Craft beer industry news.
Employees at Anheuser-Busch (A-B) InBev-owned Widmer Brothers Brewing have voted to join Teamsters Local 162, the union announced. Stony Creek Brewery has been approved by its hometown of Branford, Connecticut to construct a new tank farm, which would expand the company’s brewing capacity from 48,000 barrels, to 100,000 barrels.
Our Mutual Friend Brewing Company (OMF) has some exciting new beers on the horizon, including a few collaborations with their brewery friends and the second iteration of Wave Motion, the brewery’s experimental IPA series.
In the spirit of local collaboration and supporting women’s professional sports, Dorchester Brewing Company and the Boston Pride Women’s Hockey Club have released a limited edition beer and hard seltzer for the second half of the Pride’s 2022-23 schedule.
Spanning from the traditional to the unique, 2 Towns Ciderhouse relaunches its Cellar Series line with an Oak Aged Honey, Apricot & Nectarine Imperial cider, packaged with a new look and format that makes it more accessible to uber craft fans across the country.
Virginia state lawmakers are considering a pair of bills that would require retailers to keep alcoholic versions of non-alcoholic beverages, such as Hard MTN Dew, Fresca Mixed, Simply Spiked and Topo Chico Hard Seltzer, separate from their counterparts, according to Pluribus News.
Hard seltzer searching for its floor has been a theme of Wall Street analyst reports over the last year. That line appeared again in the most recent “Hard Seltzer Dashboard” by Jefferies’ Kevin Grundy, which noted that hard seltzer’s share of total beer category dollar sales in Q4 2022 was the lowest point the segment had seen since the start of the pandemic.
For the first time, spirit revenues have eclipsed beer, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) in its annual economic briefing today.
Data and economy experts from 3 Tier Beverages, NielsenIQ’s CGA and the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) gave attendees insights into the state of the bev-alc industry and cider’s potential growth opportunities during the 13th annual CiderCon, held last week in Chicago.
Hot on the heels of Great Divide Brewing Co.’s re-formulated Imperial IPA comes the first extension to the Hercules Imperial IPA family in the form of HAZY Hercules Imperial IPA. Like its predecessor Hercules—a fan-favorite that returned, in September with a new look and taste—Hazy Hercules will also be 9.5% ABV and available exclusively as a 19.2oz single-serve can.
Big Storm Brewing Co. will be opening its fifth location this Saturday, February 11 in the heart of
Ybor City. Located at 1600 East 7th Avenue, the 11,000 square-foot taproom and restaurant takes over the previous Hamburger Mary’s space.
Tröegs Independent Brewing announces the release of its seasonally rotating Canthology variety 12-pack of cans. Canthology will replace the Hershey, PA, brewery’s long-running Anthology variety 12-packs of bottles.
With another Dry January in the books, how do non-alcoholic beer producers keep up the momentum? Partake Brewing founder and CEO Ted Fleming and Lagunitas CMO Paige Guzman share what’s next for the growing segment and discuss increased competition and what growing retailer support means for NA beer and similar offerings such as hop water.
Switchback Brewing Co., home to Switchback Ale – Vermont’s best-selling craft beer, announces the latest in their DIPA Cat Series.
Hard seltzer’s share of total beer category dollar sales reached its lowest point since the beginning of the pandemic in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Jefferies’ most recent hard seltzer dashboard.
