December 9+10 2026 • Los Angeles, CA
The industry changed. Come back ready for what’s next.
Brewbound Live returns with new conversations, new brands, and fresh perspective on the forces reshaping beer and bev-alc.
Beer is under pressure. The competitive set is broader.
See what changed since your last Brewbound Live.
Craft beer volume is down while RTDs, non-alc, and new formats compete for drinking occasions, placements, and distributor attention. Wholesaler portfolios are crowded, retail standards are tighter, and the path to growth keeps shifting.
December brings new brands, speakers, 1:1 opportunities, products, and conversations reflecting what the industry is working through now.
A different mix of decision-makers
1:1 Meetings
Each Brewbound Live brings new opportunities to connect with distributors, retailers, investors, founders, and other decision-makers active in the market now.
Meetings are matched and approved by interest, so both sides arrive prepared for a focused conversation.
What moved? What stalled? What matters now?
Sessions and speakers
Brewbound Live programming is built by the editorial team covering beer and bev-alc year round. Sessions focus on the questions shaping the business now, from distributor priorities and category performance to innovation, margins, non-alc, and changing demand.
Speakers bring years of industry experience, sharing lessons earned through previous category shifts, changing demand, and difficult business decisions.
Taste the products changing the competitive set
Product sampling
The sampling mix changes with each Brewbound Live, offering a firsthand read on new beer, RTDs, non-alc, flavors, formats, and brand ideas entering the market.
Taste what has changed, meet the teams behind the products, and compare where innovation is moving across beer and bev-alc.
Come back with a bigger presence
Sponsorship opportunities
Make more of your next Brewbound Live. Sponsorship creates additional ways to place your brand, product, or expertise in front of founders, operators, distributors, buyers, and decision-makers across beer and bev-alc.
From sampling and activations to custom event visibility, we can shape a presence around the relationships and business priorities that matter most.
A new field. A new read on what’s emerging.
Pitch Slam
Each Brewbound Pitch Slam brings a different group of emerging beer and bev-alc brands to the stage to defend their product, positioning, economics, and path to market.
Watch which ideas are gaining attention, how founders are approaching the category, and where the next wave of competition may be forming.
A few past participants
Connect across the beer and bev-alc ecosystem
Who you'll meet
Brewbound Live brings together a different cross-section of beer and bev-alc each year, creating new opportunities to reconnect with familiar faces and meet others shaping the business now.
Brand founders and executives
Leaders building and operating beer, RTD, non-alc, and adjacent bev-alc brands.
Distributors and wholesalers
Decision-makers managing portfolios, market priorities, and brand performance across different regions.
Retail and on-premise buyers
Buyers across retail, bars, restaurants, hospitality, and national accounts.
Investors and advisors
Capital partners and strategic advisors following opportunities across beer and bev-alc.
Suppliers and production partners
Partners across ingredients, packaging, equipment, production, logistics, and other operational needs.
Category experts and media
Analysts and industry voices tracking consumer behavior, category performance, and where the market is moving.
Past attendees across the Brewbound Live community
Brewbound Live brings beer and bev-alc brands together with distributors, buyers, investors, operators, and industry partners for candid perspective, useful introductions, and lasting industry relationships.
This time, bring your team
Cover more of Brewbound Live together.
Sessions, 1:1 meetings, sampling, Pitch Slam, and industry conversations each offer a different read on the beer and bev-alc business. Bringing colleagues lets you follow more of what matters and return with broader perspective, stronger relationships, and clearer priorities.
Follow more of the agenda
Split sessions across distribution, category performance, innovation, and consumer shifts.
Build more industry relationships
Reach more buyers, distributors, founders, investors, suppliers, and operators.
Taste more of what is changing
Compare more products, formats, and emerging brands across sampling and Pitch Slam.
Compare what each of you heard
Combine notes and turn separate conversations into clearer next steps.
What past attendees say
Craft beer is experiencing a ton of pressure right now as a category. To hear what's happening in spirits, wine, RTDs and NA, and to really understand how our whole alcohol category is performing, and where others are finding those opportunities to win, is very beneficial.
The industry is always changing. And if you're not learning what those changes are, you're going to fall behind and Brewbound Live is one of those places that you can connect with other industry leaders and learn about the latest trends.
Current market. Different attendee mix. Fresh perspective.
See where beer and bev-alc stand now
Return to Brewbound Live for current editorial perspective, new 1:1 opportunities, a different Pitch Slam field, fresh products to sample, and conversations shaped by where the business is now.
