Ball Corp., the world’s largest manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans, has sold its business in Russia to the Arnest Group for $530 million.

The California Craft Brewers Association’s Lori Ajax and Chris Walker discuss a pair of bills awaiting the governor’s signature that would benefit the state’s craft brewers. Those bills — expanding the number of satellite locations and bonafide eating places, and adding on-sale privileges — were among the CCBA’s priorities this year. Ajax and Walker also dish on middle tier consolidation, direct-to-consumer sales, supply chain issues and much more.

Ready-to-drink beverage-alcohol (RTDs) has crossed into every alcoholic-beverage category, with spirits-based and wine-based RTDs, hard seltzers, flavored malt beverages (FMBs) and more.

As Molson Coors leaders gather in Nashville this week for the company’s annual distributor convention, union workers at the Milwaukee production facility are picketing the lack of a three-year contract extension and threatening to strike, WDJT Milwaukee reported.

In part 2 of this Brewbound Voices series piece, CODO Design’s Isaac Arthur and Cody Fague examine the role of the parent brand in Brand Architecture.

Even with up to 500,000 barrels of beyond beer capacity coming online next year, Sierra Nevada’s priorities heading into 2023 are continuing to fuel the growth of Hazy Little Thing and strengthening the iconic Pale Ale brand, company leaders recently shared with Brewbound.

Ohio Eagle Distributing has a deal in place to acquire Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) AB ONE distribution operations in Lima, Ohio.

Ball Corp. may be backing away from its five truckload per SKU minimum order quantity for printed cans, according to a communication obtained by Brewbound between a can broker and a brewery.

During Brew Talks on Thursday, Oct. 6, leaders from top craft breweries and an up-and-coming consulting firm will explore one of the craft segment’s most challenging commercial issues: How do you innovate at scale beyond the IPA juggernaut? With the various IPA substyles accounting for nearly half of off-premise craft beer sales, the panel will explore where the opportunities for growth are in other beer styles and how they’re building their product mix.

Bent Water Brewing Company has promoted Joe Companion to VP of sales, after fewer than eight months with the Lynn, Massachusetts-based brewery.

As consumers continue to cut their alcohol intake and embrace zero proof alternatives, startup retailer Sèchey is working to ensure that shoppers looking for non-alc beer, wine and spirits don’t get hung out to dry.

In an effort “to further align” its distribution relationships in California, Sierra Nevada terminated three wholesalers yesterday: Antioch-based Markstein Sales Co., Imperial-based Alford Distributing and Milpitas-based Bottomley Distributing Co.

On-premise sales over Labor Day weekend received “an uplift in velocity” on Sunday (+16%) and Monday (+54%) compared to the previous week, NielsenIQ’s on-premise tracking arm, CGA, reported today.

The Brewbound Live business conference will return to Santa Monica on November 29 and 30 for two days of conversations and networking with industry leaders. Brewbound is excited to announce the first speakers for this year’s event: Maui co-founder and CEO Garrett Marrero and Modern Times CEO Jennifer Briggs.