Wine and spirits brands are cutting into the growth of the craft beer segment, according to Patrick Livingston, director of client insights for market research firm IRI. Livingston, who led yesterday’s Power Hour presentation hosted by the Brewers Association (BA), said craft beer dollar sales were up just 1.7 percent in IRI’s multi-outlet off-premise U.S. retail universe (excluding convenience stores) through July 8. Livingston added that craft has begun to plateau in off-premise channels, with volume sales leveling off since late March.
The trend of Hazy IPAs is here to stay and this September, San Diego based Saint Archer Brewing Company will be launching their newest addition, the Hazy IPA.
Odell Brewing will celebrate the Great American Beer Festival by previewing Sippin’ Pretty Fruited Sour, a new year-round beer to be released in November.
Petainer, the leader in plastic packaging innovation, has launched a new regionalised approach to the way in which it goes to market. The announcement made by new CEO Hugh Ross, will ensure that the markets in which Petainer operates are supported as closely as possible with commercial and product expertise.
People who live in the reinvented Wyomissing suburb of Reading recently received the exciting news that Sly Fox Brewing Company is opening a satellite pub in the Knitting Mills — an upscale mixed use complex of office, retail, and restaurant space developed by Philadelphia-based Equus Capital Partners.
The innovation of KHS subsidiary NMP Systems, which the brewery group is now launching as world premiere for cans on the British market under the name Snap Pack, combines beverage cans with adhesive dots instead of shrink-wrapping, hi-cone and other secondary packaging solutions.
Several beer companies throughout North and South Carolina have temporarily halted operations in preparation for Hurricane Florence, which is set to make landfall over the next 24 hours, bringing with it wind gusts exceeding 74 mph and days of storm surges, flooding and double-digit rainfall. States of emergency have been declared in the Carolinas, and the governors in those states have urged more than 1 million residents of coastal towns to evacuate. Georgia, Virginia and Maryland have also issued emergency orders. Palmetto Brewing Co., which was acquired in late 2017 by Catawba Brewing Co., shut down on Wednesday, with its 20 employees being encouraged to evacuate the area.
Spoetzl Brewery, the iconic 109-year-old Texas craft brewery, announces the release of a new limited-edition craft brew, Spoetzl Märzen, in collaboration with Balcones Distilling.
Hi-Wire Brewing is pleased to introduce the Hop Circus IPA program, an experimental hop series exploring the endless spectrum of hop flavors and aromas, to their line-up of flagship beers, with the first release from the program hitting shelves in October 2018.
Brewbound is excited to announce the launch of its namesake podcast series, which will feature interviews with the beer industry’s top founders and executives, as well as promising newcomers. New episodes of the Brewbound Podcast, which is co-hosted by Brewbound editors Chris Furnari and Justin Kendall, will be published every Thursday.
Founders Brewing Co. announced MF Donkey Stout as the third release in the taproom-only Mothership Series. Brewed with locally roasted Mackinac Fudge coffee, this stout is bold with just a hint of sweetness. It will be available exclusively in their Detroit and Grand Rapids taprooms in 6-pack bottles and on draft beginning September 28.
