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Production has begun at City Brewing’s Irwindale, California-based facility, five months after the brewery’s acquisition from Pabst Brewing, the company announced today.

Canadian cannabis producer Tilray Inc. has acquired a majority stake in the debt and warrants of dispensary chain MedMen in a deal valued at $165.8 million, the company announced today.

The rise of ready-to-drink (RTD) canned cocktails isn’t going anywhere this fall, according to e-commerce beverage alcohol delivery platform Drizly in its BevAlc Insights’ “Top Predictions for Fall 2021 Sales” report.

Lagunitas’ major innovation play for 2022 is not a new IPA — or a beer at all — but a hard sparkling tea, leaders of the Heineken-owned craft brewery announced today. Disorderly TeaHouse will launch in January ahead of March off-premise resets, Lagunitas chief marketing officer Paige Guzman told Brewbound.

After announcing the hiring of Mike Parks as CEO last week, Rhinegeist Brewery co-founder Bryant Goulding discusses the decision to step back and hand the reins over to a beer industry outsider, the future of the Cincinnati craft brewery, his role moving forward and much more.

Spoetzl Brewery’s Shiner Beer launched its first new brand platform in five years last week, with a campaign to make Shiner a part of modern Texas culture, according to AdWeek.

Draft beer sales are on the rise nationwide, but are still down by nearly one-third compared to 2019 levels, according to draft beer insights firm BeerBoard.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the Delta variant plays wildcard and vaccinations lag, alcoholic beverage producers need to beef up their off-premise strategies heading into the back half of the year, Bump Williams of Bump Williams Consulting warned in his latest industry analysis.

Cincinnati’s Rhinegeist Brewery has named Mike Parks as its next CEO, company founders Bob Bonder and Bryant Goulding announced in a letter to employees today.

On-premise velocity continues to trade higher than 2020, up +60% year-over-year for the week ending August 7, 2020, according to market research firm CGA.

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) spirits sales represents a $2.5-$3 billion opportunity for the industry, David Ozgo, chief economist for the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), said during the latest episode of Rabobank’s Liquid Assets podcast.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating an agreement made in May between Uber and GoPuff that allows consumers to order items from the e-commerce delivery retailer via the UberEats delivery app, according to The Information.

Noted pancake purveyor IHOP is soft launching its “Bubbles, Wine & Brews” menu in three of its restaurants in San Diego and New Mexico, with additional locations in New York, Rhode Island, Maryland and Ohio, among others, to follow.

The growth of hard seltzers and spirits-based, ready-to-drink offerings has reached “unicorn” status, Brandy Rand, chief operating officer for the Americas for market research firm IWSR, told Brewbound during the latest edition of Brewbound Data Club.