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.
The 2023 edition of Russian River’s Pliny the Younger generated a record $6.3 million in economic impact, a more than $200,000 increase over last year’s record-breaking release, according to the Sonoma County Economic Development Board (EDB).
While Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson warned of continued craft declines during his keynote speech Monday at the Craft Brewers Conference (CBC), BA president and CEO Bob Pease shared a message of optimism while on stage in Nashville.
The craft brewing industry has entered a “new normal” of slow to no growth, Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson shared during the keynote speech of the 2023 Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville.
Stone Brewing must pay past rent on the brewpub it shuttered in Napa, California, in October 2021, according to a court ruling. Tilray-owned SweetWater Brewing will open two new branded bars at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in its hometown of Atlanta.
Oregon regulators have agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Washington breweries last year, allowing out-of-state brewers to ship beer direct-to-consumers (DTC) in the Beaver State.
The past week at Rhinegeist has been one of “a lot of disruption” but also “minimal anxiety and the sense of calm,” following the appointment of chief commercial officer Adam Bankovich to interim CEO, Rhinegeist co-founder Bryant Goulding told Brewbound.
Twisted Tea continues to be one of the few Boston Beer Company offerings in the green, and the company doesn’t see that changing anytime soon, leadership shared during Thursday’s Q1 2023 earnings call with investors.
BrewDog has appointed John Graham CEO of the Scottish craft beer company’s U.S. operations. Graham has more than two decades of experience in CPG and hospitality, including 15 years at Johnson & Johnson in various leadership roles, according to a press release.
The unofficial theme of the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., Tuesday was celebrating the collective force of the beer category across all three tiers, A notion that is increasingly important as the category faces ongoing competition from spirits, and the anticipation of harsher regulations and federal scrutiny in the near future.
Ready-to-drink canned cocktail (RTD) brand Sauza Agave Cocktails, the first joint venture from Boston Beer Company and Beam Suntory, has been discontinued.
Imports have been one of the few beer segments to consistently record off-premise growth over the past year, and a similar story is playing out in the on-premise, according to NIQ’s on-premise market research arm, CGA.
Schilling Hard Cider has gone electric. The Seattle, Washington-based hard cider maker is continuing its mission to reduce its carbon footprint by investing in eight new electric-powered vehicles (EVs), that will be used by its Pacific Northwest sales team.