Craft beer industry news.
California lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow wine and beer retailers to sell spirits-based, ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages that are lower than 10% ABV and in containers no larger than 16 oz.
After Chuckanut Brewery and Whatcom County’s North Fork Brewery got together at South Nut to collaborate on a Barleywine, Chuckanut decided to put some of the beer into Westland Distilleries whiskey barrels as part of an exchange project.
Retailers’ coldboxes are “a battlefield” – particularly in the increasingly crowded beyond beer space – but cider is primed to “thrive,” according to Mary Guiver, Whole Foods Market’s global principle category merchant for beer, during a retailer panel last week at CiderCon 2023 in Chicago.
Thrillseeker is a classic Beachwood IPA! This West Coast-style IPA will push your senses to the edge.
Allagash Brewing Company is going statewide in Illinois. Plus, Memphis, Tennessee-based Wiseacre Brewing has added statewide distribution in Virginia via Specialty Beverage.
Athletic Brewing Company, America’s leading producer of non-alcoholic craft beer, is excited to relaunch Soul Sour in celebration of Black History Month.
WISEACRE Brewing Company today launches statewide distribution in Virginia. Three of the Memphis-based breweries’ year-round beers – Ananda IPA, Gotta Get Up to Get Down Coffee Milk Stout, and the Great American Beer Festival Bronze Medal-winning Tiny Bomb Pilsner – will be available, along with Seasonal and Specialty Releases, in all Total Wine stores across Virginia, along with many other better beer stores.
Migration Brewing has expanded their regional distribution reach to Idaho. This winter the Portland, OR based craft brewery entered a partnership with Scout Distributing to bring their award-winning beers to the state of Idaho.
Beer and flavored malt beverage (FMB) sales were up +2% in Q4, while hard seltzer sales declined -3% in the same period, according to the most recent Beverage Bytes survey conducted by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.
Sales velocity at bars and restaurants across the U.S. has increased +20% compared to last year, according to CGA, the on-premise data arm of NielsenIQ.
Beer will be the alcoholic beverage of choice for consumers planning to imbibe while watching Super Bowl LVII, according to market research firm Numerator, which shared the results of a consumer survey conducted from January 25-31.
A year-long legal dispute between rapper and business tycoon Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Bacardi was finally resolved on Friday when the spirits giant announced it has agreed to acquire the majority of Cognac venture D’ussé, with Carter retaining a significant ownership stake through his company SCLiquor.
Medusa Brewing Company is thrilled to announce the release of LASER KITTEN® IPA, a 6.0% a.b.v. American IPA that bursts with aromas of tropical fruit and thirst-quenching citrus flavor from the hop combo of Galaxy, Citra, and Mosaic.
Flavor-driven brands dominated the top 25 new beer category products of 2022, according to Bump Williams Consulting’s (BWC) February report. Of the top 25 best-selling new products, 12 were flavored malt beverages (FMBs) and six were hard seltzers. Four imports made the list, as did two craft offerings and one domestic premium.
