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.
With little indication the COVID-19 pandemic is going to subside in the U.S. anytime soon, several cities and states have upped their restrictions on businesses and gatherings as the fall surge continues. Governors in Illinois, Minnesota, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have ramped up restrictions on bars and restaurants.
One week after news broke that the company would be going out of business, beer importer Shelton Brothers announced the cancelation of its annual festival and an inability to refund tickets to the event due to its assets being claimed by its bank.
Portland, Maine-headquartered Allagash Brewing Company’s innovation pipeline will keep flowing in 2021 with a new year-round golden ale and a punched up limited release rotation. Several of the new offerings have come through Allagash’s pilot program, which sources ideas from employees throughout the organization.
Interborough rivalries in New York City have always been fierce, but now Manhattan finally has something all the other boroughs have claimed for years: a production craft brewery.
Torch & Crown Brewing recently opened its 9,000 sq. ft., 10-barrel brewery and taproom in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood after years of location scouting and construction.
The Brewers Association announced last week the winners of five available seats on its board of directors. Orders of sparkling wine and champagne spiked on Saturday when news networks called the presidential election for former vice president Joe Biden, according to on-demand alcohol delivery marketplace Drizly.
A day after announcing plans for a new location on Cape Cod, popular Massachusetts beer maker Tree House Brewing has announced another expansion, this time westward with a new location planned for Deerfield.
Fans of hard-to-find hazy IPAs will have a new outlet to purchase them next summer when Charlton, Massachusetts-headquartered Tree House Brewing Company opens an outpost on Cape Cod.
Philadelphia-headquartered, on-demand delivery platform goPuff today announced a $350 million deal to acquire off-premise beverage alcohol retailer BevMo. The transaction is expected to close within the next 30 days, pending “customary closing conditions.” Bloomberg first reported talks of a deal earlier today.
With the proposed acquisition of Atlanta-headquartered SweetWater Brewing Company yesterday, Canadian cannabis company Aphria believes it’s on the path to becoming a vice industry powerhouse.
New Orleanians will soon find a familiar word adorning the packaging of a newly renamed local beer brand. The 113-year-old Dixie Beer will change its name to Faubourg Brewing Company in early 2021. Faubourg, which means “suburb” in French, is synonymous with “neighborhood” in New Orleans.
John Hickenlooper — a Democrat, former Colorado governor and co-founder of Denver-based Wynkoop Brewing — will become the first craft brewer to win a seat in the U.S. Senate after defeating incumbent Sen. Cory Gardner (R.-Colo.) on Tuesday. “Clearly people are saying it’s time to turn the page, it’s time for a different approach,” Hickenlooper… Read more »
After seeing the land around them burn with regularity, the team at Santa Rosa, California-based HenHouse Brewing decided to launch a collaborative fundraising beer with a clear call to action for drinkers to call their lawmakers and urge them to vote for the Green New Deal.
Diageo, the importer of Guinness and Harp, has struck an agreement to move its brands from Watsonville-based Couch Distributing and South San Francisco-based Matagrano, Inc. to the Reyes Beer Division in California.
Breakthru Beverage is getting out of the beer business in Wisconsin. “We are in the process of exiting the beer category in Wisconsin as part of Breakthru’s larger efforts to better manage our portfolio strategy,” Kevin Roberts, Breakthru EVP of supplier relations, said in a statement.
