Chicago-based Revolution Brewing announced the newest variation in its Freedom Session Sours series: Freedom Lemonade.

The Brewers Association (BA) announced yesterday three at-large board members appointed to its board of directors for 2022.

Ohioans hoping to taste limited release Stone Brewing offerings are now in luck. The Escondido, California-headquartered craft brewery has launched direct-to-consumer shipping to the Buckeye State through its One Batch Dispatch program — and more states will follow.

Hailstorm Brewing co-owner and head brewer Steve Miller has been removed from the company following accusations of sexual misconduct, the Tinley Park, Illinois-based craft brewery announced on Facebook.

Constellation Brands has reached an agreement with the Mexican government to construct a brewery in southeastern Mexico, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Next Glass, the parent company of social media platform Untappd, has acquired FermentAble, a brewery management software company. Ventura, California-based FermentAble was founded in 2015 by Darin Haener and Frank West. The platform is “designed to replace whiteboards and spreadsheets, providing simple-to-use software to manage inventory, scheduling, and all other aspects of the production side of running a brewery,” according to a press release.

Thanksgiving week gave dining and drinking establishments a boost on both the night before the holiday and the holiday itself, according to on-premise research firm CGA.

The Beer Institute (BI) has promoted several team members, including Susan Haney, who was elevated to senior VP of public affairs, the trade group announced Wednesday.

The Brewers Association (BA) has announced the results of its board of directors election, which filled five seats on the trade group’s board.

Pabst Brewing Company has tapped Anheuser-Busch InBev alum Paul Chibe to succeed Eugene Kashper as CEO. Kashper, who acquired Pabst with TSG Consumer Partners in 2014, will remain with the company as chairman of the board of directors.

After more than a year away, Julia Herz will return to the Brewers Association (BA) as the executive director of the the trade group’s homebrewing division, the American Homebrewers Association (AHA).

After decades of steady increases, the U.S. beer industry’s volume has plateaued for the last 10 years, Beer Marketer’s Insights senior editor Christopher Shepard reported during the trade publication’s seminar last week. “In the 1970s, U.S. beer volume grew by almost 50% — 56 million barrels,” he said. “That’s almost two-thirds of the growth between 1970 and 2020, [and it] happened in 10 years right at the beginning.”

After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Russian River Brewing Company is reviving its in-person Pliny the Younger celebration in February 2022. “The entire RRBC team missed seeing our many repeat and first-time visitors from around the world this past year after cancelling the in-person release due to COVID,” the company wrote on its… Read more »

The lines between alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages continue to blur. Bloomberg broke the news Sunday evening that Constellation Brands and energy drink maker Monster Beverage Corp. are considering a deal.