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.
It’s time for one of golf’s greatest traditions, as the sport of the people (who have a lot of money) tees off all weekend with the biennial Ryder Cup. The PGA is actually making all food & drink free of charge this weekend (don’t tell Justin – I told him hot dogs were on me for his birthday). Although the … $750 tickets for the weekend sadly do not cover booze.
The sharks were biting on low-ABV on the season premiere of ABC’s Shark Tank. Dad Strength, the maker of 2.9% ABV IPAs, generated interest from four of the show’s investors.
Heineken N.V. has struck a deal to acquire Florida Ice and Farm Company S.A. (FIFCO) in Central America and Mexico, the companies announced Monday.
Molson Coors named long-time chief strategy officer Rahul Goyal as the company’s new president and CEO, succeeding Gavin Hattersley who announced in April plans to retire at the end of the year.
Charlie Sheen is the latest celebrity wading into the non-alcoholic beer business. The Hollywood star has teamed up with Barrel One Collective’s Harpoon Brewery and “innovation brand shop” The Silent Group to create Wild AF Brewing.
Hard Italian soda Bravazzi is bucking flavored malt beverages’ fizzling trends.
Summer ended with Dogfish Head riding momentum in both canned cocktails and its beer portfolio.
The return of professional football didn’t result in a boost to on-premise beer trends, contrary to years past. Opening weekend of the 2025 NFL season (September 4-7) led to high-single-digit declines in both draft beer (-7.3%) and packaged products (-8.3%) compared to 2024 opening weekend (September 5-8), according to on-premise tech and insights firm BeerBoard.
Boston Beer Company is willing to fail fast with new fourth category products in order to find its next big brand, founder and CEO Jim Koch shared during last week’s Barclays’ Global Consumer Staples Conference.
Sierra Nevada’s willingness to enter new segments and styles hinges on a pair of key factors, CEO Pryce Greenow told Brewbound.
21st Amendment Brewery is ceasing operations after 25 years, as founders Shaun O’Sullivan and Nico Freccia seek a buyer for the legacy craft beer brand.
Who drinks draft beer these days? The draft beer drinker is an older white man who is “relatively affluent” and spends around $201 monthly on dining and drinking in on-premise outlets, according to the latest “On Premise Draft Opportunity” report from CGA and Draftline Technologies.
Sierra Nevada is committed to craft brewing. Not that there was any doubt that the family-owned, Chico, California-headquartered brewery is all in on craft beer, despite a downturn in the segment’s trends.
Check out these news items, initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter between August 27-29.
