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The 5 Ways RTD Alcohol Consumption is Changing, According to NIQ

The 5 Ways RTD Alcohol Consumption is Changing, According to NIQ

Ready-to-drink (RTD) beverage alcohol consumption has grown 104% in the past two years, according to NIQ, but how are consumers making shopping decisions, and where are they enjoying the growing variety of flavored malt beverages, canned cocktails and seltzers?

Last Call: The World Beer Cup Returns; Baltimore County Offers $500K to Keep Guinness Baltimore Blonde Local

Last Call: The World Beer Cup Returns; Baltimore County Offers $500K to Keep Guinness Baltimore Blonde Local

More than 300 winners were honored during the Brewers Association’s (BA) 2023 World Beer Cup (WBC) during Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville this week. Guinness Baltimore Blonde – the signature offering of brewing operations at Diageo’s Relay, Maryland-based production facility – has become such a local icon that one Baltimore County official wants to invest $500,000 in a local brewer to keep the beer flowing, according to the Baltimore Banner.