Craft beer industry news.
A group led by hard cider entrepreneur Brett Williams acquired a stake in Wachusett Brewing Company last September, Brewbound has learned. “An opportunity presented itself during the pandemic to invest in Wachusett and we decided to do so,” Williams told Brewbound Thursday. “We are the only people that are crazy enough to invest in a brewery in a pandemic.”
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s 2020 global revenues declined 3.7%, to $46.8 billion, driven by the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in what was “undoubtedly a difficult year for our colleagues and our business,” CEO Carlos Brito said during a call with investors and analysts Thursday to discuss the company’s Q4 and full-year 2020 earnings. “While we… Read more »
Non-alcoholic craft beer brewing pioneer Two Roots Brewing Co.™ announced today its continued expansion across the United States with product now sold in Massachusetts. The company has signed an agreement with local wholesalers Craft Beer Guild, L. Knife & Sons, and Seaboard Products, to cover the entire State.
The Bruery has whipped up a fresh new batch of its Bakery series of barrel-aged pastry stouts. This time around, get ready to pour a glass full of sticky buns! This will be the 6th addition to the Bakery series that launched its first release in 2018 with the fan-favorite Coconut Macaroon and has become a staple of The Bruery’s core brands.
Shotgun Seltzer, the makers of Texas’ first craft spiked seltzer, is proud to announce its expansion into New Mexico.
Alva Mather and Nichole Shustack of McDermott, Will & Emery — a law firm with one of the country’s leading beverage alcohol practices — joined the Brewbound Podcast to break down all the pressing legal issues facing the beer industry in 2021.
For 2021, Brooklyn will lean on a slate of new offerings including Pulp Art Hazy IPA, the expanded Special Effects non-alcoholic line, and a line of hard seltzers, in addition to its flagship Brooklyn Lager and Summer Ale seasonal.
Champion Brewing Company is releasing a refreshed logo and packaging design. The brand refresh will launch in late February, 2021, with the first look at redesigned cans dropping this week. Grocery stores will begin to see the new look by the end of the month.
Malt 2.0 has been launched by Bairds Malt to showcase the development of malt produced using new barley varieties introduced to the UK through the Early Evaluation Programme.
Drizly offered insights into sales of two of the online marketplace’s most popular beer category segments: IPAs and beyond beer, or “hard alternatives,” in the company’s parlance. Beverage packaging company Ardagh Group has proposed spinning off its can packaging operations into a new entity combined with Gores Holdings V, pending shareholder approval, according to a press release.
Former Wachusett Brewing Company president Christian McMahan has started The Hooch Lab, a consulting firm targeting higher-end brands in the beer, wine, spirits and ready-to-drink FMB space.
This Thursday, Feb. 25th, Container Brewing will be dropping their 3rd “true” sour; a tasty dry hopped liquid coming in at 4.6 ABV.
San Diego-based independent wholesaler Scout Distribution will begin distributing the Port Brewing and Tiny Bubbles brands beginning March 1, the San Marcos, California craft brewery announced today.
Central Virginia’s Stable Craft Brewing at Hermitage Hill, an authentic working farm brewery and winery, will be showcasing two new sour releases, Wild Strawberry and Raspberry, on Wednesday, February 24 from 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm.
