New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ended the state’s state of emergency on Thursday, which meant the expiration of delivery and to-go privileges granted to breweries, bars and restaurants during the pandemic. The New Jersey bill (S.B. 3452) that would have brought the state excise tax rate on spirits-based, ready-to-drink canned cocktails in line with beer has been pulled from consideration for now, sources confirmed with Brewbound.
BevNET is proud to announce its inaugural Cocktail Showdown, a pitch competition that will showcase the most innovative and disruptive brands in the rapidly emerging category of spirit-based ready-to-drink and ready-to-pour cocktails. Taking place on August 12, 2021, the competition will be presented as a virtual platform for the hottest new pre-mixed cocktail brands in America.
The June Hop Acreage Strung for Harvest, 2021 report has been released by USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), announcing hop acreage is “at a record high 60,735 acres, 4 percent more than last year’s previous record of 58,641 acres.”
PourMyBeer, a global market leader in providing self-serve beverage technology to bars, restaurants and breweries has expanded its integration network with Clover POS.
Nashville’s Tennessee Brew Works (“TBW”) and Chattanooga’s Five Wits Brewing Co.(“FWB”) have teamed-up again to benefit Tennessee State Parks through their brewing collaboration, Hazy Trails IPA.
Saucey, the e-commerce on-demand delivery service available in 400 cities across the U.S., saw its business grow 300% last year as consumers shifted their purchasing away from the on-premise channel to off-premise retailers and e-commerce services.
Boulder, Colorado-based POS software provider Arryved has announced a $20 million funding round, which the company plans to invest in brand marketing and expansion.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s Rehoboth brewpub, Brewings & Eats, collaborates with Surf Bagel, an iconic Delaware bagel shop, to brew DelaWeAre, a limited-edition black IPA benefitting the Delaware Brewers Guild. Clocking in at 6.3% ABV, DelaWeAre is brewed with an array of locally-grown malt, caraway seeds, black pepper and chopped pumpernickel bagels from Surf Bagel.
U.S. brewers shipped an estimated 15 million barrels of beer in May 2021, an +8.9% increase (more than 1.2 million barrels) compared to May 2020, according to the Beer Institute (BI), citing unofficial estimates of domestic tax paid shipments from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).
Heineken has struck a deal to acquire additional shares of United Breweries Limited (UBL), making it the majority shareholder of the Bengaluru, India-headquartered conglomerate, the Dutch beer giant announced in a press release.
