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The National Black Brewers Association (NB2A) announced today it has added the country’s second largest brewer to the ranks of its business council.

Six finalists emerged from a field of 12 contestants to secure a spot in tomorrow’s final round of The Brewbound Live Pitch Slam, presented by Ollie, a Next Glass Company.

Brewbound revealed its 2023 Award Winners and class of Rising Stars today during the multimedia trade publication’s Brewbound Live business conference in Marina del Rey, California.

The Brewbound team encourages you to skip this episode of the Brewbound Podcast and go to Brewbound.com and watch the 2023 Brewbound Live business conference. If you’re a fan of this podcast, you won’t want to miss Brewbound Live.

Total bev-alc recorded a +12% boost in off-premise dollar sales week-over-week (WoW) thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday, according to Circana’s Scott Scanlon in the market research firm’s weekly update (data ending November 26).

Stowe, Vermont-based von Trapp Brewing will launch refreshed branding in the first quarter of 2024, including a reimagining of its ibex logo and updated packaging. The new look packaging will begin shipping to distributors in February and is expected to be on shelves throughout von Trapp’s 13-state footprint by the end of March.

Data conversations around beer in 2023 have set off many alarm bells around the category’s health and place in a changing and blurring bev-alc world. But there may be a slight turning of the tide – or rather, more context that’ll ease industry members’ nerves – according to Bump Williams in his monthly update for… Read more »

Lafayette, Colorado-headquartered Westbound & Down (W&D) has acquired Aspen Brewing and Capitol Creek Brewery from High Country Brewing LLC. The deal, which closed December 1, includes Aspen’s 7,000-barrel capacity production facility and both breweries’ brewpubs.

Wholesalers’ beer ordering entered expansion territory in November after four months of contraction, indicating “a more neutral stance for the industry,” according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) latest Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI). The BPI’s November reading for total beer was 51, a three-point month-over-month (MoM) increase from October’s reading of 48. A reading greater than 50 indicates expansion, while less than 50 indicates contraction.

New Jersey craft brewers are reeling after Gov. Phil Murphy’s conditional veto of a unanimously passed bill that would reform the Garden State’s restrictive conditions for sales and operations at craft brewery taprooms.

Garage Beer’s new owner, Andy Sauer, and VP of marketing, Corey Smale, join the Brewbound team to discuss taking over the craft lager brand following a deal with Kentucky’s Braxton Brewing earlier this year.

Boston Beer Company is adding another non-alcoholic (NA) brand to its portfolio, expanding a ready-to-drink (RTD) offering and discontinuing another.

Craft Vermont is being sold to Farrell Distributing (a Molson Coors distributor) and Baker Distributing (an Anheuser-Busch house), in a transaction expected to close in February, according to Beer Marketer’s Insights.

On-premise sales velocity has been inconsistent of late, with week-over-week (WoW) growth of +8% in the week ending November 11, followed by a -4% decline in the latest week (ending November 18), according to CGA, a NIQ-powered on-premise market research firm.