After a decade in business, Stormalong Cider is finally creating the taproom of its dreams and that its fans have been requesting.

The Office of Communications (Ofcom), the U.K.’s communications regulator, has dismissed a complaint from Brewdog and CEO James Watt against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which claimed the BBC treated and portrayed Watt and his company “unjustly or unfairly” in a 2022 expose, BBC reported.

Craft industry members are constantly asking about “price elasticity,” according to Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson in his latest deep dive for the trade association.

Homebrew Con, the American Homebrewers Association’s (AHA) annual gathering of homebrewers, is on hiatus.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for beer at home has ticked back up for the start of 2024, increasing +2.4% year-over-year (YoY) in January on a seasonally unadjusted basis, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

If you frequented the Two Robbers’ website or Instagram in the past month, you’d notice a significant change. The website’s homepage now says “Two Robbers Spirits Company” with a “Website Coming Soon!” banner. And the Philadelphia-based hard seltzer company’s Instagram has been completely cleansed, with previous posts deleted and a handful of new photos in their place.

Welcome to Brewbound’s A Round With, a weekly feature that grabs a round with beer industry leaders to discuss business challenges, wins and more. Our second installment features Haidar Hachem and Marilyn “Mari” Orozco, a husband-and-wife duo and the founders of Miami-based Shōjō Brewing.

Domestic tax paid shipments declined by more than 10.59 million barrels in 2023, according to the Beer Institute (BI), citing estimates from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).

A former spirits executive will be the next president and CEO of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.

Retailers will have an increased “intense scrutiny” of new product launches and bev-alc shelf sets in 2024, according to Bump Williams in his monthly report for Bump Williams Consulting (BWC).

Consumers poured themselves more than 126.9 million oz. of beer, wine, ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails and more from PourMyBeer self-serve walls in 2023, according to the beverage technology company’s latest impact report.

Beer inventory levels are starting out stronger this year than 2023, according to the latest Beer Purchasers Index (BPI) from the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).

The convenience channel remains a bright spot for beer as the category tackles declines elsewhere, and growth in the channel is expected to continue through 2024, Goldman Sachs analysts reported in the company’s latest Bev Bytes retailer survey.

California canned cocktail and hard kombucha maker JuneShine has received a seven-figure investment from private equity firm InvestBev.