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.
Ten months into his tenure as Beer Institute (BI) president and CEO, Brian Crawford said the trade organization and the overall industry have made many strides, but still face several challenges. Crawford cautioned that the founding principles established by the BI in 1862 – limited government intervention, lower taxes and free enterprise – are “facing headwinds” that put those organizational pillars “in danger.”
Coors Light is going solo to Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. Molson Coors CMO Sofia Colucci revealed last week during the company’s annual distributor convention in Orlando that the company would again purchase commercial time during the Super Bowl, and this year’s ad time would be devoted to Coors Light.
Molson Coors is refreshing the Blue Moon brand in 2024, company leaders shared during its distributor meeting earlier this week. Blue Moon made a surprise cameo in February during Molson Coors’ first Super Bowl ad in 30 years, which helped grow display and drive social chatter. However the top-selling craft beer in the U.S. has still been down in scan year-to-date.
Molson Coors Beverage Company’s innovation strategy moving forward will focus on the segments where the company believes it has “a right to win.” Those areas include low- and no-alcohol beer, flavored adult beverages, whiskey, energy drinks and pure-play non-alcoholic beverages
Molson Coors is growing in every region, every channel and every major retailer in America, chief commercial officer Michelle St. Jacques shared during opening remarks Tuesday of the beverage company’s distributor convention in Orlando.
Vermont’s Lost Nation Brewing is at a crossroads. The business is seeking a new equity partner to buy out one of its co-founders or a complete turnkey sale of the brewery. Both options remain on the table.
Brooklyn Brewery has taken a minority stake in Boulder, Colorado-based non-alcoholic (NA) hop tea maker Hoplark as part of a Series A funding round, the two companies announced today.
Portland, Oregon-based Rev. Nat’s Hard Cider will cease operations on September 24 after 12 years in business, according to the Oregonian. The closure comes just six months after Rev. Nat’s opened a new taproom in Southeast Portland.
Mighty Swell CEO Jeana Harrington is feeling good about the future of the hard seltzer brand under new ownership. The July 28 acquisition of Mighty Swell Spiked Seltzer by a family-owned, global fruit and flavor company ended an admittedly “rough” period in which the company lacked funding to produce its products for the summer selling period.
The craft brewery that led the Black is Beautiful charitable beer initiative is seeking a new equity partner to buy out one of its co-founders and take a majority stake in the business. Weathered Souls Brewing Company co-founder Mike Holt is seeking an exit from the San Antonio craft brewery that he helped found with Marcus Baskerville in 2016.
Asheville, North Carolina-based Green Man Brewing and Boone-based Appalachian Mountain Brewery’s (AMB) announced a joint venture today in which Green Man will produce AMB’s beers for distribution.
As the college football season officially kicks off, Exile Brewing’s Swarm golden ale – a beer collaboration with the Swarm Collective, a 501(c)3 non-profit that supports University of Iowa athletes via name, image and likeness opportunities (NIL) – has sold 20,000 cases in its first two months in market.
