Flavor-driven brands dominated the top 25 new beer category products of 2022, according to Bump Williams Consulting’s (BWC) February report. Of the top 25 best-selling new products, 12 were flavored malt beverages (FMBs) and six were hard seltzers. Four imports made the list, as did two craft offerings and one domestic premium.
San Diego-headquartered Kings & Convicts Brewing, which acquired Ballast Point from Constellation Brands in late 2019, will vacate the Encinitas taproom and Miramar production facility it took over from Molson Coors in January 2022.
Low-and-no or high ABV? Which way to go? Coming out of Dry January, there are plenty of new entrants — both new and established — making non-alcoholic beer. And on complete other end of the spectrum are growing sales of higher ABV beers.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) will still be promoting its big beer brands during Super Bowl LVII, despite foregoing its exclusivity rights for the Big Game this year.
The annual practice of abstaining from alcohol consumption for the month of January can give brewers a case of the New Year blues, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Lacy and Travis Richards, co-owners of Nothing’s Left Brewing, joined Brewbound Frontlines to discuss the success of their weekly dry bar event, Not A Drop of Alcohol (NADA), which features non-alcoholic beer, wine and cocktails.
Ball Corp., the largest manufacturer of aluminum cans in the world, reported full-year and fourth quarter global shipments up +0.8% and down -6.1%, respectively, including the company’s now-divested Russia business.
Braxton Brewing Co. has formed a partnership with brand investment marketer Andrew Sauer to spin off its Garage Beer light lager into a new company: Garage Beer Co.
A new year brings the return of legislative sessions across the country and a new agenda for leaders of state brewers guilds. Texas Craft Brewers Guild executive director Caroline Wallace and Iowa Brewers Guild executive director Noreen Otto share their priorities in 2023, including advocating for direct-to-consumer sales, protecting existing privileges, working with wholesalers and much more.
Greater Good Imperial Brewing sees itself as “the authority on imperial beers,” and the Worcester, Massachusetts-based craft brewery is setting its sights on making that statement in 2023.
Ferron Salniker is joining BevNET as Spirits Editor, guiding our steadily deepening coverage of the spirits and RTD cocktail space. She will be reporting for BevNET.com and Brewbound.com on everything from new subcategories in established liquor types to the growth of the craft spirits business.
After a choppy 2022 that included a CO2 shortage and layoffs, Night Shift is narrowing its focus on its core offerings in the new year, homing in on Whirlpool New England pale ale as its first flagship offering, adding popular packaging formats such as variety can 12-packs and single-serve cans and launching an evergreen brand campaign.
Trent Tokos, former VP of sales and marketing at Montana Craft Malt, has joined Craft ‘Ohana as the craft portfolio company’s VP of marketing.
On-demand convenience delivery retailer Gopuff and e-commerce beverage-alcohol platform Drizly are teaming up to provide broader service for bev-alc delivery, the companies announced today.
Days after announcing the formation of their union, the Brewing Union of Georgia (BUG) has filed two complaints with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against Creature Comforts Brewing.
