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.
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.
NoFo Brew Co. has reached a deal to acquire the land, building and assets of fellow Georgia craft brewery Tantrum Brewing.
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.
While 23-year-old Smirnoff Ice is around the same age as Gen. Z, the Diageo-owned flavored malt beverage (FMB) brand has been out of the spotlight in the past few years, as younger legal-drinking-age (LDA) consumers have gravitated toward new flashier beyond beer entrants such as Mark Anthony Brands’ White Claw Hard Seltzer and E. & J. Gallo’s High Noon Sun Sips.
Union workers at San Francisco-based Anchor Brewing are in limbo, as negotiations with company leadership for a new contract have stalled and the union’s initial contract has expired, according to union leaders.
The Brewers Association (BA) has shared its rankings of the top 50 independent craft breweries by sales volume, with U.S. craft brewers under the trade group’s small and independent brewery definition collectively producing 24.3 million barrels of beer and gaining 0.1% share of the overall beer market by volume to claim 13.2% share.
Molson Coors and The Coca-Cola Company are partnering again this fall with the launch of Peace Hard Tea, a 5% ABV malt-based version of Coca-Cola’s Peace Tea.
BarrelHouse Brewing Co. has purchased Sherwood Field Hangar, a historic airplane hangar in Paso Robles, California, and the surrounding property, which will house the brewery’s new production facility.
The Brewers Association (BA) has announced its 2023 Industry Award recipients, all five of whom have had an “immeasurable impact” on the craft brewing industry, BA president and CEO Bob Pease said in a press release.
Molson Coors Beverage Company’s previously teased spirits-based Topo Chico offering is now a reality.
