Craft beer industry news.
Blake’s Beverage Company, which debuted in 2023 as the collaborative voice of three leading cider brands, Blake’s Hard Cider, Austin Eastciders, and AVID Cider Co., enters 2024 as the nation’s second largest cider company with a strong national distribution footprint and a mission to rekindle America’s passion for cider and fruit-forward beverages. With each brand… Read more »
Beer inventory levels are starting out stronger this year than 2023, according to the latest Beer Purchasers Index (BPI) from the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).
The population of Flavortown just increased by three. Stratford, Connecticut-based Two Roads Brewing has added three new iterations of the Flavortown Spiked flavored malt beverage (FMB) line it brews in collaboration with celebrity chef Guy Fieri.
Naomi Neville is departing Allagash Brewing after 14 years of leading and building its sales team. She has helped turn the Portland, Maine-headquartered craft brewery into a regional powerhouse and the Allagash White brand into a flagship with relevance across the country.
The convenience channel remains a bright spot for beer as the category tackles declines elsewhere, and growth in the channel is expected to continue through 2024, Goldman Sachs analysts reported in the company’s latest Bev Bytes retailer survey.
California canned cocktail and hard kombucha maker JuneShine has received a seven-figure investment from private equity firm InvestBev.
To support Rupee’s upward growth, the brand will now be exclusively distributed via Union Beer, a Sheehan Family Company across New York City and Long Island.
SingleCut Beersmiths, the long-standing rock-n-roll brewery out of Queens, NY had to hit pause on distribution to Maryland and DC in May 2023 following the closure of Legend’s Limited, a Sheehan Family Distributior.
Batson River Brewing & Distilling, an independent Maine craft brewery, announced the distribution of its Acadian Skies dark lager throughout southern Maine.
The Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Truly Hard Seltzer, Angry Orchard and Dogfish Head, excitedly announces the expanded distribution of its Slingers Signature Cocktails brand, a malt-based lineup of full-flavored, 8% ABV, cocktail-inspired drinks in the convenience of a 24oz can.
Columbia Distributing will begin selling Metier Brewing throughout the state of Washington starting on February 1st, 2024. Metier was founded in Seattle in 2018 by Rodney Hines and Todd Herriott who shared a passion for making great beer while giving back to the community.
Boston Beer Company continues to slowly expand distribution of Slingers Signature Cocktails, its high-ABV, malt-based, ready-to-drink canned cocktails (RTDs).
As another Dry January comes to a close, non-alc online retailer and importer The Zero Proof is taking a bigger step into the rising category with funding from Asahi Group Beverages & Innovation, the U.S.-based venture arm of Asahi Group Holdings.
Bent Water Brewing Company, the award-winning craft brewery from Lynn, Massachusetts, this week announced that Jere Anderson, the process engineering manager and technical director for the brewery, has been asked to join the Brewers Association (BA) Technical Committee.
