Justin Kendall provides daily coverage of the beer industry on Brewbound.com, conducts live-streamed interviews during Brewbound’s events and co-produces the Brewbound podcast. Kendall is a nearly 20-year career journalist who led alt-weekly newspapers in Kansas City, Missouri, and Des Moines, Iowa.
Dedicated gluten-free beer maker Ghostfish Brewing has purchased the brewing assets of the former Pike Brewing production facility in Seattle, acquiring the lease for the 26,000 sq. ft. space from Fremont Brewing.
Two months into his tenure as president and CEO, Rahul Goyal’s plans for Molson Coors’ future are becoming clearer. Those plans point to the company being in the market for a needle-moving spirit-based ready-to-drink (RTD) brand, committed to turning around Blue Moon Belgian White trends and building marketing campaigns around encouraging consumers to go out and socialize over beers.
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Two former Boston Beer Company employees are pursuing a class-action lawsuit, alleging the Twisted Tea maker skirts Massachusetts law by paying departing workers $3,000, minus taxes, instead of “garden leave” or other compensation, while enforcing restrictive noncompetition agreements.
Yuengling is headed to Iowa and Wisconsin in 2026. The addition of new states for the U.S.’s oldest brewery was teased with cryptic billboards in both Midwestern states stating “The Drought Ends Soon.” The official news dropped Monday.
Rogue Ales & Spirits, one of the country’s largest craft breweries by volume, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Monday, citing more than $16.7 million in debts.
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s will-they, won’t-they $700 million acquisition of party punch maker BeatBox is still awaiting an answer. However, Dan Wandel, Bump Williams Consulting chief strategy officer, indulged what a combination of the two companies would mean for high ABV (8% and up) and flavored beverage-alcohol.
After ranking as the eighth-largest craft brewery by volume in 2024, Athletic Brewing Company is on pace to cross the 500,000-barrel threshold by the end of 2025.
Tilray Brands CEO Irwin Simon’s visits to college campuses and venues across the U.S. “suggest there’s more price sensitivity” influencing the decline in consumption.
Increased costs related to President Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade policies are weighing on consumers’ minds heading into the Thanksgiving holiday, according to data insights firm Numerator.
Ball Corporation is making a change to its top leadership post. The world’s largest aluminum can manufacturer appointed Ronald J. Lewis as its new CEO, replacing Daniel W. Fisher, effective immediately. Lewis will also join the company’s board of directors.