Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a long year that saw its footprint shrink substantially.

Boston Beer Company has found another growth driver with its spirits-based hard tea brand Sun Cruiser, which continues to deepen its distribution footprint. But the hot ticket item continues to be unable to stop flooding volume from its sibling brands, as the company recorded yet another quarter of shipments and depletions losses.

At the halfway point of 2026, beer is leading declines across bev-alc, according to market research firm NIQ.

Boston Beer Company’s fiscal year 2026 (FY26) losses continued in Q2 as the company continued to tackle declines from its top brands, including Twisted Tea, according to quarterly financials the company released today.

There were plenty of trophy-worthy achievements across bev-alc during the FIFA World Cup, according to final data from on-premise insights firm BeerBoard.

The bev-alc industry can no longer blame Gen Z for slowed sales, according to new survey results from global bev-alc data and insights firm IWSR.

There’s a large group of consumers with proven loyalty and potential to drive bev-alc sales that has gone relatively overlooked by the industry: women’s sports fans. Hurray’s Girl Beer is hoping to change that.

On-premise gains from the FIFA World Cup slowed slightly after the tournament’s headline-making hot start, but new data from on-premise insights firm BeerBoard suggests that later weeks may have been just as impactful to bars and restaurants – at least when it comes to draft sales.

Hard cider has continued to post year-over-year (YoY) growth this year despite bev-alc’s Q2 slowdown, as both regional and national brands have found gains, according to new data from 3 Tier Beverages.

This year’s Fourth of July celebrations promised to be the biggest yet, with the U.S. celebrating its 250th anniversary. However, the holiday appeared as a small blip in off-premise scans, according to the most recent report from market research firm NIQ.

This year’s Fourth of July temperatures were hot across most of the U.S., but bev-alc sales were a bit more tepid during the holiday, according to the latest weekly off-premise scans report from market research firm Circana.

Just as top-ranked teams are the favorites to win the FIFA World Cup each year, the top-ranked bev-alc brands appear to be the favorites for wins in the on-premise during the tournament, according to the latest update from on-premise insights firm BeerBoard.

Wine appears to be the first category to not make it out of the group stages during this year’s FIFA World Cup, according to the latest off-premise scans from NIQ.

Cutwater, Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) spirits-based ready-to-drink cocktail (RTD) brand, was far and away the largest contributor to overall bev-alc growth in Q2, according to the latest monthly report from insights firm Bump Williams Consulting (BWC).