Off-premise dollar sales of ready-to-drink canned cocktails (RTDs) and hard seltzers have more than doubled in the past three years, increasing +155% since 2019 (through January 8, 2022), according to NielsenIQ data, shared by the Beer Institute’s (BI) VP of research Danelle Kosmal during a webinar Thursday.

New Mill Capital, the asset disposition firm tasked with selling Milwaukee Brewing Company, has set a minimum offer at above $10 million for parties interested in the Wisconsin craft brewery, according to an email from the firm’s principal, Eric Weiler.

Through the first two months of the year, shipments are down -6%, to 23.4 million barrels shipped, according to the Beer Institute (BI), citing domestic tax paid estimates from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).

Molson Coors is in the process of a packaging refresh for Keystone Light, chief legal officer Anne-Marie D’Angelo shared with the company’s distributor partners in a memo Tuesday afternoon. The company shared plans for the packaging refresh just days after a jury awarded Stone Brewing Company $56 million in its long-simmering trademark infringement lawsuit against Molson Coors.

Citing shock and sadness due to Russia’s intensifying war on Ukraine, Heineken N.V said today that it will exit its business in Russia and no longer have a presence in the country. “Following the previously announced strategic review of our operations, we have concluded that Heineken’s ownership of the business in Russia is no longer… Read more »

A federal jury has awarded Stone Brewing $56 million in its trademark infringement lawsuit against Molson Coors Beverage Company, according to Courthouse News Service.

Cleveland-headquartered Great Lakes Brewing Company has hired long-time Boulevard Brewing brewmaster Steven Pauwels as its first chief operations officer, the company announced Thursday. Pauwels’ first day with Great Lakes will be April 4, a Great Lakes spokesperson shared with Brewbound.

In closing arguments Wednesday of Stone Brewing’s trademark infringement case against Molson Coors, the San Diego craft brewery’s attorney Noah Hagey urged jurors to award his client $216 million, according to Courthouse News Service.

The trademark infringement trial between Stone Brewing and Molson Coors continues to grind along with more revelations daily via Courthouse News Service’s coverage. Highlights in recent days from the trial included testimony from Stone co-founder Steve Wagner and Molson Coors’ archivist.

Leaders of San Diego craft brewery Modern Times fielded questions on the state of the business, its potential sale and the future of its membership clubs (the League of Partygoers and Elegant People and the Theory of Leisure Committee) during a 53-minute Zoom meeting earlier this month.

Another craft brewery is up for sale as a turnkey operation. Wisconsin’s Milwaukee Brewing Company is being offered for sale by asset disposition firm New Mill Capital.

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and Patagonia Provisions are partnering to scale up a collaboration beer made with Kernza, a perennial grain grown with regenerative agricultural practices. Kernza Pils, a German-style pilsner, is the biggest launch yet of a beer made with the grain.

As Green Man Brewery enters its 25th year, the company is continuing to build its presence in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. Green Man will celebrate its quarter century in business starting on Thursday, March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day), and running through the weekend, culminating with a block party featuring live music, food trucks and several beer releases.

Charlottesville, Virginia-based Three Notch’d Brewing Company has acquired the former Wild Wolf Brewing Company production facility and its 13 acres of land in Nellysford, Virginia.