In 2017 Alix Peabody launched Bev, a Los Angeles-based canned wine and spritz brand, by cashing in her 401(k) to purchase 300 gallons of rosé.

What’s next for hazy IPA? Leaders of four breweries will share their thoughts during Brewbound’s Brew Talks meet-up in Boston Wednesday, July 12. The event will take place from 3-6 p.m. ET at the Samuel Adams brewery.

In a time of uncertainty for beer, flavored malt beverages (FMBs) have found steady success and growth above nearly every other segment.

What’s it like to attend a hard seltzer festival in 2023? Brewbound reporter Zoe Licata shares her first-person experience at Seltzerland in Boston. Plus, BevNet spirits editor Ferron Salniker joins the podcast for the first time, detailing everything that went down at the Distilled Spirits Council of the United State’s annual meeting.

Armed with combined experience at Diageo and JuneShine, the team behind Mate Maker— along with band Rüfüs Du Sol— has big plans for the hard kombucha category.

Skagit Valley Malting has permanently closed and is expected to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation, a now-former employee confirmed to Brewbound.

Stoup Brewing has shared plans to acquire Optimism Brewing, a fellow Seattle-based craft brewery.

A crowd gathered in The Lot at Harpoon Brewery in Boston’s Seaport District Saturday, suited up in rain gear. Several attendees adorned pretzel necklaces or matching Hawaiian shirts, others carried custom mini koozies to cradle their aluminum sample cups.

The convergence of beverage-alcohol and non-alcoholic brands may be a new trend, growing exponentially in the past few years, but it’s been decades in the making, according to leaders in the space during a BevNet Live panel last week.

Brown-Forman has announced an agreement to sell Finlandia vodka to Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC) for $220 million.

Leveraging learnings from the last 50 years was the theme of the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. (DISCUS) annual conference held in Chicago this week.

As the Bud Light brand continues to lose sales and share amid conservative-led backlash over a one-off social media influencer partnership with a transgender woman, the company is now pledging financial support for its wholesaler partners, according to a 6K filing with the SEC.

Analysts from 3 Tier Beverages and CGA by NIQ shared a “surprising” and optimistic story about beer’s performance in on- and off-premise channels Thursday, during a webinar hosted by the Beer Institute (BI).

The combination of two of New Jersey’s largest craft breweries is off. The transaction announced in April that would combine Cape May Brewing Company, the Garden State’s largest craft brewery, and Flying Fish, one of the oldest, is a no-go.