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.
Washington-based sister cider companies Yonder and The Source have merged into a single entity, founder Caitlin Braam announced. Samuel Adams’ entrepreneurism-centric philanthropy Brewing the American Dream is accepting applications for its 2023 business and brewing experienceship.
Beer contributed more than $400 billion to the U.S. economy in 2022, Beer Institute (BI) VP of research Danelle Kosmal shared this week in the trade group’s annual state of the industry webinar.
Drizly, an Uber-owned alcohol e-commerce delivery platform, began “company wide” layoffs this week, according to several social media posts by former employees.
After a three year hiatus, Chicago craft beer lovers will soon be able to patronize the Lagunitas Brewing Company taproom again.
Non-alcoholic (NA) beer maker Athletic Brewing Company produced 170,000 barrels of beer in 2022, which would place it just within the Brewers Association’s (BA) top 20 craft breweries by volume. By the end of 2023, the Stratford, Connecticut-based brewery is expected to be in the top 15.
With the on-premise permanently altered following the COVID-19 pandemic, beer, wine and spirits producers are evaluating how to hold onto and gain shelf space.
Virginia retailers are now required under law to separate alcoholic versions of non-alcoholic brands from their soft drink counterparts.
Columbia Distributing, one of the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) largest members, has resigned from the trade group “effective immediately.”
Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson continues to tease early data from the BA’s annual production survey, and the numbers aren’t getting any better.
Ale Asylum’s flagship Hopalicious pale ale is back from the dead, eight months after the Wisconsin brewery closed its doors, thanks to another Madison brewery.
Athletic Brewing’s non-alcoholic (NA) beers may soon be on tap at a bar or restaurant near you. The Connecticut-based NA brewery posted a photo on Twitter this week of co-founders John Walker and Bill Shufelt “headed down to NYC to deliver our first kegs.”
Craft beer dollar sales and volume at off-premise retailers declined in 2022, and 2023 is not expected to be much better for the segment. If craft wants to win consumers and occasions, producers must meet new consumers on their level, Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson shared last week at the New England Craft Brew Summit.
New England craft beer sales are outperforming national trends, Bump Williams, president and CEO of Bump Williams Consulting (BWC), shared last week during the New England Craft Brew Summit in Portland, Maine.
Dutch beer giant Heineken N.V. has yet to halt sales of some of its brands in Russia, despite promises made in March 2022, due to local bureaucracy “beyond its control,” Reuters reported.
