Craft beer industry news.
The U.S. beverage industry has paid more than $1.4 billion in aluminum tariffs since 2018, when Section 232 was implemented, according to a study shared today by the Beer Institute (BI).
Off-premise sales of craft beer are off to a rough start in 2022. Year-to-date through April 2 of 2022, craft dollar sales declines have accelerated to nearly -10% ( $1.24 billion in overall sales) compared to the -6% decline in calendar year 2021, according to Bump Williams Consulting, which shared the latest NielsenIQ (total U.S. — XAOC + Liquor plus Convenience) scan data.
Benny Boy Brewing, the first combined brewery and cidery in Los Angeles, has newly opened in the city’s Lincoln Heights neighborhood, minutes from downtown.
Medalla Light, Puerto Rico’s flagship beer, continues its Midwest expansion and gets ready to conquer a new market, Illinois.
Bent Water Brewing Company will launch Common Hope, a nationwide collaborative initiative designed to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson’s disease.
Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB), the first B Corp brewery in the Pacific Northwest, has set a new limited release loose in the wild: Chuckle Cones Whole Cone IPA.
Threes Brewing has released a can-conditioned rendition of Closer To The Point, a portfolio Spelt Saison.
Modern Times is on the edge of entering receivership to begin a court-ordered sale process. Jack O’Connor, a partner with Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger in Chicago, joins the Brewbound Podcast to explain the process.
2 Towns Ciderhouse announces distribution in the state of Indiana through their partnership with Johnson Brothers.
Beer Institute president and CEO Jim McGreevy is departing the trade association in early May after eight years to take on a yet-to-be revealed role outside of the beverage-alcohol industry.
To kick off the 2022 baseball season, Estrella Jalisco, the beer brand with over 100 years of Mexican brewing tradition and the official cerveza sponsor of the Los Angeles Dodgers for 2022 is introducing a special-edition Dodgers Michelada — available in a ready-to-drink 25oz can.
The Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers, announced the recipients of its inaugural Mentor of the Year Award: Annette May and Ramon Tamayo.
The California beer industry is still in a period of recovery, as total beer volume in the state declined in 2021 for the fourth consecutive year (-1.6%), Chris Shepard, senior editor of Craft Brew News at Beer Marketers’ Insights (BMI), said in his keynote speech last week, kicking off the California Craft Brewers Association’s (CCBA’s) members conference in San Diego.
Oskar Blues Brewery announces The Works, a new nationally distributed mixed pack with three of the craft brewery’s best selling beers.
