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.
Some hard seltzer brands may be excluded from grocery and convenience stores in Utah under an omnibus bill proposed in the state Senate. Alaska’s state Senate has passed a bill that would make it harder for breweries to open taprooms in the state.
Social media posts by Josh Stylman, the CEO of Brooklyn-based Threes Brewing, drew backlash earlier this week after he called New York City’s vaccine mandate and others like it “a crime against humanity” and those who don’t speak out against them “a conspirator.”
Boston Beer Company has “many different ways” to reach the 4%-10% growth range it is targeting for 2022, even if Truly Hard Seltzer fails to grow amid the continued slowdown of the hard seltzer segment, CEO Dave Burwick said during the company’s fourth quarter and full-year earnings call.
Anheuser-Busch InBev will merge its High End and Brewers Collective sales teams, chief commercial officer Kyle Norrington announced to wholesalers today.
Woburn, Massachusetts-headquartered Lord Hobo Brewing is planning to build a taproom in Tampa, Florida, according to a post on a Tampa community group’s Facebook page.
The Oskar Blues taproom in Boulder, Colorado, has shuttered, according to the Daily Camera.Magnolia Brewing’s brewery in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco will close on February 20, the company announced on Instagram.
San Diego, California-based Modern Times Beer announced Monday that it will be closing its locations in Portland, Oregon; and Oakland, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, California; citing financial strain from the COVID-19 pandemic and “global declines in the craft beer industry.”
Super Bowl watchers consumed +41% more draft beer at bars and restaurants tracked by BeerBoard than they did in 2021, the on-premise data firm announced.
Hi-Wire Brewing’s third new taproom planned for 2022 will open “late this summer” in Birmingham, Alabama, the company announced this week. San Francisco-based Woods Beer & Wine Co. plans to open two new taprooms in Treasure Island and San Anselmo, as well as being distilling, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Brewers Association (BA), Massachusetts Brewers Guild (MBG) and Beer Distributors of Massachusetts (BDMA) have filed an amicus memorandum in support of the Bay State’s franchise reform law.
Visalia, California-based Bueno Beverage Company will lay off 43 of its 160 employees next week following the announcement of Constellation Brands’ termination of the Anheuser-Busch InBev-aligned wholesaler.
The Treasury, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC), issued a 64-page report along with several recommendations that it said would “better level the playing field for small businesses and new marketplace entrants by enforcing existing laws that promote competition and modernizing outdated alcohol regulations.”
Cans reached their highest-ever share of Brewers Association-defined (BA) packaged craft beer sold at off-premise retailers in 2021, according to a report from chief economist Bart Watson.
Athletic Adds Chief Sales Officer Non-alcoholic beer maker Athletic Brewing Company has hired Alex Boerger as its chief sales officer. “The hiring of Alex Boerger (CSO) and Andrew Katz (CMO) to run our commercial teams in sales and marketing has Athletic poised and ready for our next level of growth,” Athletic co-founder Bill Shufelt said… Read more »
