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Iowa’s SingleSpeed Brewing Acquires Backpocket Brewing

Iowa’s SingleSpeed Brewing Acquires Backpocket Brewing

A pair of Iowa craft breweries are formalizing their existing partnership. Waterloo-based SingleSpeed Brewing is acquiring the intellectual property of Coralville-based Backpocket Brewing and its sibling brand Peace Tree Brewing.

Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr.’s Super Beverage Team Up

Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr.’s Super Beverage Team Up

From the screen to the cooler, actors Tom Holland and Robert Downey, Jr. are bringing their respective beverage startups together for a limited edition collaboration: BERO Coffee Draught and Happy Eternal Hoptimist ground coffee.

Constellation Brands’ Losses Accelerate in Q2

Constellation Brands’ Losses Accelerate in Q2

Constellation Brands’ sales and volume declines accelerated in the company’s second quarter, according to its fiscal year 2026 Q2 earnings report. The company’s beer division – which imports Modelo, Corona, Pacifico and Victoria from Mexico – posted the following declines: Shipments (sales to wholesalers), -8.5% (-3.3% in Q1); Depletions (sales to retailers), -2.7% (-2.5% in… Read more »

2 Voodoo Brewery Franchises Close in Texas

2 Voodoo Brewery Franchises Close in Texas

Two Texas locations of Voodoo Brewery, a mostly franchise-owned brewpub chain, closed last week, bringing the chain’s number of shuttered locations to five in 2025.

US Spirits Exports Decline 9% Amid Trade Tensions

US Spirits Exports Decline 9% Amid Trade Tensions

Following a record-high for U.S. spirits exports in 2024, exports fell 9% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2025, driven by ongoing trade tensions, according to a new report released today by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS).