Sales of draft beer by volume more than doubled (+118.5%) on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) last week, compared to the same day in 2021, according to on-premise business tracking firm BeerBoard.

Stone CEO Maria Stipp revealed that her company owes its investor, VMG/Hillhouse, $464 million and has considered selling, according to a report in Courthouse News Service.

The Brewers Association (BA) has tapped Nancy Palmer and Sam DeWitt to lead its state government affairs efforts. As the state government affairs managers – newly created roles within the BA – the two will support the trade group’s state-level legislative initiatives in coordination with brewery members and state guilds.

Workers at contract producer City Brewing’s Latrobe, Pennsylvania-based facility went on strike Tuesday after being without a contract since March 3, TribLive reported. The IUE-CWA Local 22 union has filed three complaints with the National Labor Relations Board and allege that City leadership has made unilateral changes to a contract, refused to furnish information, taken coercive actions and changed the terms and conditions of employment.

The open rate of bars, restaurants and breweries tracked by BeerBoard has hit 94%, the highest recorded rate since May 2020, the Syracuse, New York-headquartered on-premise tracking firm reported.

Minneapolis-headquartered Surly Brewing is looking to put down roots in another midwest state, with a brewery and taproom in Michigan or Ohio, VP of marketing Bill Manley said.

Global brewer Carlsberg Group – maker of Russian beer brand Baltika – has stopped advertising its Carlsberg flagship and Baltika in Russia, CEO Cees ’t Hart announced this week. Anheuser-Busch InBev has requested its joint venture partner, Turkish brewer Anadolu Efes, pause the production and sale of Bud in Russia.

Brewing giant Heineken N.V. has joined a growing list of global firms to halt operations in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Orpheus Brewing’s Jason Pellett announced Thursday that he will step down as CEO of the Atlanta, Georgia-based brewery to focus on his role as brewmaster.

Some hard seltzers and hard kombuchas in Utah are a signature away from being relegated to state-run liquor stores due to a bill that bans drinks made with flavors containing trace amounts of ethyl alcohol from grocery and convenience stores.

Following a year of explosive growth, non-alcoholic craft brewer Athletic Brewing is looking to lighten things up. The Stratford, Connecticut-headquartered brewery is launching Athletic Lite, a non-alc light beer that checks in at 25 calories, 0 grams of sugar, and 5 grams of carbohydrates.

The leisure and hospitality industries have 1.5 million fewer employees than they did before the pandemic began, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) February 2022 employment report, released today.

Flavored offerings across several beer category segments are driving growth, according to Bump Williams Consulting’s most recent report. “Flavors clearly stand out as a common thread when it comes to answering the question of ‘Where is growth coming from?’” Williams wrote.

Independent wholesaler Craft Collective will expand to its fourth New England state next week when it launches operations in Vermont. Speaking to Brewbound, co-founder and CEO Adam Oliveri explained the impetus behind the expansion is a partnership with Vermont Beer Makers, who will sell the rights to their brands to Craft Collective after about a decade of self-distribution.