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.
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.
More consumers plan to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year compared to 2022, according to data insights firm Numerator.
The majority of craft beer consumers say they would purchase more craft if direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping was available, according to a Harris Poll by Sovos ShipCompliant, a bev-alc compliance software company.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. has made a minority investment in Riot Energy, a Venice, California-based energy drink company. The California brewery will “initially serve as an investor,” but will “eventually produce and package Riot Energy products” once its CanDo Innovation Center is up and running.
The next popular non-alcoholic beverage brand to crossover into alcoholic beverages is SunnyD. Plus, new offerings from Molson Coors’ Simply Spiked, Bud Light Seltzer, and Jim Beam and Boston Beer.
Montauk will expand into two new states and fill out its existing footprint in New York and New Jersey over the next couple months, the New York-based craft brewery’s first expansion moves since being acquired by global cannabis firm Tilray.
21st Amendment Brewery has “reimagined” its 120,000 sq. ft. production facility in San Leandro, California, into a canned beverage co-packing facility capable of producing beer, non-alcoholic beer, FMBs, seltzers, canned cocktails, energy drinks, juices, sodas and more, the company announced this week.
Jon London has returned to Boston Beer Company as brand director of Angry Orchard, the hard cider brand he helped launch more than a decade ago.
The end of 2022 delivered a soft finish for the world’s largest beer manufacturer. In the U.S., Anheuser-Busch InBev’s depletions (sales-to-retailers) and shipments (sales-to-wholesalers) declined -7.6% and -8.6%, respectively.
Hard MTN Dew, the flavored malt beverage (FMB) from Boston Beer Company and PepsiCo, is expanding its lineup for the first time since launching with Livewire, an orange citrus flavor inspired by the soft drink flavor of the same name.
E. & J. Gallo’s High Noon Sun Sips is expanding beyond vodka with High Noon Tequila Seltzer, a tequila-based extension of the hard seltzer brand.
