Craft beer industry news.
Three-quarters of consumers who said they would abstain from alcohol this month have stayed committed to Dry January, according to a survey by CGA, NIQ’s on-premise market research firm.
The sustainability-minded team at Vermont’s Lawson’s Finest Liquids celebrated a record year in 2023.
Bad Birdie, the bold and disruptive golf apparel brand, joins forces with Four Peaks Brewing, Arizona’s #1 craft brewery, for a limited-edition apparel collection and a drinkable, year-round beer.
Arryved, the craft beverage industry’s most trusted point of sale system and guest engagement platform, welcomed the newest addition to their growth team this month: Aaron MJ Gore.
This month, Alaskan Brewing Company, the independently owned brewery in Juneau, began packaging its Pilot Series beers in 4-pack, 12-ounce bottles.
Hard cider outpaced beer in dollar sales gains in 2023, increasing dollar sales +1.9% year-over-year (YoY) through December 30 in NIQ-tracked off-premise channels, according to 3 Tier Beverages consultant Mary Mills’ presentation at CiderCon Thursday in Portland, Oregon.
Remember when football and beer was a thing? Yeah, I don’t either. Anyone recall seeing any beer ads in the big NFL Super Wildcard weekend games?
Smuttynose parent company Finestkind Brewing has acquired Wachusett Brewing in a deal that will unite two New England legacy craft beer brands.
A year and a half after guiding Stone Brewing through its acquisition by Sapporo, CEO Maria Stipp is moving on. Stipp joined the Escondido, California-based craft brewery in September 2020 following the departure of her predecessor Dominc Engels earlier that summer. She steered Stone, the seventh-largest independent craft brewery in the country by volume at… Read more »
More than 1,100 people gathered in Portland, Oregon, this week for the 14th annual CiderCon, hosted by the American Cider Association (ACA).
Los Angeles-based Open Brewing has begun rolling its lager out in Southern California thanks in part to a business partnership with New Belgium Brewing. In addition to a minority investment, New Belgium contract brews Open’s beer, consults the brewery’s team and offers other “shared resources,” a New Belgium spokesperson told Brewbound.
Seven of the top 25 craft growth brands in 2023 were non-alcoholic (NA) offerings, according to full-year NIQ data shared in Bump Williams Consulting’s 2023 craft review.
U.S. craft spirits topped $7.9 billion in sales in 2022, growing 5.3% in value and 6.1% in volume, but slowed considerably from the year prior, according to a new report.
Brooklyn Brewery, located in one of the most culturally diverse areas of the country, has consistently supported and reflected the varied backgrounds of its community.
