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.
Consumers looking for indoor dining in Boston will have to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination beginning in 2022, according to a temporary public health order by Mayor Michelle Wu Monday.
Capitalizing on QR codes’ return to prominence during the pandemic, SocialShef allows shoppers to scan a code on the shelf or cooler door that brings them to a branded microsite containing tasting notes, beer specs, food pairing suggestions or videos.
Tilray, the Canadian cannabis company and owner of Atlanta-based SweetWater Brewing, has struck a deal to acquire San Diego-based Green Flash Brewing and Alpine Beer Company.
Distribution of the Bell’s Brewery portfolio in Ohio will shift from Premium Beverage Supply, which sold Bell’s offerings statewide, to a network of four wholesalers, the Comstock, Michigan-based craft brewery announced last week.
The national non-profit Beer Kulture has partnered with Washington, D.C.-based ANXO Cider and the American Cider Association (ACA) to offer scholarships to Black, African American, Hispanic, Latino, Native North American, Pacific Islander, and other BIPOC people in the cider industry.
Independent wholesaler Scout Distribution has expanded north from its San Diego headquarters to Los Angeles. Scout, which was founded in 2018 in San Diego and expanded to Arizona with statewide distribution in April, is launching in Los Angeles with 16 brands.
Drinkworks, the at-home cocktail company launched as a joint venture between Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) and Keurig Dr Pepper, will go dry, the companies announced Wednesday. “Today, we made the difficult decision to close Drinkworks, with sales of Drinkmaker machines ceasing immediately, and sales of cocktail pods, CO2 and accessories ending March 31, 2022,” Drinkworks CEO… Read more »
More than 9,000 breweries operated in the U.S. in 2021, a 6% increase from 2020, according to the Brewers Association (BA) in the trade group’s Year in Beer 2021.
Weeping Radish Farm Brewery founder Uli Bennewitz will hand over the reins of the 35-year-old craft brewery to a new owner at the end of this month and retire from the beer industry to focus on farming.
Anheuser-Busch InBev has tapped Andy Thomas as president of its Brewers Collective business unit (BCBU), the division that contains A-B’s craft brands, effective today.
Asheville, North Carolina-based Hi-Wire Brewing will open a new brewery and taproom in Cincinnati next year, located at the new Factory 52 development.
For the first time in the brewery’s four-decade history, Sierra Nevada has transformed its beer into a different beverage. In collaboration with Alameda, California-based St. George Spirits, Sierra Nevada will release Ruthless, a malt whiskey made with a blend of liquor that includes liquid distilled from the brewery’s Ruthless Rye IPA in 2013, as well as a portion of the first barrel of St. George Single Malt Whiskey.
Days after tornadoes ripped through the state – killing dozens and reducing entire neighborhoods to rubble – Kentucky craft breweries are rallying to support affected members of their communities.
Craft brewers should expect 2022 to be another year of disruptions due to a tumultuous supply chain and a wobbly return for draft beer sales, among other reasons, Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson said during a Thursday webinar. While elevated at-the-brewery sales remain a bright spot for the craft beer industry, distribution sales… Read more »
