Boston-based Harpoon Brewery launched its first non-alcoholic beer Tuesday: Open League non-alc hazy IPA.

Bourbon County Stout, Goose Island’s annual release of limited-edition barrel-aged stout variants, will turn 30 this November.

More than two years after announcing her retirement, craft brewing pioneer Carol Stoudt’s eponymous German-inspired brand will be returning to Pennsylvania draft lines in time for Oktoberfest season through a licensing partnership with Philadelphia-based Evil Genius Beer Company.

Maui Brewing had accepted defeat and was ready to move on in June when BX MT BAMF LLC – an affiliate of Anaheim, California-based Brewery X – was named the winning bidder in the auction of San Diego’s Modern Times Beer, Maui CEO Garrett Marrero told Brewbound.

After weeks of anticipation, Maui Brewing is officially moving forward with its acquisition of San Diego’s Modern Times Beer.

Off-premise beverage-alcohol sales have begun to soften after summer holiday peaks, recording the lowest absolute dollars since May in the week ending July 17, according to market research firm IRI.

Ale Asylum permanently closed last week after 16 years, after a planned sale of the brewery failed to come to fruition, the Madison, Wisconsin-based brewery announced on its website and social media channels Friday.

Global hop acreage grew +0.8% to 62,886 hectares (nearly 155,395 acres) in 2021, increasing for the eighth consecutive year, global hop supplier BarthHaas reported Monday.

Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) will lay off 142 employees from its AB ONE operations, following the sale of the Oakland, California-based wholly owned distributor, the San Francisco Business Times reported.

Boston Beer Company’s leadership admitted the company has not performed “as expected” so far this year, lowering its guidance to a volume loss between -2% and -8%, during an earnings call with investors Thursday afternoon.

E-commerce beverage-alcohol platform Provi defended its antitrust lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits and Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) this week, arguing the two distribution giants have relayed a “misleading narrative” to the court, Law360 reported.

Flying Embers, a Ojai, California-based hard kombucha and hard seltzer-maker, continues to explore “fourth category” beverage alcohol.

When Los Angeles-based Jiant launched its hard kombucha in the summer of 2019, the company had three full time employees, including its co-founders, Larry Haertel Jr. and Aaron Telch.

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