Bell’s Brewery fans across the country can now stay in the Oberon spirit through the colder months, with Oberon Eclipse, a nationally distributed fall and winter seasonal.

Distributors noticed stronger beer trends this summer versus last summer, “despite headline concerns over the slowing category and ongoing Bud Light pressures,” Goldman Sachs analysts reported in the company’s latest Bev Bytes Beer Distributor Survey.

Beyond beer has been a key growth driver for bev-alc companies, and it’s the beer category’s battle to win, according to Boston Beer Company founder Jim Koch.

Domestic tax paid shipments for July were down -8.4% versus July 2022, to 12.8 million barrels, according to the Beer Institute (BI) in its latest round of economic reports.

A month after Molson Coors’ sunny Q2 earnings call with investors, CEO Gavin Hattersley gave an update on continued positive trends at the Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference.

The Brewers Association (BA) is urging breweries to submit any federal approval requests or applications ASAP over concerns of a government shutdown.

The average case price for beer in grocery stores has increased +16.7% since 2019, with consumers now paying more than $4 more in 2023 than they were pre-pandemic, according to Bump Williams Consulting (BWC) founder Bump Williams in his monthly industry update.

Despite some ebbs and flows, on-premise sales velocity over the last 12 weeks (ending August 26) has remained flat versus the same period in 2022, according to CGA, a NIQ-powered on-premise market research firm.

Russian River’s STS Pils and Velvet Glow Helles lager will be available in stores in 12 oz. can 6-packs for the first time, starting this fall.

BrewDog USA has announced a reorganized sales team structure ahead of 2024. The U.S. branch of the Scotland-headquartered craft brewery will transition from a regional sales structure to a “more streamlined, divisional structure” with three divisions – Central, East and West – effective November 1, according to a press release.

Summit Brewing founder and CEO Mark Stutrud will retire from the Minnesota craft brewery in March after 37 years.

Beer trends continue to improve in the off-premise, according to Circana in the market research firm’s monthly beer report.

Firestone Walker leadership spent the majority of the company’s virtual meeting with wholesalers Tuesday mapping out plans for its No. 1 brand, 805. However, the Paso Robles, California-based craft brewery’s other three core brands – Cali Squeeze, Mind Haze and Firestone – round out the portfolio to poise the company for “some of the best success that we’ve ever had,” CMO Dustin Hinz said.

The upcoming first week of September brings about three major events for consumers this year: the Labor Day weekend, the kickoff of this year’s National Football League (NFL) season and the return of federal student loan interest.