Artisanal Brewing Ventures

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A former server has filed a lawsuit against Artisanal Brewing Ventures (ABV) alleging the craft brewery platform violated federal and state labor laws by undercompensating tipped employees and requiring them to do untipped and unpaid tasks, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

Artisanal Brewing Ventures’ key brands are trending up as summer begins. Year-to-date through June 4, the craft brewery platform’s off-premise sales (+13.1%) are outpacing the beer category (+3.8%) and the craft segment (-1.4%), CEO John Coleman shared, citing data from market research firm Circana.

Artisanal Brewing Ventures (ABV) has restructured its sales force, cutting “a handful” of sales roles, in order to better focus the company’s efforts on off-premise retailers.

Anheuser-Busch InBev has forged a master distributor agreement with Canteen Spirits, while its growth and innovation arm ZX Ventures has made an investment in the 2-year-old ready-to-drink canned cocktail brand.

Sixpoint Brewery is announcing the release of Party Poppers, its new line of refreshing, great tasting hard seltzers.

New Belgium’s first company-owned restaurant — located in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood — will open Friday, April 9.

Bold Rock, the No. 2 hard cider brand in the United States, has partnered with Speedway Motorsports to take race day experiences at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway to a bold new level of excitement with the refreshing, delicious flavors of new Bold Rock Hard Tea and Hard Lemonade.

Pegula Sports & Entertainment welcomes Southern Tier Brewing Company to LECOM Harborcenter, as the premier craft brewing company expands to downtown Buffalo. Southern Tier will convert (716) Food and Sport into its newest tap room location to showcase their full line of craft beers, ciders, seltzers and spirits. Southern Tier’s presence will enhance the revitalization of downtown Buffalo.

Victory Brewing Company (Victory), a pioneer of the craft beer movement, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a newly established “Brotherly Love Community Fund” and with the launch of a new year-round hazy IPA, “Brotherly Love”.

Bold Rock’s passion for innovation and its reputation for flavorful refreshment are fueling the launch of their most recent and exciting product release coming this Spring – Bold Rock Hard Lemonade Seltzer. Bold Rock will jump into the fast growing substyle of the explosive hard seltzer category.

As states begin to reopen bars, taprooms and restaurants in the wake of the COVID-19 shutdown, positive cases continue to rise in many states. In preparation for that reality, Artisanal Brewing Ventures (ABV), the owner of nine taprooms, to re-examine all aspects of its business in order to be able to better serve its guests once it was allowed to reopen.

As it planned for eventual reopenings of its 11 own-premise locations, craft beverage rollup Artisanal Brewing Ventures surveyed consumers in April and found they wanted more than just the basics to combat the spread of COVID-19 inside taprooms. So, ABV is going a step farther and adding needlepoint bipolar ionization (NPBI) technology to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems at its nine indoor locations by the end of June.

Founders Phin and Sara DeMink along with the innovative brewers at Southern Tier have created a new line of refreshing and crisp ciders called Southern Tier Cider Works.