Justin Kendall

Justin Kendall

Editor, Brewbound

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.

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Jack’s Abby Goes Deep At Home with Boston Celtics Partnership

Jack’s Abby Goes Deep At Home with Boston Celtics Partnership

Pride and Parquet, Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers’ Boston Celtics themed beer, hit retailers in early January, and early shipments of the hoppy lager have quickly sold out. For the Framingham, Massachusetts-headquartered craft brewery, the partnership with the iconic Boston sports franchise is part of a strategy to go deeper at home with a focus on off-premise sales in 2021, co-owner Sam Hendler told Brewbound.

Bell’s Brewery Promotes Carrie Yunker to Executive Vice President as Part of Succession Plan

Bell’s Brewery Promotes Carrie Yunker to Executive Vice President as Part of Succession Plan

Bell’s Brewery has appointed Carrie K. Yunker to the newly created role of executive vice president. Yunker, who has worked at Bell’s for nearly two decades and most recently served as VP of human resources, will work with Bell’s founder and president Larry Bell to oversee all aspects of managing the company, as well as leading Bell’s senior leadership team and acting as a go-between to the Michigan craft brewery’s board of directors.

Boston Beer Invests in Regional Super Bowl Ad for Wicked Hazy IPA

Boston Beer Invests in Regional Super Bowl Ad for Wicked Hazy IPA

Your Cousin from Boston is going to the Super Bowl. Boston Beer Company is investing in a Super Bowl spot that will run during the big game on February 7 in the New York and Boston markets to help boost the reincarnation of its New England IPA brand as Wicked Hazy.

Brewers Association Postpones Craft Brewers Conference Until September 2021, Moves Event to Denver

Brewers Association Postpones Craft Brewers Conference Until September 2021, Moves Event to Denver

The Brewers Association announced today that it will postpone its annual Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) and Brew Expo America until September and move the event to Denver from San Diego, where it had been planned for late March. The 2021 edition of CBC is now slated to be held September 9-12, pending health and safety protocols.