Craft beer industry news.
Founders Brewing Co. announced today that Underground Mountain Brown will return to the brewery’s 2020 Barrel-Aged Series lineup. First launched in 2019 as part of the Barrel-Aged Series, Underground Mountain Brown proved to be an immediate hit among craft beer lovers and coffee lovers alike.
Farmers Brewing Co. releases Daughters Wit, a Belgian-style witbier, as the first specialty release from the farm to glass brewery and will be available on Aug. 6.
Coca-Cola is planning to use the Topo Chico brand as a platform to extend into the booming hard seltzer category, the company announced today. In a statement published on its website, Coca-Cola stated that it is “committed to exploring new products in dynamic beverage categories, including hard seltzer.”
Bubble NBA basketball is finally here — and two craft breweries are creating beers branded for their respective home teams. Deschutes Brewery will launch Rip City Lager in partnership with the Portland Trail Blazers. Also today, Framingham, Massachusetts-based Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers announced a four-year partnership with the Boston Celtics.
As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the on-premise channel continue to be felt worldwide, Molson Coors Beverage Company reported $2.5 billion in net revenue for the second quarter of 2020, a 15.1% decline compared to the same period last year.
The COVID-19 pandemic cut into Anheuser-Busch InBev’s worldwide volumes and revenue during the second quarter of 2020. The world’s largest beer maker reported that its total volume in Q2 declined 17.1% — as beer volume declined 17.2% and non-beer volume declined 15.5% — while revenue declined 17.7%.
Today on Brewbound Frontlines, the leaders of Ballast Point Brewing will discuss their journey from running small upstart Kings & Convicts to making one of the year’s biggest acquisitions of 2019.
Although the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) is reimagining to a virtual experience in 2020, the organization’s fundraising efforts to beat cancer never stops.
The maker of Suzie’s Organics is entering the nearly $2 billion hard seltzer market. The company has launched Suzie’s Brewery Company and will be releasing its line of Suzie’s Organic Hard Seltzers this month.
The wine and spirits business continues to evolve, with producers and buyers alike looking for more service, more flexibility, and more choice.
Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co., a Newport, Rhode Island based craft brewery and distillery has announced an agreement with the Major League Baseball Club New York Mets to have its Thomas Tew Rum brands (Thomas Tew Single Barrel and Thomas Tew Spiced rums) named as the ballclub’s official rum.
Today, French’s announced the availability of French’s Mustard Beer, just in time for National Mustard Day. Developed in partnership with Oskar Blues Brewery, known as the maker of the original craft beer in a can, this limited-release tropical wheat beer is brewed with French’s Classic Yellow Mustard.
Citing what he called a “coordinated harassment campaign,” Stone Brewing co-founder Greg Koch took to his brewery’s blog earlier this week to address a trademark dispute with Morehead, Kentucky-based Sawstone Brewing.
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on craft breweries are beginning to be revealed as the Brewers Association (BA) today reported that craft beer volumes have declined around 10% through the first half of 2020.
