Constellation Brands unveiled today the Q2 financials that showed slowing growth, which led to the company lowering its fiscal year 2025 (FY25) guidance last month.

Gulf Distributing SVP Rebecca Maisel made a rallying cry for beer distributors to get energized and invest in their businesses during her first speech as National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) chair on Tuesday at the trade group’s annual gathering.

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company company is focused on ensuring its employees in Mills River, North Carolina, “are safe and accounted for,” while “still assessing” the damage sustained at the brewery, president and CEO Pryce Greenow told the company’s distributor partners on Tuesday.

For both the beer industry and the larger political and social environment, “there are new rules to the game,” National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) president and CEO Craig Purser said in his opening remarks of the trade group’s Annual Convention in San Diego.

While the majority of the beer category has been unable to find year-over-year (YoY) growth in off-premise in recent scans, the on-premise is looking more positive and could provide more growth opportunities for the category.

Craft continues to fall short of 2023 trends, according to the latest monthly report from market research firm Circana, citing data through September 8.

Wholesalers continue to show caution in their beer ordering, according to the latest Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) from the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).

Not all “beloved” CPG brands have soul, but all brands with soul are beloved, according to Jesse Howell, art director for sparkling water brand Aura Bora.

Remember black out rage gallons a.k.a. BORGs? The gallon jugs college students were bringing to parties last year with a mix of water, electrolytes and handwritten punny names written on the front?

Jack Daniel’s Country Cocktails Hard Tea is now available nationwide, following a six-month test period in select markets.

While “it might feel like we’re hearing more about brewery closures” since the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still plenty of craft breweries opening across the country, according to Brewers Association staff economist Matt Gacioch.

Despite industry scan trends, Firestone Walker believes “the American craft beer industry is as strong as ever.” The Duvel-owned California craft brewery is focused on its core beer brands in 2025, and believes those brands can satisfy both classic craft beer consumers and new drinkers, leadership detailed Monday in a virtual presentation for wholesale partners.

Beer inflation eased slightly in August, but still remains above other bev-alc categories and the total industry, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report.

Duvel Moortgat-owned Firestone Walker is staying in the beer category in 2025, and believes beer can still speak to consumer needs – even the consumers who “don’t know they like beer yet.”