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Regional Brands Lead Growth in Cider Segment

Regional Brands Lead Growth in Cider Segment

Regional cideries grew at more than triple the rate of the total cider segment at off-premise retailers in 2020, American Cider Association executive director Michelle McGrath shared during the trade organization’s annual CiderCon event earlier this year.

“Off-premise channels grew 9% for total cider — regional brands grew 33%,” she said. “Off-premise chains don’t capture all of our members, but they do provide a useful measuring stick.”

Flying Embers Implements Earthly Labs CO2 Capture

Beverage innovation company, Flying Embers, has become the first Hard Kombucha and Hard Seltzer company in the world to implement Earthly Labs’ groundbreaking CO2 capturing technology. The partnership enables Flying Embers to carbonate their liquids not with CO2 created by the petrochemical industry, but instead with naturally generated CO2 recaptured from their own fermentation.

Waterbird Spirits RTD Cocktails Take Flight

Waterbird Spirits RTD Cocktails Take Flight

Wilson Craig has a founder’s story that should be familiar to many in the beverage space: Dissatisfied with the available options in a category, he set about creating his own product to fill the “blind spot” in the market — in this case, ready-to-drink spirits. While working in real estate finance in New York City, he and his friends noticed “their bodies starting to change” as calories and carbs from drinking light beer began to catch up to them. The answer? Waterbird Spirits, a line of premium ready-to-drink cocktails in 12 oz. cans.

Lone Tree Brewing Releases Pomegranate Wit For Spring

Pomegranate Wit begins as a traditional Witbier recipe made with coriander, and fermented with a Belgian yeast strain before it gets the addition on pomegranate pureé. This pink-hued brew is a drinkable 5.3% ABV.

Brewers Association: Craft Production Declines 9% in 2020 Amid Pandemic; Number of Breweries Tops 8,700

Brewers Association: Craft Production Declines 9% in 2020 Amid Pandemic; Number of Breweries Tops 8,700

The COVID-19 pandemic put hard times on the U.S. craft brewing industry in 2020, as production declined for the first time in the modern craft era, the Brewers Association (BA) announced today. The number of barrels produced by craft breweries had steadily grown in recent years, from 24.3 million barrels in 2016 to a peak of 26.3 million barrels in 2019.

Firestone Walker Releases Nectaron Hazy IPA in Mixed Pack

Firestone Walker’s pacesetting pursuit of New Zealand hops reaches new heights with Nectaron hazy IPA—the latest single-hop release from the brewery’s Propagator Series, available exclusively in the latest “Crafted Thru Hops” IPA mixed pack.

Chuckanut Brewery Taps Skagit Tulip Ale

This year Skagit Valley is celebrating tulips and its breweries once again. The Skagit Farm to Pint Fest celebrates the tulips and beer thatare products of the valley.

Five Boroughs Brewing Co. To Launch Party Water this May

This May, look out for a new hard seltzer called Party Water from the craft brewing team at Five Boroughs Brewing Co. in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Unlike the various hard seltzers on the market, Party Water is a product by New Yorkers, for New Yorkers.Party Water was almost brought to market in 2020, but the… Read more »

Radeberger Zwickelbier Available Nationwide

Radeberger Gruppe USA, an importer of brands of its parent company Radeberger Gruppe, Germany’s largest brewing group, is excited to announce the national release of Radeberger Zwickelbier.