For the first time since late May, the open rate of on-premise locations pouring beer grew, increasing +2%, to 93% during the weekend of December 16-19, compared to the period before (November 4-7), draft beer data firm BeerBoard reported.
Tilray, the Canadian cannabis company and owner of Atlanta-based SweetWater Brewing, has struck a deal to acquire San Diego-based Green Flash Brewing and Alpine Beer Company.
Distribution of the Bell’s Brewery portfolio in Ohio will shift from Premium Beverage Supply, which sold Bell’s offerings statewide, to a network of four wholesalers, the Comstock, Michigan-based craft brewery announced last week.
Atwater Brewery owner and president Mark Rieth announced he will be stepping down after more than 16 years with the Detroit-based, Molson Coors-owned craft brewery.
The national non-profit Beer Kulture has partnered with Washington, D.C.-based ANXO Cider and the American Cider Association (ACA) to offer scholarships to Black, African American, Hispanic, Latino, Native North American, Pacific Islander, and other BIPOC people in the cider industry.
On one of the final Brewbound podcasts of 2021, Jeff Carroll, general manager of Avalara for Beverage Alcohol, joins the Brewbound team to discuss his predictions for 2022, from e-commerce growth and evolution to state DTC shipping changes (or lack thereof).
Headwinds have converged to create an unfavorable environment for craft breweries seeking to package their beer in aluminum cans, which now make up about 60% of independent craft beer packaged volume, according to the Brewers Association (BA), a trade group representing the nation’s small and independent brewers. With 2021 coming to a close, Brewbound spoke leaders at American Canning, WildPack Beverages, and DWS Printing gauge how they are navigating these currents.
Independent wholesaler Scout Distribution has expanded north from its San Diego headquarters to Los Angeles. Scout, which was founded in 2018 in San Diego and expanded to Arizona with statewide distribution in April, is launching in Los Angeles with 16 brands.
Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned Bud Light Seltzer will release two new variety packs in the coming months featuring the brand’s “loudest flavors ever.”
Drinkworks, the at-home cocktail company launched as a joint venture between Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) and Keurig Dr Pepper, will go dry, the companies announced Wednesday. “Today, we made the difficult decision to close Drinkworks, with sales of Drinkmaker machines ceasing immediately, and sales of cocktail pods, CO2 and accessories ending March 31, 2022,” Drinkworks CEO… Read more »
More than 9,000 breweries operated in the U.S. in 2021, a 6% increase from 2020, according to the Brewers Association (BA) in the trade group’s Year in Beer 2021.
Weeping Radish Farm Brewery founder Uli Bennewitz will hand over the reins of the 35-year-old craft brewery to a new owner at the end of this month and retire from the beer industry to focus on farming.
Anheuser-Busch InBev has tapped Andy Thomas as president of its Brewers Collective business unit (BCBU), the division that contains A-B’s craft brands, effective today.
Asheville, North Carolina-based Hi-Wire Brewing will open a new brewery and taproom in Cincinnati next year, located at the new Factory 52 development.
