News

Gold Bar Whiskey is entering the ready-to-drink (RTD) sphere, and it’s rolling out with the support of Joe Cool himself: Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana.

While the two Republican senators from Kentucky square off on how hemp could be regulated in the upcoming Farm Bill and conservative Texas lawmakers relitigate the state’s approach to intoxicating cannabis derivatives, another GOP congressman is laying the early groundwork for legislation to legalize it.

Sierra Nevada’s 2026 strategy revolves around a “core four” philosophy involving its top brands, while supplementing its flagships with strategic additions, leaders of the Chico, California-headquartered craft brewery shared last week during a virtual distributor presentation.

Kevin McGee used his law degree more than he expected when his family took over legacy California craft brewery Anderson Valley Brewing Company, including in legal battles over distribution rights.

City Brewing & Beverage has completed a transfer of control to a new ownership group made up of some of the multistate contract manufacturer’s existing lenders.

Kendall Jenner’s 818 Tequila has landed additional investment and named a new CEO. The tequila brand’s parent company, Calabasas Beverage Company (CBC), received a strategic investment from the Pérez family, owners of Grupo Solave.

Labor Day may need to start campaigning if it wants to remain a staple of end-of-summer celebrations, particularly with the youngest legal-drinking-age (LDA) consumers.

Craft’s off-premise performance over the last four weeks has been a tale of two channels.

Check out news items from August 25-26, initially reported in Insider editions of the Brewbound Newsletter.

When long-time regulars pine for Icarus Brewing’s original location, founder and owner Jason Goldstein reminds them the good old days weren’t always so good.

The unpredictability of weekly bev-alc scans continues to give the industry whiplash. The beer category recorded a -2.7% year-over-year (YoY) dip in dollar sales and 4.3% decline in volume for the week ending August 17, according to the latest report from Circana and the market research firm’s EVP of BevAl, Scott Scanlon.

Hold on to your coffee cups. Keurig Dr Pepper is solidifying its position as one of the world’s largest coffee companies on Monday in announcing an $18 billion deal to acquire JDE Peet’s, expected to close early next year.

We chatted with Brianda Gonzalez, founder and CEO of The New Bar, about what’s next, where the hurdles are for ANA, and how ANA brands can take cues from their full-proof counterparts.

Summer’s over kids. Or at least it is for the nerds in the Western part of the country who go back to school before Labor Day (us East Coast cool kids always go back in September). Either way – time to get your teenager looking sharp! And what better way to say “cool parent” than supplying them with some fresh COORS BANQUET x WRANGLER duds!