The world’s largest beer manufacturer is seeking a new CEO for its North American operations. Anheuser-Busch InBev announced today the planned departure of North American CEO Brendan Whitworth. Whitworth will exit at the end of November to join high-end gym chain Equinox.

Voodoo Ranger is aiming to be one of the biggest single-serve brands in the convenience channel, and it’s adding “the most flavorful Voodoo Ranger yet” to its lineup.

RationAle Brewing is partnering with CPG incubator L.A. Libations and bev-alc offshoot Homestead Brands as the non-alcoholic beer maker enters a new phase aimed at speeding up growth and building toward an eventual exit.

Why are so many ghouls chilling in the coldbox this year? Beer companies see an opportunity to carve a piece of Halloween for themselves.

Mark Anthony Brands conquered hard seltzer with White Claw. Can the company pull off a repeat in the fast-growing hard sports drink (vodka + ade) market?

Hard tea and boozy water maker NOCA will refresh the packaging for its Too Turnt Tea and Weekend Water franchises in early 2027.

Three Floyds Brewing is unleashing a variant of its sought-after, formerly festival-exclusive Dark Lord on retailers as a bookend to the Munster, Indiana-headquartered craft brewery’s 30th anniversary.

Shifting portfolio mixes and the safeguard of supplementing with offerings beyond beer was a hot topic during a panel discussion featuring five distributor leaders at last week’s NBWA Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida.

Arguments in Colorado’s distributor termination dispute between Coors Distributing Company (CDC) and Constellation Brands began playing out earlier this week in the district court for the city and county of Denver.

Summit Brewing Company’s loans have been acquired by a new lender, giving the St. Paul, Minnesota-headquartered craft brewery a pathway to developing and executing “a recapitalization and long-term growth strategy aimed at strengthening Summit’s balance sheet and supporting its vision for the future.”

Duvel USA’s 2026 distributor meeting presented a focused plan to build on and refresh its existing franchises, while adding a few new brands where needed – avoiding any bombshell innovation news, such as the 2025 meeting’s Quirk THC Seltzer drop.

In the wake of Martignetti’s acquisition of Girardi in Western Massachusetts, Atlas Distributing has added the Constellation Brands portfolio in Berkshire and Franklin counties, the Auburn, Massachusetts-based, independent blue-and-gold network distributor shared.

As distributors expand their portfolios beyond beer, they need to remember that “beer is the trump card,” incoming National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) chair Luke Dahlheimer said Tuesday during his speech at the trade association’s Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida.

Mark Anthony Brands navigated the hard seltzer gold rush phase with White Claw coming out on the other side as the segment’s top-selling brand. The company is looking to repeat in the fast-growing hard sports drink segment with a challenger brand: RefreshAde.