Craft beer industry news.
The Brewbound team and Insider newsletter writer Sean McNulty discuss the most-read stories on Brewbound.com in 2022, including the sale of Stone Brewing to Sapporo, the annual Brewers Association rankings of the top craft breweries by volume, and more.
It’s no surprise that Brewbound readers in 2022 sought out information on the year’s biggest craft brewery sale: the acquisition of Stone Brewing by Japanese brewing giant Sapporo. Brewery deals are always among the most-read stories on Brewbound. However, the sale wasn’t the only thing keeping the San Diego craft brewery in the news in 2022. We’ve rounded up the 10 most-read stories of 2022.
U.S. brewers have now shipped fewer barrels of beer in nine of 11 months this year, with the November 2022 domestic tax paid estimate down -4% compared to November 2021, according to the Beer Institute, citing the latest figures from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
Beyond beer, the fourth category, progressive adult beverages – it goes by different names, but the one thing the beverage-alcohol industry can agree on is that it is too important to ignore.
The Brewer Association (BA) has served its last SAVOR, the organization’s formerly annual food and beer pairing event, it announced today.
Ecliptic Brewing, the company started by Oregon beer legend, John Harris, is excited to announce its 2023 beer release lineup. The brewery will be celebrating its tenth anniversary this year and is excited to showcase its new offerings.
CAPE MAY, New Jersey – Cape Beverage Distributing is thrilled to announce the addition of Yardley, Pennsylvania-based Vault Brewing Company to its distribution portfolio. Cape Beverage will begin distributing a number of different brands from Vault Brewing across most New Jersey retailers starting December 1st. “We are extremely excited to add Vault Brewing and their… Read more »
Second Chance Beer Company and Coronado Brewing Company have collaborated to brew Dog Beach Double IPA, a limited release available on draft and in four-packs to go.
For 18 years, Short’s Brewing has created an impressive list of over 900 unique products that run the gamut of style and ingredient combinations, with experimental beers accounting for over half of the total releases. In case you were wondering—that’s a lot of beers.
Leaders representing 22 independent wholesalers submitted comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) Thursday, expressing concern over the marketing and sale of bev-alc products co-created by large soft drink companies such as PepsiCo and Coca-Cola.
Washington State’s Supreme Court extended the block on Albertsons’ $4 billion special dividend payment to shareholders late last week by granting the state attorney general’s (AG)’s request for emergency injunctive relief.
The German company Oculyze GmbH has just announced a new series of updates to their Oculyze BB 2.0 (Better Brewing) App for yeast monitoring. Besides some design & usage improvements, the most interesting update seems to be the addition of the new Fermentation Tracking Feature.
The COVID-19 pandemic quickly changed how and where consumers search for products, including beverage alcohol.
Washington-based craft distiller Heritage Distilling announced this week its plans to merge with Better World Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), to go public in a transaction that has a pro forma enterprise value of over $122 million. If completed, the merger will make Heritage one of the only publicly traded pure-play craft distilleries.
