Avery Brewing CEO Elton Andres Knight has been named CEO of Founders Brewing Co., the Grand Rapids, Michigan-headquartered sister brewery of Boulder, Colorado-based Avery.

On-premise beer sales had a positive weekend, as rate of sale (ROS) increased +6.7% nationally January 27-30 compared to the prior period (Jan 6-9), according to draft beer data firm BeerBoard.

With two weeks left until Super Bowl LVI, big beer brands have continued to tease advertisement spots for the big game.

The fourth flavor of Boston Beer Company and PepsiCo Beverages’ Hard MTN Dew will be Baja Blast.

Cincinnati, Ohio-based MadTree Brewing has changed distribution partners in its home state from Cavalier Distributing to the Molson Coors distribution network of Stagnaro Distributing, Superior Beverage Group, Bonbright Distributors and NWO Beverage Co.

Lindsay Kunkle, senior director of Digital & Insights at FTI Consulting, and Peter Rose, senior partner, consulting division at Kantar, shared the stage at Brewbound Live in Santa Monica, California, last month to discuss all things Generation Z.

To kick off the new year, Orange County, California-based The Bruery and Offshoot Beer Co. announced several in-house promotions as part of its 2022 goal to strengthen its distribution footprint and continue growing off-premise sales.

Larkspur, California-based Marin Brewing Company will close this month after 33 years.

Ojai, California-based hard kombucha and hard seltzer-maker Flying Embers has closed a $20 million series C funding round, led by global spirits giant Beam Suntory.

A quarter of consumers said they visited on-premise establishments less than usual in the two weeks that ended January 10, an +11% increase compared to December 2021, according to the market research firm CGA in its latest on-premise impact report.

Springfield, Massachusetts-based White Lion Brewing has signed a licensing agreement with retired NBA player and UMass Amherst alumnus Marcus Camby to release the first of several collaborative beers.

Santa Rosa, California-based Russian River Brewing Company’s annual in-person Pliny the Younger release has been postponed, following a spike in COVID-19 cases.

“Bigger is better” is the motto this year for Asheville, North Carolina-based Hi-Wire Brewing, and they have the cans to back it up.

The former owners of Green Flash Brewing have put the San Diego brewery and its equipment up for sale as a turnkey operation.