Boston Beer Company continues to slowly expand distribution of Slingers Signature Cocktails, its high-ABV, malt-based, ready-to-drink canned cocktails (RTDs).

The digital marketplace has become a vital part of many bev-alc brands’ marketing and connection to consumers, and has an impact on both digital and brick-and-mortar sales.

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is under scrutiny after a 2021 study on the impact of proposed higher beer and wine taxes on excessive alcohol use has been brought to light, The Oregonian reported.

Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned Wynwood Brewing Company, Miami’s first craft brewery and taproom, will close its doors next month after more than a decade in business, Eater reported Wednesday.

Three-quarters of consumers who said they would abstain from alcohol this month have stayed committed to Dry January, according to a survey by CGA, NIQ’s on-premise market research firm.

Hard cider outpaced beer in dollar sales gains in 2023, increasing dollar sales +1.9% year-over-year (YoY) through December 30 in NIQ-tracked off-premise channels, according to 3 Tier Beverages consultant Mary Mills’ presentation at CiderCon Thursday in Portland, Oregon.

More than 1,100 people gathered in Portland, Oregon, this week for the 14th annual CiderCon, hosted by the American Cider Association (ACA).

Industry executives gathered for Beer Business Daily’s annual Beer Industry Summit in Coronado, California, earlier this week. New Belgium continued to dominate craft scans in 2023, led by its Voodoo Ranger brand family, which claimed six spots in Circana’s list of the top 30 craft brands by dollar sales in tracked off-premise channels. As the company faces the comps – including multiple double-digit gains – New Belgium will not rest on its laurels, new CEO Shaun Belongie said on stage Sunday.

Hensley Beverage Company president and CCO Andy McCain has been promoted to CEO of the beverage distributor, effective immediately. McCain has worked for Hensley — a 69-year-old independent Anheuser-Busch InBev wholesaler that covers Arizona and New Mexico — for more than 27 years, serving in several leadership roles over that time, including CFO. He was… Read more »

The final Circana beer report for 2023 has arrived and it’s time to see how the category and its segments fared in scans, starting with a look at craft.

The December Consumer Price Index (CPI) for beer at home increased +1.9% year-over-year (YoY), with the category ending 2023 below overall inflation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

November domestic tax paid shipments from U.S. brewers were down -6.8% year-over-year (YoY), to an estimated 10.95 million barrels, according to the Beer Institute (BI) in its latest round of economic reports.

Wormtown Brewery co-founder Ben Roesch and his wife Adrienne Roesch will open a new brewery in the Bay State early this year, the two announced.

Constellation Brands has raised its full-year operating income guidance for its beer brands to +7% to +8% (previously +6% to +7%), following another quarter of shipments and depletions growth, the company reported today in its Q3 earnings results.