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Banging Gavel Brews Names Ripson Group as Agency of Record

Banging Gavel Brews has selected Ripson Group, a Midwest-based communications agency specializing in public relations, marketing, advertising, social media and more, as its agency of record as it prepares to open the new brewery this summer.

Our Mutual Friend Brewing Company Announces May Lineup of Beers

Our Mutual Friend Brewing Company (OMF) proudly announces their lineup of May beer releases. This month the brewery flexes its muscles with a few foeder-aged sours, a collaboration IPA with Novel Strand Brewing Company, a new Weirding Way variant, and the return of some OMF classics.

Monaco Cocktails Named Official Hard Lemonade and Canned Vodka of UFC

UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, and Monaco Cocktails, a leader in the canned cocktail space, announced a multi-year national marketing partnership focused on Monaco’s ready-to-drink (RTD) Hard Lemonade beverages.

Three Trends To Watch From Circana’s State of Beverage Alcohol Report

Three Trends To Watch From Circana’s State of Beverage Alcohol Report

To find out the top trends in beverage alcohol, we chatted with Scott Scanlon, executive vice president of beverage alcohol at Circana, about some of the bigger trends for producers that emerged from this year’s report including who is drinking RTDs, how the stalled on-premise rebound impacts trial and why premiumization has staying power.

Membership Grant Program Now Open for Aspiring Texas Craft Brewers

A grant program opened this week for applications from future Texas craft brewery owners. Grantees will receive one year of free membership (a $300 value) in the Texas Craft Brewers Guild, the trade association for independent craft breweries in Texas.

MadTree’s New Sway Pool Party Pack Is Ready to Make a Splash

The Pool Party variety 8-pack with four new refreshing and mouth watering vodka + soda flavors will be available throughout Cincinnati, Dayton, and Northern Kentucky beginning Monday, May 8th or today in the Oakley Taproom.