Brewbound is excited to announce the launch of its namesake podcast series, which will feature interviews with the beer industry’s top founders and executives, as well as promising newcomers. New episodes of the Brewbound Podcast, which is co-hosted by Brewbound editors Chris Furnari and Justin Kendall, will be published every Thursday.

As the U.S. brewing industry inches closer to a record 7,000 craft beer companies in operation, hundreds of distressed breweries are expected to close in 2019 and many of those failed enterprises will turn to asset auctions as a way to pay off debt. Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson told Brewbound during a live-streamed interview at last week’s California Craft Brewers Association Summit that he anticipates as many as 300 brewery closures by the end of 2018. According to Watson, he expects the gap between openings and closings to shrink over time, and there could be as many as 500 closures in the next couple of years. The increasing number of brewery closures has also meant an uptick in business for auction houses.

Beer, Boston and baseball are coming together like never before, thanks to Harpoon Brewery and retired baseball legend Kevin Youkilis. Announced today, Harpoon will contract brew two beers from Youkilis’ award-winning California-based brewpub Loma Brewing Company: Greek God of Hops Double IPA and Appeasement IPA, for distribution in Massachusetts and Rhode Island this fall.

In this week’s Last Call: Red Brick reverts back to Atlanta Brewing Company; Coronado closes the Monkey Paw brewpub; Canarchy Craft Brewery Collective announces cross-platform mixed pack (and its GABF presence); Harpoon says it will brew, distribute a former Red Sox Player’s beer offerings.

An exciting new Flavor Adventure is here just in time for summer: UFO Blueberry Lemonade, brewed with the essence of Polar Seltzer’ade Blueberry Lemonade.

Harpoon Brewery’s newest summer seasonal offering, a Miami-inspired gose, is now available. Harpoon Lime-y Vice is tart and lime-y up front, with a delicately salty, slightly spiced crisp finish

UFO Pink Lemonade is available now through August on shelves, in twelve-ounce cans and bottles, and on tap.

It’s island time! The daring minds behind UFO Beers have brewed a new juicy, refreshing, golden unfiltered offering inspired by the tropics: UFO Pineapple. Available year-round, this wheat beer has a luscious burst of tropical flavor that makes an escape to paradise that much easier! UFO Pineapple is on shelves – and on tap – now.

As Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles unfolds on the field, Anheuser-Busch InBev will be attempting to capture viewers’ attention by running six ads during the commercial breaks.

Yards Brewing Company will take their role as Philadelphia’s Brewery to a whole new level as the city prepares to win their first championship in the modern football era on Sunday, February 4 at 6:30 p.m. against the New England Patriots.

UFO Beers welcomes a brand-new flavor adventure for spring: UFO Apricadabra.

Adnams, the Suffolk brewer and distiller, has entered into an exclusive distribution partnership with Crafted Exports, the international distributor of American craft beers and spirits.

Mass Bay Brewing Company, maker of the Harpoon and UFO brands, today announced the purchase of Massachusetts-based contract brand Clown Shoes. Specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, however Mass Bay Brewing co-founder and CEO Dan Kenary told Brewbound that his company had acquired 100 percent of Clown Shoes’ assets.