Gulf Stream Brewing Company is in the midst of its biggest year yet. Co-founder Sharee Eriks discusses how getting a major grocery chain placement has affected business, what the brewery is doing to keep up with demand and what it’s doing to build awareness in Brewbound’s A Round With Q&A.

Heineken USA (HUSA) CEO Maggie Timoney offered a spoiler at the start of the company’s national sales meeting: Don’t expect new products for 2025.

The formal union of Jack’s Abby and Night Shift Brewing had an air of inevitability. Night Shift co-founder Rob Burns and HFB co-owner Sam Hendler discussed the whys of the deal, how scale will change HFB’s business relationships and what’s next.

U.S. beer shipments declined -7.7% in August 2024, according to domestic tax paid estimates from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau shared by the Beer Institute. Brewers shipped an estimated 13 million barrels in August 2024, down from the 14,080,189 barrels shipped in August 2023.

Allagash Brewing is opening up its playbook in 2025 to hit key growth areas within craft. The Portland, Maine-based craft brewery’s lineup for next year includes the addition of Allagash Lager and Hazy IPA to the company’s year-round lineup, as well as a year-round variety pack that will be available across the company’s Northeast footprint.

The 2025 plan for Stone Brewing is addition by subtraction, discontinuing several “unproductive” brands and packages nationally, including special releases, the Enjoy By IPA series and large-format bottles in order to put a heavy emphasis on core brands, as well the expansion of newish lager brands.

Vine Street Brewing Co. is Missouri’s first Black-owned brewery and part of the revitalization effort in Kansas City’s 18th and Vine Jazz District. In the latest edition of Brewbound’s A Round With, Vine Street co-founder Kemet Coleman shares why being a part of that turnaround effort was important and how the brewery is working through daily challenges.

The next phase of Creature Comforts co-founder Chris Herron’s career is building an intoxicating hemp business in the South via a partnership with Climbing Kites, an Iowa-headquartered THC-infused sparkling water producer.

Heineken USA CEO Maggie Timoney laid out several contributing factors that she sees chipping away at the beer category during a fireside chat on Day 2 of the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) Annual Convention in San Diego.

A week before the Brewers Association’s (BA) largest consumer-facing event kicks off in Denver, the trade organization has hired the person who will shape the future of its events with the appointment of Lacey Gautier as VP of meetings and events.

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company company is focused on ensuring its employees in Mills River, North Carolina, “are safe and accounted for,” while “still assessing” the damage sustained at the brewery, president and CEO Pryce Greenow told the company’s distributor partners on Tuesday.

An industry-wide effort is needed to reverse soft beer category trends, elevate the category and appeal to young legal-drinking-age (LDA) consumers, leaders from New Belgium, Pabst Brewing and Athletic Brewing shared during a discussion with consultant Amy Jo Martin as part of the general session of the National Beer Wholesaler Association (NBWA) Annual Convention in San Diego.

With the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s 87th Annual Convention and Product Showcase kicking off next week (September 29 to October 2), Brewbound checked in with a pair of California distributors on the trends they’re seeing in their respective markets.

The parent company of ISellBeer, CPG Data, LLC, is facing a lawsuit from a startup software firm that alleges the company improperly accessed a beta version of its proprietary cloud-based software platform and misappropriated trade secrets in order to reverse engineer a similar platform, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in the District Court of Oklahoma County in the state of Oklahoma.