StormBreaker Brewing Announces Fragile, a New Italian Style Pilsner
StormBreaker Brewing, the award-winning Portland, OR brewery, has announced a new holiday-themed beer, Fragile (pronounced Fra-Gee-Lay), an Italian-style pilsner.
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Third Space Brewing to Open Second Location in Menomonee Falls
The “Third Space Innovation Brewhouse” will join the Brewery’s Flagship Milwaukee Taproom and Seasonal Elm Grove Beer Garden as a New Year-Round Location.
Total Beverage Solution Acquires the Majority of St. Killian Importing
Total Beverage Solution, a leading beverage importer, is excited to announce the successful acquisition of the majority of St. Killian’s brand portfolio, a prominent player in the industry known for its exceptional portfolio of premium beverages.
FTC and Total Wine Agree on Settlement
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Retail Services & Systems, Inc., parent company of national bev-alc retailer Total Wine & More, have finalized a settlement in their dispute over the chain’s participation in the FTC’s investigation of one of its distributor partners.
Circana: Craft Beer -0.9% YTD Across All Scans, Craft +4.5% in Convenience
Year-to-date (YTD) craft beer sales in off-premise retailers have inched closer to flat with one month to go, according to market research firm Circana. Through December 3, craft beer sales in multi-outlet and convenience stores are down -0.9%, an improvement compared to the last four- (-1.6%), 12- (-3.9%) and 52-week (-1%) periods. Craft dollar sales… Read more »
Coca-Cola’s Red Tree Beverages Brings More Juice To Bev-Alc Category with Minute Maid Spiked
Coca-Cola is bringing another of its juice brands to the bev-alc world. This time, it’s Minute Maid Spiked. The Coca-Cola Company’s bev-alc subsidiary Red Tree Beverages is launching a line of multi-serve wine cocktails under the juice brand in spring 2024.
Vine Street Brewery Collaborates With South Africa’s Beer is Art for Kwanza Beer
Vine Street Brewery is telling a story using their beer; their beer celebrates their African heritage. The collaborative brew beer Mkeka celebrates and commemorates Kwanza, Kwanza is an African American and Pan African holiday that celebrates history, values family, community and culture.
Cackalacky Brand Launches Strawberry Milkshake IPA
Cackalacky, Inc. has launched Cackalacky Strawberry Milkshake IPA craft beer.
Butchertown Brewing National Collabs Announced
Louisville-based Butchertown Brewing, founded in 2020, is thrilled to announce a series of upcoming national beer collaborations for 2024.
Aeronaut Brewing Company and Dorchester Brewing Company Announce Strategic Merger
Somerville-based Aeronaut Brewing Company, known for its innovative craft beers and community-driven ethos, and Dorchester Brewing Company, a cornerstone in the New England and Tri-State craft beer scene, announced the intent to merge their two businesses, with the transaction anticipated to close in Q3 of 2024.
Hofbräu Again Teams With Central Standard Distillery to Create Limited-Run Beer Brandy
Central Standard Craft Distillery Cofounders Evan Hughes and Pat McQuillan announced that the next release in the distillery’s Brewmasters Series will be a familiar one: a “re-collaboration” with Hofbräu München, the renowned 400+ year-old brewery known for Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival in Munich.
Craft Navigating a ‘Perfect Storm’ of Waning Consumer Demand, Distributor Disinterest and Dried-Up Draft Sales
Craft beer has entered “no to negative growth territory,” Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson said during a year-end webinar last week. “We were in double-digit growth as recently as 2014, 2015, and then we moved into kind of a more developed, slow, single-digit growth rate,” Watson said. “COVID hit, and we had the worst year in craft history in 2020 with a partial bounce back in 2021.
Anheuser-Busch InBev Teamsters Authorize Strike
Nearly 5,000 Teamsters members across Anheuser-Busch InBev’s U.S. facilities have voted to authorize a strike if a new contract is not in place when the current one expires on February 29.
Brewbound Live 2023: Tilray Beer Chief Receiving 2-3 Daily Calls From Prospective Sellers, Open Spaces in TX and Great Lakes
Ty Gilmore, president of Tilray Brands’ U.S. beer division, estimated that he receives around two to three calls a day from potential sellers looking to join the Canadian cannabis firm’s craft brewery platform.