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 Brewers Association (BA) published its 2022 beer style guidelines with revisions that included tweaks to several styles and clarifications to language used to describe juicy and hazy beers.
Reactions to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s report on improving competition in the beverage-alcohol industry continue to roll in from industry experts.
Molson Coors’ net sales increased +6.5% for the full 2021 fiscal year and +14.2% in the fourth quarter, the company reported today. The company posted net sales of $10.279 billion for the year that ended December 31. Worldwide, shipments (sales to wholesalers) declined -0.5% and brand volume (similar to depletions, which are sales to retailers) declined -1.7% over the course of the year.
Boston Beer Company announced the exit of one of its top executives, as well as offered a deep dive into its business across a pair of filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday evening. In an 8-K filing, Boston Beer reported that Quincy Troupe, senior VP of supply chain, tendered his resignation on February 21.
SweetWater Brewing has entered Oregon and Washington with Columbia Distributing, the brewery announced today. For the Atlanta-based craft brewery, Oregon and Washington mark its 39th and 40th states, respectively.
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.
