Chicago-based Revolution Brewing announced the newest variation in its Freedom Session Sours series: Freedom Lemonade.

Global cannabis firm Tilray has acquired Breckenridge, Colorado-based craft spirits-maker Breckenridge Distillery, with the intent to create cannabis-infused, non-alcoholic distilled spirits, once federally permissible.

A Louisiana resident filed a lawsuit last month against Heineken USA, alleging that the company has misled consumers in the labeling and marketing of its Heineken 0.0 non-alcoholic beer, as the product contains 0.03% ABV, Louisiana Record reported Tuesday.

The FMB/hard seltzer reading on the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s monthly Beer Purchasers’ Index fell to an “unprecedented” 31 in November 2021.

More than half of the 500 retailers in Drizly’s annual retailer report said they will devote more shelf space to ready-to-drink beverages (RTDs) in 2022, according to the e-commerce alcohol delivery platform.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. That was the theme of the third quarter industry review by Fintech and the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).

More than 40 beverage companies and their leadership have joined forces as the founding members of the Adult Non-Alcoholic Beverage Association (ANBA), an industry trade organization created to support companies in the non-alcoholic beer, wine, and spirits spaces.

Societe Brewing more than doubled its sales in 2021, increasing +120% vs. 2020.

The Brewers Collective West (BC West) — the western division of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) craft business unit — will continue to focus on innovation as it transforms into more of a “beverage company” in 2022, Christine Perich, general manager of BC West, detailed to Brewbound.

Craft Beverage Warehouse (CBW), a Milwaukee-based beverage packaging distributor, is making a $4 million investment to begin offering digital can printing to craft beverage companies in 2022.

The fallout from Ball Corporation’s updates to craft brewers and other small customers about increased minimum order quantities continues to reverberate. In addition to Ball raising minimum order quantities for printed cans from one truckload (204,000 cans) to five (1,020,000 cans), the price of 12 oz. cans will increase nearly 28%, from $93.23 to $119.11 per 1,000 cans, according to an updated pricing sheet obtained by Brewbound.

Escondido, California-based Stone Distributing has added San Diego-based Ashland Hard Seltzer and El Segundo Brewing to its Southern California portfolio.

Canned wine brand Maker has raised $2.3 million from more than 30 investors, to expand direct-to-consumer shipping of its offerings to 45 states.

As business at on-premise establishments continues to near 2019 levels, craft beer may have the most to gain, NextGlass CEO Trace Smith suggested during last week’s Brewers Association (BA) Collab Hour webinar.