Zoe Licata joined Brewbound in 2021 after several years of freelance reporting and documentary work. She’s a Massachusetts native, guinea pig for bev-alc innovation and savant in Gen Z culture.
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re looking back on a year’s worth of the Brewbound Podcast and all the acquisitions, distribution shakeups and innovation plans we chatted about, as well as all the wonderful guests that joined us.
Five months after placing a winning bid for Alamo Beer Company, Australia-based private equity firm SKJ Capital has finalized its acquisition of the San Antonio-based craft brewery, SKJ announced today.
Many bars and restaurants close their doors December 25, but the Christmas holiday still historically provides a boost for bev-alc sales in the on-premise, according to CGA, the on-premise arm of market research firm NIQ.
The on-premise has provided some bright spots for bev-alc in 2025, with consumers still willing to spend their dollars at bars and restaurants despite curtailing purchasing more drastically in the off-premise.
Von Ebert Brewing has spent the past five years playing catch up with demand. The Portland, Oregon-based company began in 2018 as a family-founded brewpub seeking to bring fresh German-inspired beers to the Pacific Northwest.
“Barring a drastic change in the last few weeks” of 2025, craft will likely record its third consecutive year of volume declines and second consecutive year in which brewery closings outpaced openings, according to the Brewers Association (BA) in the trade group’s annual Year in Beer report.
Total bev-alc dollar sales fell 23% week-over-week (WoW) in an expected post-Thankgiving dive, Circana EVP, BevAl Scott Scanlon shared in the market research firm’s latest week report (data ending December 7).
Sycamore Brewing co-founder Justin Brigham may be divesting of the company, but industry members are not separating him and his legal charges from the Charlotte, North Carolina-based brewery so quickly.
Pabst Brewing may be in hot water following the company’s sales restructuring and ensuing layoffs, with the company potentially facing a class action lawsuit.
Beverage packaging manufacturer Ball Corporation will acquire an 80% stake in Benepack’s European can manufacturing businesses, including two production facilities in Belgium and Hungary, the company announced Wednesday.
The personal and professional responsibilities of a modern beverage entrepreneur were in the spotlight on Day 2 of BevNET Live LA 2025, as founders and leaders discussed strategies to effectively meet the changing role of running a beverage business.
Thanksgiving helped bev-alc maintain its positive growth trajectory – at least compared to earlier this fall – Circana EVP, BevAl Scott Scanlon shared in this week’s off-premise scans report.
Alex Carreteiro has been named president of Heineken’s Americas business, the Dutch brewing company announced last week. Carreteiro, who will take the position on March 1, will fill the vacancy left by Marc Busain, who left the company in October to become CEO of Lipton Teas and Infusions.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) will acquire a majority stake in party punch maker BeatBox for approximately $490 million, the company announced today.
