Justin Kendall provides daily coverage of the beer industry on Brewbound.com, conducts live-streamed interviews during Brewbound’s events and co-produces the Brewbound podcast. Kendall is a nearly 20-year career journalist who led alt-weekly newspapers in Kansas City, Missouri, and Des Moines, Iowa.
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.
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.
Following Molson Coors’ Q4 and full-year earnings report Tuesday, CEO Gavin Hattersley fielded questions from analysts on a range of topics from the stickiness of his company’s share gains, to why draft trends are struggling, to overall industry performance.
Molson Coors’ gains at the expense of competitor Anheuser-Busch InBev’s losses continued to show in the company’s fourth quarter and full-year earnings reports.
The 2024 Super Bowl ad rankings are beginning to filter in, and the results are all over the place for the big game commercials from Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) and Molson Coors.
The founders of the Craft Beer Cellar retail franchise and its flagship retail store and restaurant have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation for both business entities (Craft Beer Cellar Group and Craft Beer Initiative LLC), according to filings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts.