Craft beer industry news.
Anheuser-Busch InBev is launching Stella Artois Liberté, a non-alcoholic (NA) offering for “beer lovers who want to enjoy a beer, but who want the option to reduce their alcohol consumption.”
Omission, the gluten-reduced craft beer brand Anheuser-Busch InBev acquired in its 2020 merger with Craft Brew Alliance, is wiping the slate clean next year.
BRRRRRRing it, big time! Cold Day IPA was released in 2020 as a winter seasonal and greatly exceeded expectations, so the brewery is launching the style in 12 packs this month.
The National Honey Board and four Pink Boots Society chapters are partnering for something special this September for National Honey Month.
Citing “continuing uncertainty about hard seltzer demand trends for the remainder” of 2021, Truly Hard Seltzer maker Boston Beer Company today withdrew its 2021 financial guidance. The company also said it anticipates “hard seltzer-related inventory write-offs, shortfall fees payable to third party brewers, and other costs” that will be incurred throughout the remainder of 2021.
Award winning Level Crossing Brewing Company is immensely proud and thrilled to partner with Crosby Hops and the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to release the Rock On Crafted Lager.
BrewDog has formed an international joint venture with Japan’s Asahi as the Scottish craft brewer prepares to go public, the Financial Times reported earlier this week.
Boston Beer Company’s innovation pipeline continues to pump out new brands as the fall approaches, announcing today a planned nationwide launch in November of Bevy Long Drink, a sparkling refresher inspired by a traditional Finnish cocktail that consists of gin, grapefruit soda, and tonic. However, Boston’s version of the beverage, checking in at 5.8% ABV, won’t contain spirits.
Continuing with their mission of giving back to the community in impactful ways, WeldWerks Brewing will release the next edition of their philanthropic series, 10K IPA.
Block 15 Brewing announces the release of Alumni Club, an annual collaborative beer release that highlights some of the brightest graduates of Oregon State University’s Fermentation Science Department.
The ready-to-drink canned cocktail segment continued to grow over the Labor Day holiday weekend increasing its share of the liquor category from 4% to 7% year-over-year (YOY) on the e-commerce alcohol delivery platform Drizly.
The legal battle between Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers and Atlantic Beverage Distributors has crossed state lines into Rhode Island. Atlantic Importing and Distributing of Rhode Island, Inc., the Ocean State sister company of the Holliston, Massachusetts-based distributor, filed a lawsuit against Jack’s Abby in Rhode Island’s Providence/Bristol County Superior Court on July 23 to prevent the brewery from terminating Atlantic as its Rhode Island wholesaler. The Framingham, Massachusetts-based craft brewery had successfully ended its relationship with Atlantic’s Massachusetts operation in January.
A perennial favorite from The Bruery, So Happens It’s Tuesday, is heading across the country to a shelf near you this September.
A visit from The Stork always brings a bundle of joy.
