The craft brewing industry has entered a “new normal” of slow to no growth, Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson shared during the keynote speech of the 2023 Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville.

The first Brew Talks meetup is set for Sunday, May 7, at Nashville Underground. We’re going to start off Craft Brewers Conference week with two big talks, plus beers and networking.

Ball Corporation reported that global beverage can shipments declined -6.7% in the first quarter of 2023. For the full year, the can manufacturer is estimating that its global volume growth will be in the “low-single digits,” with volume in North America “slightly down.” Leaders discuss need for beer companies to launch promotions.

Spirits-based, ready-to-drink (RTD) canned cocktail brand Fishers Island Lemonade has agreed to be acquired by Spirit of Gallo, the spirits division of E. & J. Gallo, the companies announced today in a press release.

Athletic Brewing Company’s Upside Dawn Golden will be served on all domestic JetBlue flights starting in May, the company shared today. The partnership marks the first time that a major U.S. airline has served non-alcoholic craft beer at 35,000 feet.

Another week, another consolidation of small breweries. The week started with New Jersey’s Cape May Brewery announcing plans to acquire Flying Fish, one of the Garden State’s oldest breweries.

Cycling a rough first quarter of 2022 when the company’s shipments and depletions declined -25.1% and -7, respectively, Boston Beer Company reported a bumpy first quarter of 2023, as both depletions and shipments declined and the company recorded a $9 million net loss.

Rhinegeist Brewery has named Adam Bankovich interim CEO, the Cincinnati-headquartered craft brewery shared with Brewbound. Bankovich was hired as Rhinegeist’s chief commercial officer (CCO) in October 2022, joining the Ohio craft brewery after a nine-year career at Stone Brewing, where he last served as VP of sales.

San Juan Seltzer is betting on a new line of imperial hard seltzers called Doubles being “a game changer” for the nearly 5-year-old company, CEO and president Ron Lloyd told Brewbound.

Two of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s top marketing executives are on leave amid conservatives’ call to boycott the Bud Light brand for a marketing activation with social media influencer and transwoman Dylan Mulvaney during March Madness.

NoFo Brew Co. has reached a deal to acquire the land, building and assets of fellow Georgia craft brewery Tantrum Brewing.

We don’t have the production numbers just yet, but the rankings are in for the Brewers Association’s (BA) annual list of the top 50 craft breweries by volume in 2022. This isn’t a best of list but a ranking of output for the breweries that meet the BA’s small and independent craft brewery definition.

Flavor is at the heart of discount supermarket chain Aldi’s summer strategy. As part of Alid’s seasonal reset, the company will add 18 private label alcoholic beverages (11 new and seven repeat items) all priced under $14 to its shelves starting Friday, April 21. Those products range from hard tea to hard seltzer, cocktail-inspired pouches to freeze pops, and beer to wine.

The Brewers Association (BA) has shared its rankings of the top 50 independent craft breweries by sales volume, with U.S. craft brewers under the trade group’s small and independent brewery definition collectively producing 24.3 million barrels of beer and gaining 0.1% share of the overall beer market by volume to claim 13.2% share.