After 14 years, Phil Leinhart is no longer the brewmaster at Brewery Ommegang. Leinhart, who joined Duvel Moortgat USA-owned, Cooperstown, New York-based craft brewery in January 2007, confirmed his exit from the company.

If economic conditions in the United States worsen via recession or inflation, 39% of consumers said they wouldn’t cut back on purchases of beer or wine to save money, according to a survey conducted by Nielsen of 18,000 consumers from July 1-8.

Stone Brewing’s 2020 CEO search didn’t take a year to complete. In fact, it took less than a month. The Escondido, California-headquartered craft brewery announced today the hiring of former Lagunitas Brewing CEO Maria Stipp as its next CEO.

Employees of another craft brewery are attempting to unionize. The kitchen and hospitality staff of Surly Brewing Company’s Beer Hall and Pizza Upstairs restaurant in Minneapolis notified management Monday that they plan to unionize, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

Summer is coming to a close for Harpoon Brewery and Polar Beverages’ hard seltzer brand. Initially dubbed Arctic Summer when the brand launched in April 2019, the two Massachusetts-headquartered companies are rechristening the hard seltzer line as Arctic Chill in order “to reinforce year-round enjoyment.”

Stone Brewing and San Diego hard kombucha maker JuneShine are teaming up for the release of StoneShine, a 6% ABV hard kombucha that will be distributed in 25 states.

A month after Deep Ellum founder John Reardon filed a lawsuit against the CANarchy Holding Corporation — and private equity firm Fireman Capital Partners — alleging that the craft brewery rollup had failed to make several payments related to the acquisition of the Dallas craft brewery, the organization has terminated Reardon’s employment.

Dogfish Head’s residency at Concrete Beach’s Social Hall in Miami is becoming permanent. Boston Beer senior director of local brands and taprooms, Rob Kreszswick, announced this week that the company would transition Concrete Beach’s Miami location into Dogfish Head Miami. As such, Concrete Beach’s Social Hall would close permanently and beer-to-go and e-commerce sales would cease on Saturday, September 5.

Anheuser-Busch InBev is “remixing” its Bud Light Seltzer variety pack, adding three new flavors — Cranberry, Grapefruit and Pineapple — that will be featured in a second variety 12-pack with its Strawberry flavor. The new mixed packs are expected to be on store shelves nationwide by Monday, August 31.

Former Mark Anthony Brands marketing VP Sanjiv Gajiwala has joined the Kraft Heinz Company in the newly created role of U.S. chief growth officer.

Aluminum cans are in short supply, and the shortage comes at a time when the can package is becoming more important to the beer category as brewers shift their focus to off-premise sales during the pandemic. Market research firm Nielsen’s latest report highlights the growth and importance of cans to the beer category. The firm… Read more »

July 2020 marked the second consecutive month of increased year-over-year shipments, according to the Beer Institute (BI), which shared unofficial estimates of domestic tax paid shipments compiled by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).

Drizly has closed on a $50 million Series C funding round, the Boston-headquartered alcohol e-commerce and delivery platform announced today.

A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges that Anheuser-Busch InBev is deceiving consumers by positioning its Veza Sur brewery in Miami as a craft brewery.