Craft beer industry news.
Industry members heard numerous calls for beer to fight against threats from spirits this week during the National Beer Wholesaler Association’s (NBWA) Annual Convention in Las Vegas.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for beer at home in September increased +4.7% year-over-year (YoY) and +0.4% compared to August, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Seattle-based Two Beers Brewing Co. will begin winding down operations after 16 years and close in the coming months, the company announced Wednesday evening.
Three Floyds is set to open a new, highly-anticipated Taproom at their brewery in Munster, Indiana in 2024.
Two Colorado craft beverage powerhouses, Telluride Brewing Co. and Spirit Hound Distillers, are thrilled to unleash their first groundbreaking collaboration – ‘Saint Barley – The Lover Barleywine’.
Costa Tequila announces a new partnership with Craft Connecticut, a Sheehan Family Company, to bring its lineup of ‘Hi/Lo’ tequila blends to retailers across Connecticut.
Denver Beer Co. announced the market release of Easy Living Hop Water, a non-alcoholic sparkling beverage. Brewed and canned by Denver Beer Co., Easy Living is the first hop water from a Colorado-based craft brewery to be distributed in off-premise locations throughout the Colorado market and beyond.
Central Virginia’s award-winning Stable Craft Brewing is introducing a new customer loyalty program: Stable Craft Rewards for beer and food lovers.
The first annual Vermont Craft Brewers Conference will take place at the Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain on November 9th-10th.
Monster Energy is “all-in on alcohol” and “thinks it could be big for them by 2025,” according to Goldman Sachs equity analyst Bonnie Herzog’s report from the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) trade show. The energy drink maker, which entered beverage-alcohol with the acquisition of CANarchy in January 2022, displayed its forthcoming hard tea, Nasty Beast Hardcore Tea during the show, Herzog wrote.
Co-founder and CEO Colin Schilling, CCO Eric Phillips and EVP of marketing Rachel Thomas join the Brewbound team to discuss the cidery’s participation in National Cider Month, as well as its debut at the Great American Beer Festival and a retail activation with Whole Foods.
Domestic tax paid shipments from U.S. breweries continued their six-month streak of declines, with a -5.1% dip in August 2023 compared to August 2022, the Beer Institute (BI) reported, citing numbers from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).
Mary Guiver, Whole Foods global senior category merchant for beer and spirits, and Jason Murphy, Buffalo Wild Wings beverage product and program innovation manager, joined together on stage for the first time at Brewbound Live in Santa Monica, California, earlier this month to discuss what they’re looking for from suppliers in 2022.
Incoming National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) chairman Jim Fabianao II stressed that distributors “must control our own destiny,” in his first speech during Tuesday’s Annual Convention general session in Las Vegas.
