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The full Labor Day weekend is officially on the books in NIQ off-premise scans. Total bev-alc dollar sales in the four-week period (L4W) ending September 12 totaled $8.5 billion, while volume totaled 167.5 million cases.

Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter, including headlines from Asahi, Monster, Iron Hill and more.

Untitled Art is ceasing operations after a decade, the New School reported, citing “internal sources and memos circulated around the company employees and partners.”

Japanese beer giant Asahi is deepening its U.S. presence with the national launch of its premium ready-to-drink (RTD) vodka and soda cocktail Zeitaku Shibori, the first such product to be manufactured in the States.

This summer is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable seasons that Columbia Distributing CEO Chris Steffanci has ever experienced.

While beer consumers – particularly core craft fans – once cared more about brand and where a product was made, most bev-alc consumers are now prioritizing price, quality and availability, among other factors. This has caused not only a shift in how craft beer is produced and marketed (hello, contract brewing boom), but also trends in imported beer.

Asahi Europe & International has today announced the launch of its alcohol-free beer, Asahi Super Dry 0.0%, in the UK, Ireland, Australia, France, Sweden, USA, Canada.

Asahi Super Dry, the product known for its premium Karakuchi taste that transformed the modern beer market in Japan, announced it will be launching a new 25.4oz can format to meet increased consumer demand for the portability and convenience of can packages.

Asahi Super Dry, the product known for its premium Karakuchi taste that transformed the modern beer market in Japan, today announced it will be launching new packaging for the first time in 15 years in the US market.

BrewDog launches a third funding round in the U.S. HUB offers mug club memberships to drinkers of closed Portland breweries. Santa Rosa’s Shady Oak Barrel House faces backlash for beer name.

A week after pulling back from a planned IPO of its Asia-Pacific operations, Anheuser-Busch InBev announced today an $11.3 billion deal to sell its Australian subsidiary, Carlton & United Breweries, to Asahi Group Holdings.

In this week’s edition of Last Call: Asahi announces plans to acquire London Pride maker; U.S. beer shipments decline in 2018; Charlie Papazian exits the Brewers Association; Clare Rose lays off 14 employees; and more industry news.

In this week’s edition of Last Call: Maryland Brewers and Diageo join forces to amend HB 1283; North Carolina moves toward modernizing the state’s alcohol laws; more breweries close; Yards Brewing Co. reveals plans for its new brewery; A-B divests itself of the former SABMiller’s Central and Eastern European assets; and more.

In this week’s edition of Last Call: Georgia and Mississippi move toward on-site sales, Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors cut barley contracts and Twelve Rounds Brewing faces boycott after owner slams Women’s March on Facebook.