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.
Europe’s hot and dry growing season will result in lower yields this year from some of the world’s largest hop producing countries, global hop supplier BarthHaas reported Tuesday.
Jared Welch, co-founder and production manager of Southern Grist Brewing Co., doesn’t like to back down from a “brewing challenge.” So when the Nashville brewery was approached by Franklin, Tennessee-headquartered Hardee’s to turn the fast food giant’s biscuits into beer, Welch was ready and willing.
Craft consumers have consistently reported style as the driving factor when choosing a craft beer, but brand has become increasingly more important, Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson shared Thursday while revealing the trade group’s annual consumer survey conducted by the Harris Poll.
The rate of craft beer drinkers who say they drink craft weekly has declined -4% since last year, according to the Brewers Association’s (BA) annual consumer survey conducted by the Harris Poll.
This year’s Labor Day beer run (or delivery order) will make a bigger dent in consumers’ wallets than past years, according to the e-commerce alcohol delivery platform Drizly.
The on-premise channel is expected to see an “uplift” in velocity over Labor Day weekend this year, as on-premise trends continue to follow 2021 patterns, NielsenIQ-owned market research firm CGA reported.
Copenhagen-based Mikkeller is shutting down its brewery in the Miramar neighborhood of San Diego, effective immediately, and will begin contract brewing its offerings with San Diego’s AleSmith Brewing Co., the company announced. The Miramar taproom will remain open through the end of September.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) has combined the U.S. field sales teams from its craft brewery and “high end” divisions to create a new high end field sales team.
Katrina Shabo, former director of sales and marketing at Worcester, Massachusetts-based Wormtown Brewery, has joined Medusa Brewing Company in Hudson as sales director. Carrie Shafir has been promoted to VP of marketing for the Brewers Collective, Anhesuer-Busch InBev’s (A-B’s) craft business unit.
The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild (VCBG) could be in the beer distribution business by next summer, it announced last week.
Allagash Brewing Company has resisted the urge to jump on the IPA trend for quite some time – at least within its core lineup – with growth driven by the success of its flagship Allagash White Belgian-style witbier.
If one word had to be chosen to embody the past few years for the beer industry, “pivot” would be a strong contender. And pivot is what San Diego’s Coronado Brewing has done with its newest brand, Coronado Hard Cider.
A lawsuit has been filed against New Jersey-based Cape May Brewing and the convenience chain Wawa, over the companies’ collaborative hard tea brand, Shore Tea.
Blake’s Hard Cider has invested in a new production facility in Wolcott, New York – a $9 million project to support demand for the Michigan-based cidery’s offerings.
