New Belgium Brewing Company is making its biggest investment yet behind a Voodoo Ranger brand with the launch of Juice Force, a year-round hazy imperial IPA. Dave Knospe, Voodoo Ranger brand manager, told Brewbound that New Belgium is investing more than $1 million in media for Juice Force (9.5% ABV), which is rolling out now.

Des Moines, Iowa-based Exile Brewing Company is launching Exile Beverage Company to house all of its non-beer products. The first offering to come from the spinoff operation is a line of vodka sodas that are expected to hit retail shelves around the Memorial Day holiday.

The four-years-in-the-making trademark infringement trial between Stone Brewing Company and Molson Coors finally started this week with attorneys for both sides offering opening arguments and testimony from Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley.

East Aurora, New York’s 42 North Brewing Company and Ukraine’s 2085 Brewery have launched an open-source collaboration beer program called Resolve to support the humanitarian effort in Ukraine, 42 North founder John Cimperman told Brewbound.

Orpheus Brewing’s Jason Pellett announced Thursday that he will step down as CEO of the Atlanta, Georgia-based brewery to focus on his role as brewmaster.

Off-premise dollar sales of craft beer are down -8.5%, to nearly $650.5 million, year-to-date through February 20 in multi-outlet and convenience stores tracked by market research firm IRI. Craft’s dollar share of the overall beer category declined -0.60%, to 11.29%, through that two-month period, the firm reported.

Breakthru Beverage Group has reached a deal to acquire J.J. Taylor Companies’ beer business in Minnesota, the companies announced today. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. However, Breakthru expects the deal to close in the spring, pending customary closing conditions. Once closed, Breakthru will consolidate its beer portfolio into J.J. Taylor’s 600,000 sq…. Read more »

Ray Guerin, chairman of Reyes Beverage Group, announced his plans to retire, effective April 30, in an internal memo Monday.

New Belgium Brewing Company began notifying Bell’s Brewery wholesalers on Monday of plans to consolidate the portfolio with the Reyes Beer Division in several markets outside of Michigan.

Ready-to-drink canned cocktails from JuneShine began quietly hitting store shelves in Southern California last week and officially launched March 1. The release of the spirits-based canned cocktails marks the first non-hard kombucha product launch from the San Diego-headquartered company.

Modern Times is seeking a buyer or an investor, the company’s new CEO told Good Beer Hunting. In the wake of closing four taprooms and laying off 73 workers, CEO Jennifer Briggs told the outlet that the company “would definitely entertain” a buyer.

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s global revenue reached $54.3 billion in 2021, the company reported today during its full-year and Q4 2021 earnings report. CEO Michel Doukeris noted that the world’s largest beer manufacturer’s volume hit an “all time high” in 2021, increasing +9.6% for full-year 2021, to nearly 581.7 million hectoliters (495 million barrels).

Squatters founders Peter Cole and Jeff Polychronis’ PRC Restaurant Company, along with boutique investment firm Sentry Financial and local investors, acquired the Salt Lake Brewing Company from CANarchy.

Boston Beer Company announced the exit of one of its top executives, as well as offered a deep dive into its business across a pair of filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday evening. In an 8-K filing, Boston Beer reported that Quincy Troupe, senior VP of supply chain, tendered his resignation on February 21.