Headlines

Revolution Brewing is getting into the non-alcoholic (NA) beverage game. The Chicago-based craft brewery has launched Super-Zero sparkling hop water, its first NA offering.

Leaders from Brooklyn Brewery and Hoplark share the why behind their recent partnership. Hoplark founder Dean Eberhardt, CEO Betsy Frost and Brooklyn Brewery CEO Eric Ottaway also share their perspectives on the trajectory of NA beverages.

Volume improved slightly on a sequential basis across wine, spirits and flavored malt beverage categories, while decelerating across hard seltzer in the two-week period ending September 9, according to an analysis of NielsenIQ data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.

Allagash Brewing Company is introducing its first true rotating seasonal beer lineup in 2024 with the House series, the company announced today.

Barry Andrews, founder of Texas-based Andrews Distributing, died at 77 yesterday, the Molson Coors-aligned distributor announced.

Seven new recipients have joined the ranks of scholarship winners from the Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing and Distilling (MJF), an organization Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garrett Oliver founded in 2020 to further the careers of Black, Indigenous and people of color in the brewing and distilling industries.

Coors Light is going solo to Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. Molson Coors CMO Sofia Colucci revealed last week during the company’s annual distributor convention in Orlando that the company would again purchase commercial time during the Super Bowl, and this year’s ad time would be devoted to Coors Light.

E-commerce delivery platform DoorDash and discount grocery chain ALDI have expanded their partnership to include beverage-alcohol delivery in 21 states, the companies announced today.

While Athletic Brewing Company continues to record exponential growth for its non-alcoholic (NA) offerings in the U.S., it’s not limiting itself to its home country. The Milford, Connecticut-based craft brewery announced expansion moves today for its business in both the U.K. and Canada.

Molson Coors is refreshing the Blue Moon brand in 2024, company leaders shared during its distributor meeting earlier this week. Blue Moon made a surprise cameo in February during Molson Coors’ first Super Bowl ad in 30 years, which helped grow display and drive social chatter. However the top-selling craft beer in the U.S. has still been down in scan year-to-date.

We are now about three-quarters of the way through 2023 and on-premise trends have remained relatively similar to 2022, according to CGA, a NIQ-powered on-premise market research firm.

As the non-alcoholic beer market continues to grow – potentially to $40 billion by the end of 2023 – it is imperative that brewers are aware of any regulatory guidelines associated with the production and sale of these beverages.

Molson Coors Beverage Company’s innovation strategy moving forward will focus on the segments where the company believes it has “a right to win.” Those areas include low- and no-alcohol beer, flavored adult beverages, whiskey, energy drinks and pure-play non-alcoholic beverages

On this week’s Brewbound Podcast, Justin and Zoe dive into some of the latest headlines, including several business deals, such as Brooklyn Brewery’s minority investment in Hoplark and Green Man and Appalachian Mountain Brewing’s new joint venture.