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BevNET spirits editor Ferron Salniker chatted with the creator of St-Germain about how to translate learnings from the bar to RTDs, where to spot opportunities in crowded categories, and how to be a bartender’s RTD brand even when selling off-premise.

Frankly, I’m surprised it took until November 2025 – but you can now rate spirits, wine, ANA beverages, RTDs, THC-infused seltzers, coffee, soda and “more” on Untappd. What’s that, Jess? No, I don’t think tomato sauce is on there yet … but we’ll keep you posted.

Pike Brewing (Seattle, Washington) will close Pike Pub and Pike Fish Bar, both located at the city’s iconic Pike Place Market, it announced this week. Details of Molson Coors chief commercial officer Michelle St. Jacques’ separation from the company were laid out in a Form 8-K filing Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Siebel Institute of Technology, one of the leading brewing schools in the country, will leave Chicago and move to Montreal on January 1, it announced Thursday.

A new report from market research firm CGA is further proof that while beer is seeing red in off-premise scans, the category can find growth opportunities in on-premise retailers.

The Q4 2025 Supply Chain report from Agrowgate paints a picture of a beverage industry entering 2026 with far more stability – yet no shortage of strategic inflection points.

Bump Williams Consulting (BWC) president Dave Williams has a running list on his phone of the specific challenges or obstacles bev-alc industry members are facing today.

The inspiration for Shake Up Cocktails didn’t come from a bar or a boardroom …  it struck at a Midwest state fair.

Nearly a year on the job, new-ish Lagunitas CEO Bernardo Spielmann is seeing opportunities for the legacy California craft beer brand.

Canned water brand Liquid Death has signed with four mostly craft-centric distributors in Southern California and the Pacific Northwest. Liquid Death, which is preparing to launch an energy drink line in early 2026, has signed with Hand Family Companies’ subsidiary Sunset Distributing (California), The Odom Corporation (Washington), Bigfoot Beverages and Summit Beverage Distribution Co. (both Oregon).

There are only two days left to submit your nominations for BevNET’s 2025 Spirits Awards! Nominations close this Friday, November 21.

Tilray Brands CEO Irwin Simon’s visits to college campuses and venues across the U.S. “suggest there’s more price sensitivity” influencing the decline in consumption.

Functional adult non-alc (ANA) spirits brand Aplós has closed a $5 million funding round, the company announced today. The raise follows a breakout year of triple-digit growth across wholesale and retail channels.

BeatBox, the cross-category party punch producer, is reportedly discussing a potential acquisition with Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B), according to a story by the Wall Street Journal. Citing unnamed “people familiar with the matter,” the WSJ estimated the deal at $700 million, but couched that negotiations could “fall apart.”