Craft beer has entered “no to negative growth territory,” Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson said during a year-end webinar last week. “We were in double-digit growth as recently as 2014, 2015, and then we moved into kind of a more developed, slow, single-digit growth rate,” Watson said. “COVID hit, and we had the worst year in craft history in 2020 with a partial bounce back in 2021.
Nearly 5,000 Teamsters members across Anheuser-Busch InBev’s U.S. facilities have voted to authorize a strike if a new contract is not in place when the current one expires on February 29.
Ty Gilmore, president of Tilray Brands’ U.S. beer division, estimated that he receives around two to three calls a day from potential sellers looking to join the Canadian cannabis firm’s craft brewery platform.
Campari has committed to acquiring cognac Courvoisier from Beam Suntory for an initial price of $1.2 billion, amounting to the biggest deal in the Italian spirit group’s history.
Two Massachusetts breweries – Dorchester Brewing Company and Aeronaut Brewing Company – will merge next year under a new parent company, Tasty Liquid Alliance, the two companies announced today.
As 2023 comes to a close, the teams at market research firms NIQ and CGA hosted a webinar Tuesday to give predictions for 2024 bev-alc trends, including shifting consumer behavior, changing demographics, and continued premiumization and flavor-forward trends.
2023 was a good year for beer at Hammock. We started the year bringing on new Brewmaster Larry Horwitz – A master brewer and former Brewers’ Association board member. 21 time National Medalist and long time service member on Brewers’ Association committees and teacher of all things beer.
Last year, one in five adults participated in Dry January, but not everyone completed the challenge. This year, HOP WTR, the leading hoppy water brand, is making it easier than ever to stay dry by hypnotizing consumers to stick to their goals with the help of HOP WTR.
This week’s Brewbound Podcast features interviews with some of Brewbound’s 2023 award winners, including Athletic Brewing founders Bill Shufelt and John Walker; Lawson’s Finest Liquids founder Sean Lawson and CEO Adeline Druart; and BeatBox Beverages co-founder and COO Aimy Steadman.
Black Pond Brews, a microbrewery in the Quiet Corner of Connecticut that’s been in business since 2014, has released a canned run of a beer named Connecticut Uncommon in collaboration with The Anchor SF Co-Op.
