Ball Corporation’s North American and European aluminum can supply will be hard to come by for the foreseeable future – into the end of the decade, CEO Ron Lewis shared during the manufacturer’s Q1 earnings call earlier this week.

Two months on the market, celebrity-founded non-alcoholic beer Crazy Mountain has received $15 million in seed funding round led by investment firm CAVU Consumer Partners.

Boston Beer Company has “gotten over the hump as a supplier” and become an “important” part of its wholesalers’ and retailers’ businesses, founder, chairman and CEO Jim Koch told analysts during the company’s Q1 2026 earnings report Thursday evening.

Following 21 months of contraction, the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) has finally returned to expansion driven by “an increase in expected distributor demand.”

Boston Beer Company’s first quarter got off to a slow start, with year-over-year (YoY) declines in both shipments (-6.9%) and depletions (-4%), and a 4.4% decline in net revenue to $433.9 million.

More dominos continue to fall as RNDC’s territory sell off continues. Leaders with Manhattan Beer & Beverage Distributors announced an agreement to acquire “distribution rights for a collection of wine and spirits brands” from RNDC’s New York joint venture with Opici Family Distributing.

Molson Coors is tapping into the equity of its flagship Coors Light brand for its next non-alcoholic (NA) beer venture: Coors 0.0.

The will-they, won’t-they between Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard has ended with an emphatic they won’t. The spirits giants announced today they “were unable to reach mutually agreeable terms,” ending discussions regarding a potential combination of their businesses.

Another piece of Republic National Distributing Company’s business appears to be on the move. Columbia Distributing has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire “certain wine and spirits distribution rights” in Oregon and Washington state, as well as “an asset arrangement in Alaska.”

Athletic Brewing Company CMO Andrew Katz has left the dedicated non-alcoholic (NA) beer maker after nearly five years.

After more than a year, Constellation Brands has filled its chief sales officer role. The Mexican beer importer announced today the appointment of Jack Edwards as CSO of its beer division, effective May 18.

A pair of Boston Beer Company brand leaders are leaving the company. After nine years of rising through Boston Beer’s rank, Matt Withington will depart this week, while Samuel Adams head of brand Lauren True is exiting the company after nearly four years.

Firestone Walker and Duvel USA have inked a “definitive agreement” to acquire the Stone Brewing brand from Sapporo USA.

The 2026 edition of the Brewers Association’s Craft Brewers Conference (in Philadelphia (April 20-22) arrives amid turbulence for the trade association’s membership and an evolution of its marquee event. The craft brewing industry has now recorded three consecutive years of declines as craft brewers fight for relevance in a crowded total beverage marketplace.