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it seems that global warming is now unearthing kegs in the Italian Alps due to melting glaciers. Take that, Woolly Mammoths! Apparently, a keg of beer went missing in the late 1970s when it fell from a helicopter (ah, the ‘70s, amirite?), and into a deep glacial crevasse … sadly, never to be heard from again. That is until 2026.

Former Heineken USA CFO Dan Walsh was posthumously awarded the Jeff Becker Beer Industry Service Award by the Beer Institute (BI) on Thursday.

Can Constellation Brands redeem its “checkered M&A history” with the integration of vodka-based sports drink SpikedAde? CEO Nick Fink hopes so, he said earlier this week at Beer Marketer’s Insights’ (BMI) fall seminar in New York City.

Another major domino has fallen in Southern California’s distribution landscape. Anheuser-Busch InBev has reached an agreement to purchase its brands’ distribution rights, along with other craft and non-alcoholic brands from Straub Distributing Company in Anaheim, A-B announced today.

Brown-Forman is adding markets and new SKUs across its ready-to-drink (RTD) portfolio for spring resets and beyond.

Heavy Seas Beer’s parent company Clipper City Brewing has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as Maryland’s largest craft brewery sets course “toward a sustainable path forward.”

Jester King Brewery made headlines last month when it announced it was seeking new ownership or significant investment. Co-founder Jeff Stuffings joins the Brewbound Podcast to discuss the decision.

The federal “ban” on intoxicating hemp products continues to loom in the not-so-distant future, effective December 11. But some states are getting the ball rolling early, and are giving consumers and industry members an early glimpse at what the days leading up to new regulations could look like.

Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter November 10 & 11, including headlines from Southern Glazer’s, the Brewers Association, Short’s Brewing and more.

Weeks after it appeared their case would head to arbitration, Constellation Brands has filed an appeal to reconsider the judge-issued injunction that prevented them from leaving Coors Distributing Company (CDC).

As ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails’ sales growth continues to outpace the broader industry, RTD suppliers in one state now have a little more freedom to choose how their products are distributed.

Almave, the non-alc (NA) agave spirit alternative from Casa Lumbre and 7x Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton, is shifting gears into ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails.

Two years after the acquisition of their brewery, the founders of Lone Pine Brewing have yet to receive any money promised in the sale, according to a lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of Massachusetts’ Middlesex County division.

Overall inflation increased 0.4% in October compared to September, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).