Artisanal Brewing Ventures

Another day, another deal. One day after New Belgium announced a proposed sale to Kirin-owned Lion Little World Beverages, rollup play Artisanal Brewing Ventures (ABV) revealed an agreement to expand its portfolio beyond beer with the planned acquisition of Bold Rock Hard Cider in Nellysford, Virginia.

Victory Brewing announced today plans to open an innovation brewery and taproom — the Downingtown-based craft brewery’s fourth in Pennsylvania — next year in Philadelphia.

Sixpoint Brewery, a pioneer in the New York craft beer scene, is building a new state-of-the-art brewery and taproom in Gowanus, Brooklyn, set to open in May 2020.

To live and breathe this sunny sentiment, Victory Brewing is offering three essential beers: 1. Summer Love – an official craft beer for summer, 2. Liberty Bell Ringer Double Dry-hopped Double IPA, and 3. Rose Monkey White Wine Barrel-aged Belgian Ale.

With the success of the Jammer family, and overwhelming positive fan feedback, Sixpoint will make Jammer available year-round as part of its core lineup. Sixpoint will also launch the new Jammer Session Variety Pack that will feature Jammer and Citrus Jammer alongside three new varieties — Berry, Tropical and Ruby — in a 15 pack of 12oz cans.

Southern Tier Brewing Company announces the launch of three new year-round brands to add to its existing portfolio.

Victory’s innovation, releasing in February, will include three new year-round offerings: 1) a Golden Monkey brand extension called Twisted Monkey, 2) a new every day IPA, No Brainer IPA and 3) an on-trend New England Style IPA, Cloud Walker Hazy Juicy IPA.

Total U.S. beer dollar sales grew to more than $35 billion in 2018, according to retail data provider IRI. The Chicago-based market research firm, which tracks category-wide sales at major off-premise retailers, reported a 1.8 percent increase in beer dollar sales, despite a 0.3 percent decline in volume sales at multi-outlet and convenience (MULC) stores (grocery, drug, club, dollar, mass-merchandiser and military) through December 30.

Industry headwinds, brewery acquisitions, the emerging cannabis sector, and the seemingly never ending battle between big and small beer makers were the focus of Brewbound’s most-read stories of 2018.

After four years of discussions with Sixpoint Brewery founder Shane Welch, Artisanal Brewing Ventures (ABV) finally completed a deal to purchase 100 percent of his Brooklyn-based craft brewery this week. Even though ABV had been courting Sixpoint for several years, it wasn’t until this summer when negotiations really began to heat up, John Coleman, CEO of ABV, told Brewbound.