New Belgium Brewing Company

Total beer category dollar sales at off-premise retailers reached more than $44.6 billion in 2022, according to the market research firm IRI.

New Belgium has completely made over its flagship Fat Tire – the amber ale that launched the brewery and introduced a generation of drinkers to craft beer – from its composition to its packaging.

Industry veteran John Mallett will depart from Bell’s Brewery next month, after more than 20 years with the Comstock, Michigan-based brewery.

Kirin Holdings, parent company of the Lion Little World Beverages platform that includes New Belgium Brewing and Bell’s Brewery in the U.S., is on the hunt for more production capacity in North America to keep up with sales, Reuters reported this week.

New Belgium’s Voodoo Ranger Juice Force is the No. 1 craft beer launch ever, New Belgium CEO Steve Fechheimer shared during a recent update following the company’s wholesaler meetings. Along with Voodoo Ranger, New Belgium’s core four for 2023 includes Fat Tire, Bell’s Two Hearted Ale and Oberon.

If the climate crisis continues unabated, beer drinkers everywhere – across the political, cultural, and geographic spectrum – will eventually pay more for beer that tastes worse.

Voodoo Ranger IPA today announced the launch of Vote Voodoo, an epic beer battle that pits two competing Voodoo Ranger IPAs against each other, giving consumers full authority to choose the outcome.

New Belgium’s Voodoo Ranger brand family continues to light up the top 30 craft brands tracked by market research firm IRI. Year-to-date though August 7, five Voodoo Ranger SKUs made the list and all but one posted significant growth.

Bell’s Brewery plans to donate $480,000 to non-profits in 2022, including $100,000 to clean water stewardship via a newly launched grant program called Inspired Giving, the Michigan-based craft brewery announced earlier this week.

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June – which overturned Roe vs. Wade, triggering a domino effect that could limit access to abortion and other reproductive care procedures in nearly two dozen states – the Brewers Association (BA) has published a guide to help its members navigate the healthcare ramifications in affected states and support employees.

Eight months after announcing intentions to sell its U.K. craft brewing operations, Kirin subsidiary Lion has sold its Magic Rock and Fourpure brands to Odyssey Inns Ltd, a hospitality group led by Stephen Cox, who co-founded Devon’s Utopian Brewing.

Fat Tire and L39ION of Los Angeles today announced the release of a collaborative, limited-edition golden ale to benefit the Grow Cycling Foundation.

McDermott: Alcohol Suppliers Hit with ADA Website Accessibility Lawsuits McDermott Will & Emery’s Alva Mather and Jeremy White cautioned beverage alcohol suppliers that they may be “in legal crosshairs” due to an “uptick in website accessibility cases,” according to a recent blog post. Mather and White wrote that plaintiff firms are issuing “pre-suit demand letters… Read more »

New Belgium Brewing, in partnership with HospitableMe, a firm specializing in diversity, equity and inclusion training, will launch the Poured For All Initiative this fall, a free safety and inclusion training program for all bars and restaurants aimed at welcoming underrepresented communities into craft beer.