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Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter October 8-9, including headlines from SpikedAde, Hardywood Park, Starr Hill and Athletic.

The 44th annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF) kicks off tomorrow, but this year’s iteration will look nothing like any of its priors.

Tilray Brands credited BrewDog’s acquisition with juicing its business in the first quarter of its 2027 fiscal year.

As its annual sales surpass $100 million, premium bottled water maker Icelandic Glacial is ready to move on from its two-decade long master distribution agreement with Anheuser-Busch InBev, declining to renew a contract that is scheduled to expire next summer.

Despite a reported slowdown in prepared cocktail growth in Q3, the category recorded accelerated year-over-year (YoY) gains in the latest off-premise report from market research firm NIQ.

Diageo’s impending closure of the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Halethorpe, Maryland, will lead to 174 permanent layoffs, effective November 1, according to a WARN Act notice filed October 1 with the state.

Tech firm Groundhog thinks it has eliminated the recurring sameness of the ABP process with collaborative software that ensures brewers and distributors are aligned and able to follow through on objectives.

Constellation Brands is charging into the back half of its 2027 fiscal year (FY27) with renewed positivity, as well as a new surging brand in its portfolio.

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Sierra Nevada has joined a growing list of suppliers exiting Molson Coors-owned Coors Distributing Company’s (CDC) portfolio in Colorado.

With functional beverages driving purchases in the adult non-alcoholic (ANA) alternatives set, NKD Distillery is heeding the call with its first ready-to-drink (RTD) line infused with kanna.

Constellation Brands’ beer division recorded accelerating shipments gains in the second quarter of its 2027 fiscal year, the company reported Tuesday afternoon. Shipments (sales to wholesalers) increased 5.5% year-over-year (YoY) during the quarter, which ended August 31.

Constellation Brands has acquired SpikedAde, the second-largest ready-to-drink (RTD) vodka + ade/hard sports drink brand, the company announced in its Q2 earnings report.

U.S. craft distillery closures outpaced openings for the first time, according to the 2026 Craft Spirits Data Project released today by the American Craft Spirits Association (ACSA) and Park Street.