Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. CEO Jeff White has announced his retirement from the Chico, California-headquartered craft brewery. Brewery founder Ken Grossman will step in as interim CEO as a search for a new CEO begins.
After more than four years of leading Salt Lake City-headquartered Uinta Brewing Company, Jeremy Ragonese is stepping down as president, effective June 30. Noah Brown, Uinta’s VP of revenue, will assume the presidency, starting July 1.
A Massachusetts Superior Court Judge on Friday granted Gopuff’s request for a preliminary injunction, blocking for now the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission’s (ABCC) attempt to revoke the e-commerce retailer’s liquor license for allegedly selling and delivering alcoholic beverages to underage consumers in the Bay State.
The craft-on-craft deals continue to roll in. Baltimore, Maryland-based DuClaw Brewing Co. has been acquired by River Horse Brewing Co. in Ewing, New Jersey.
Josh Landan is leading a craft brewery again. Landan, who founded the now defunct Saint Archer Brewery in 2013 and sold it within two years to MillerCoors, is now the CEO of Great Frontier Holdings, the newly formed parent company of Ninkasi Brewing in Eugene, Oregon, and Wings & Arrow beyond beer offerings. Landan spoke with Brewbound about the merger, the combined company’s ambitions, potential future acquisitions and the contract brewing business.
In this latest installment of our quarterly 3 Up, 3 Down with 3 Tier Beverages, product team consultant Stephanie Roatis shares three insights on industry growth, including the continued dominance of Boston Beer’s Twisted Tea over the hard tea segment, as well as three underperforming areas across scan data, such as the loss of share of 4- and 6-packs to single-serves and 12-packs.
The Brewbound team, along with Brewbound Weekend Insider newsletter writer Sean McNulty, reviews the Brewers Association’s annual craft beer volume data. The team also discusses the latest craft brewery deals, including Funky Buddha and Appalachian Mountain Brewery returning to independent brewery status, and FX Matt buying the Flying Dog Brewery brand.
Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs is suing business partner Diageo today alleging that the brands he co-owns with the spirits group, Cîroc Vodka and DeLeon Tequila, were given worse treatment because he’s Black.
Portfolio brand Wings & Arrow, whose brands include Ashland Hard Seltzer, Mucho Aloha Hard Lemonade, Villager Spirits canned cocktails and Wings & Arrow beer, is merging with Eugene, Oregon-based Ninkasi Brewing to form Great Frontier Holdings.
Flavor is both the present and the future blueprint for growth in the alcoholic beverage market, Dan Wandel, senior director of insights for Mark Anthony Brands, shared earlier this month during Beer Marketer’s Insights spring business conference in Chicago.
Boston Beer Company has appointed Philip Hodges chief supply chain officer, according to an 8-K filing, submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision last week.