As another Dry January approaches, the non-alcoholic (NA) category has posted “its largest year of absolute dollar growth in five years,” Adult Non-Alcoholic Beverage Association (ANBA) CEO Marcos Salazar shared during the trade association’s webinar earlier this month.

Year-to-date (YTD) craft beer sales in off-premise retailers have inched closer to flat with one month to go, according to market research firm Circana. Through December 3, craft beer sales in multi-outlet and convenience stores are down -0.9%, an improvement compared to the last four- (-1.6%), 12- (-3.9%) and 52-week (-1%) periods. Craft dollar sales… Read more »

Ty Gilmore, president of Tilray Brands’ U.S. beer division, estimated that he receives around two to three calls a day from potential sellers looking to join the Canadian cannabis firm’s craft brewery platform.

Stowe, Vermont-based von Trapp Brewing will launch refreshed branding in the first quarter of 2024, including a reimagining of its ibex logo and updated packaging. The new look packaging will begin shipping to distributors in February and is expected to be on shelves throughout von Trapp’s 13-state footprint by the end of March.

Garage Beer’s new owner, Andy Sauer, and VP of marketing, Corey Smale, join the Brewbound team to discuss taking over the craft lager brand following a deal with Kentucky’s Braxton Brewing earlier this year.

Boston Beer Company is adding another non-alcoholic (NA) brand to its portfolio, expanding a ready-to-drink (RTD) offering and discontinuing another.

Craft Vermont is being sold to Farrell Distributing (a Molson Coors distributor) and Baker Distributing (an Anheuser-Busch house), in a transaction expected to close in February, according to Beer Marketer’s Insights.

Molson Coors chief commercial officer Michelle St. Jacques announced a series of leadership moves in an all employee email sent today, along with the creation of the Americas Commercial Accelerator, which will be focused on driving “capability building across all geographies and categories.”

Brooklyn-based Other Half Brewing Company has a deal to purchase Young Lion Brewing Company’s brewery and taproom in Canandaigua, New York, the companies announced today. The Young Lion brand and intellectual property was not included in the transaction.

Finestkind Brewing, the parent company of New Hampshire’s Smuttynose Brewing Co., has acquired Brooklyn, New York-based Five Boroughs Brewing Co.

Denver’s Great Divide and Aurora-Colorado-based Dry Dock Brewing have formed a “strategic partnership” in which Great Divide will take over brewing of Dry Dock’s beers and ready-to-drink offerings by the end of 2023, the companies announced Friday.

The Oskar Blues brewery and taproom in Austin, Texas, has closed, and Ninkasi Brewing has shuttered its Better Living Room taproom in Eugene, Oregon.

Constellation Brands has launched Shyft, “a new flavor changing” flavored malt beverage (FMB), in three markets as part of a newly created “emerging brands group” aimed at creating new-to-world brands with “a more focused but longer testing approach,” CEO Bill Newlands announced during the company’s “Investor Day” on Thursday.

Ball Corporation recorded a -9.9% volume decline for its North and Central America can business during the third quarter, the company reported today. Global shipments declined -3% in the quarter.