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IWSR: Can RTDs Save Premium Vodka Brands?

IWSR: Can RTDs Save Premium Vodka Brands?

The volume compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for premium and above-premium vodka in the US market has steadily decreased since 2015, dropping -3.1% from 2015 to 2019, and -3.5% in 2020 alone, according to the market research firm IWSR Drinks Market Analysis.

Chuckanut Brewery Releases Rhinebier

Chuckanut Brewery first created Rhinebier two years ago but has not released it since… until now!

Atwater Brewery Partners with Forgotten Harvest

Atwater Brewery, Detroit’s hometown brewer, announced that its newest ale will carry the Forgotten Harvest label honoring the 30 year old Oak Park organization that delivers 138,000 pounds of food per day to area charities. 

Natural Light Launches ‘Flavor-Forward’ Vodka Line

Natural Light Launches ‘Flavor-Forward’ Vodka Line

Having already innovated its way through the ready-to-drink category with everything from a classic hard seltzer to Natty Daddy Lemonade, Natural Light is looking beyond canned categories for its latest product launch. The beer maker announced this week it has launched into the spirits world with a line of lemonade-flavored Natty Vodka.

Brienne Allan, Igniter of Craft Beer’s Reckoning with Sexism, to Depart Notch Brewing

Brienne Allan, Igniter of Craft Beer’s Reckoning with Sexism, to Depart Notch Brewing

Brienne Allan, who sparked an industry-wide reckoning with sexual harassment by asking a single question on her personal Instagram account (@ratmagnet) in May, announced today she will step down from her role as production manager at Salem, Massachusetts-based Notch Brewing. “It’s with a heavy and hopeful heart that this Thursday will be my last day at Notch Brewing,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “I’ve never felt more supported and shared such a similar goal with a company.”

River North Brewery To Release Three Mr. Sandman Variants for CBC

GABF is looking different again this year but the competition rages on and with it is Craft Brewers Conference! To make the best out of all of it, River North Brewery is releasing THREE different Mr. Sandman variants at both taprooms, Saturday, September 11th at 1 pm. 

Proof Brewing Company Releases Warpath Imperial IPA Cans

Proof Brewing Co. is set to release the award-winning Warpath Imperial IPA in limited edition four-pack cans on Thursday, September 2nd on its online store for pickup at the Brewpub.