes on and grant wider market access to spirits-based, ready-to-drink (RTD) canned cocktails.
