Craft beer industry news.
Onda, a leading brand of tequila seltzer, has received a $12.5 million growth investment led by the company’s existing investors, Aria Growth Partners and beverage industry veteran Clayton Christopher.
The life of Bevy Long Drink, Boston Beer’s malt-based foray into the Finnish long drink segment, won’t be very long after all. The company has discontinued the brand, which it launched in 20 test markets late last year and expanded nationwide earlier this year.
Halfway through 2022, the beverage-alcohol industry is facing an unending wave of headwinds. Scott Scanlon, EVP of market research firm IRI’s beverage-alcohol vertical, shares the firm’s mid-year report card for the bev-alc industry. Scanlon strikes an optimistic tone for the beer category for the rest of 2022.
Tap Hopper Canning, LLC is pleased to announce its first official distribution relationship with Roberts Polypro manufacturing for their Craft-Pak handles manufactured locally in Charlotte, NC. Craft-Pak™ 4-pack and 6-pack standard format 211 can carriers were introduced in 2017 by Roberts PolyPro in 2017 Craft-Pak™ and have steadily grown in popularity.
LUKI Brewery proudly welcomes everyone to attend their two-year anniversary celebration July 15-17.
In the wake of Breakthru Beverage’s acquisition of J.J. Taylor’s beer business in Minnesota, Summit Brewing Company’s portfolio has moved to A-B house Capitol Beverage Sales in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, with pieces of territory doled out to College City (A-B) and Dahlheimer Beverage, a Molson Coors house.
The five-dollar everyday pint is not dead.
Total beer had a “break in the pattern” this month, contracting with a reading of 46 in June’s Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI), according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).
Award-winning brewery DESTIHL Brewing, and SuckerPunch Gourmet, makers of bolder pickles done differently, have teamed up for what is certain to be quite a big dill.
42 North Brewing Company is launching a new pale ale to support the Empire State Ride, a fundraising cycling event that travels 500+ miles across New York State from Staten Island to Niagara Falls. Proceeds from every case sold will be donated to the Empire State Ride and its beneficiary, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Award-winning Koloa Rum Company launches Sparkling Hawaiian Rum Canned Cocktails — its latest ready-to-drink product line.
A judge in Orange County Superior Court has approved the sale of San Diego-based Modern Times Drinks to BX MT BAMF LLC – a limited liability company connected with Anaheim, California-based Brewery X – for $20 million.
Kové, an alternative craft beverage brand, announced the grand opening of its new tasting room in Miramar, California accompanied by the specialty release of a limited collaboration flavor, Dragon Fruit Margarita, created in partnership with Pitaya Foods.
The FARM & The Odd Fellows, a collective of community-driven businesses housed in one of Minneapolis’ historic buildings, recently expanded its roster with a new self-pour tasting room and brewhouse.
