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Diversity in Spirits: Black Spirit Owners Look to the Past and the Future to Build Legacy Businesses

Diversity in Spirits: Black Spirit Owners Look to the Past and the Future to Build Legacy Businesses

Last week, premium whiskey Uncle Nearest announced its third in a series of investments designed to create a tangible shift in the funding inequities for BIPOC-owned businesses. It comes at a time when other Black founders and business leaders are also making strides to celebrate Black people’s historical contributions to spirits and build more Black-owned legacy beverage businesses.

The Return of Ales for ALS at Bale Breaker

Bale Breaker Brewing Company is excited to announce the return of Ales for ALS: their largest event of the year is back this month for the first time since 2019.

Brewbound Podcast: How Residency Programs Can Open the Door to Upstart Breweries

Brewbound Podcast: How Residency Programs Can Open the Door to Upstart Breweries

Leaders of Chicago-based Moor’s Brewing Company share how their participation in a residency program for Black-owned breweries at Haymarket Brewing helped grow their fledgling business. This conversation took place during the first Brew Talks meetup of 2022 in Minneapolis during the Craft Brewers Conference in May.

Montauk Brewing Company Turns 10 on June 30th

On June 30, 2012, the first keg from Montauk Brewing Company was loaded onto a small cargo trailer attached to a seat post of a beach cruiser by three friends who had just opened New York’s easternmost brewery. 

Central Standard Distillery Partners with Hinterland to Create a Limited-Run Brandy

Central Standard Craft Distillery Cofounders Evan Hughes and Pat McQuillan are unveiling the next release in the distillery’s Brewmasters Series: a collaboration with Hinterland Brewing, the award-winning Green Bay brewing company known for producing beers true to their Wisconsin roots. 

Diversity in Spirits: Suppliers Commit to Equalize Representation of Black Community Working in Spirits

Diversity in Spirits: Suppliers Commit to Equalize Representation of Black Community Working in Spirits

The pronghorn is the second-fastest land mammal in the world, second only to the cheetah. But the pronghorn can sustain its speed for longer than a cheetah, according to Dia Simms, a co-founder of Pronghorn, an initiative focused on cultivating the next generation of Black entrepreneurs, executive leaders, and founders within the spirits business. Simms,… Read more »

Consumer Price Index for Beer +4.5% in May 2022

Consumer Price Index for Beer +4.5% in May 2022

The price of beer — and most other goods — keeps going up. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for beer in May increased +4.5% compared to a year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.