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BrewLogix Launches Dynamic Performance Platform

Technology solutions company BrewLogix today announced the launch of its Performance Platform, directly serving and delivering vital insights to restaurant, bar, hospitality and craft brewery customers with draft beverage programs.

Encompass Technologies Adds Ray Guerin to Board of Directors

Encompass Technologies, the leading cloud-based ERP platform for producers, distributors, and retailers in the beverage industry, announced that Ray Guerin, former Chairman and CEO of Reyes Beverage Group, has joined its board of directors.

Study Suggests Spirits-Based RTD Excise Tax Cuts Cost Consumers More; DISCUS Calls Study ‘Misleading’

Study Suggests Spirits-Based RTD Excise Tax Cuts Cost Consumers More; DISCUS Calls Study ‘Misleading’

Trade groups across beer and spirits continue to fight over whether spirits-based, ready-to-drink canned cocktails (RTDs) should be taxed at the same as malt-based alternatives. The argument came to a head this month when Public Sector Consultants (PSC), a Lansing, Michigan-based public policy consulting firm, released a study claiming decreased excise tax rates for spirits-based RTDs have cost consumers more on shelf.

Brewbound ICYMI: Welcome to Deal Week

Brewbound ICYMI: Welcome to Deal Week

The deals came in a rush this week. It started Monday, as Canadian cannabis firm Tilray acquired Montauk Brewing Company in New York, adding another contract brewed brand to its growing beer portfolio of Atlanta’s SweetWater Brewing and San Diego-founded Green Flash and Alpine Beer Co.