San Diego-based hard kombucha and canned cocktail (RTD) maker JuneShine will acquire beyond beer brand Flying Embers in an all-stock transaction, the company announced today.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract that the union said will raise pay, improve health care and retirement benefits and provide job security for its members at A-B’s U.S. 12 breweries, the Teamsters announced on social media Wednesday evening.

Hard MTN Dew is transitioning to Boston Beer Company’s beer distributor network and will expand to all 50 states, outgoing Boston Beer CEO Dave Burwick said today during the company’s full-year and Q4 earnings report.

Boston Beer Company’s shipments and depletions declined -6.2% and -6%, respectively, in 2023, the company reported today in its full-year and fourth-quarter earnings report.

Eight Elite Light Lager is expanding to Oklahoma this week, its first distribution move outside of Texas since launching in 2022. Entering its third year, the super premium lager brand backed by Monday Night Football broadcaster and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman is now on shelves in the Sooner State via the Molson Coors network.

In the latest installment of Brewbound’s A Round With …, a weekly Q&A series, Moor’s Brewing Company co-founder and CEO Damon Patton shares how his vision for the Chicago brewery has evolved, the biggest challenges the business is facing as it grows, and the company’s plans to expand west.

Several news nuggets came out of Molson Coors’ annual 10K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and first ever presentation at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference earlier this week.

Although union workers went on strike Saturday at Molson Coors’ Fort Worth, Texas-based production brewery, the company’s top executives said the facility is brewing, packaging and delivering beer using “current employees” as of Monday.

Baltimore-based Guilford Hall Brewery has acquired the Flying Fish brand, recipes, trademarks, and wholesaler agreements through a bankruptcy auction, according to NJ Advance Media.

Former Atwater Brewery owner Mark Rieth has acquired a majority stake in Lansing Brewing Company (LBC) and its Hard Nose Spirits brand via his Detroit Liquid Ventures beverage platform.

Big Grove Brewery has acquired a majority stake in Climbing Kites, an Iowa-based maker of Delta 9 THC- and CBD-infused, non-alcoholic sparkling water.

In the latest installment of A Round With, Ben Edmunds, brewmaster at Breakside Brewery in Portland, Oregon, shares his thoughts on innovation and inspiration in the pursuit of deliciousness. He also explores Breakside’s latest wins and biggest challenges.

Saint Paul, Minnesota-based Fair State Brewing Cooperative has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, co-founder and CEO Evan Sallee wrote on the company’s website on Thursday.

Heineken-owned Lagunitas Brewing Company is hoping a packaging refresh, a focus on its core offerings and marketing around concerts will help the brand reclaim the mojo and irreverent spirit that the brewery was founded upon.