Campari Group has closed an agreement with Catalyst Spirits to acquire an initial 15% interest in Howler Head Bourbon, with a medium-term route to total ownership and exclusive global distribution rights.
The supply of CO2 is tightening in the U.S. What’s it mean for craft brewers? Dorchester Brewing director of operations James Haugh and Earthly Labs CEO Amy George join the Brewbound Podcast to discuss the situation and alternatives available to brewers.
New Belgium’s Voodoo Ranger brand family continues to light up the top 30 craft brands tracked by market research firm IRI. Year-to-date though August 7, five Voodoo Ranger SKUs made the list and all but one posted significant growth.
This year’s Labor Day beer run (or delivery order) will make a bigger dent in consumers’ wallets than past years, according to the e-commerce alcohol delivery platform Drizly.
Iowa’s Big Grove Brewery opened a massive brewery and restaurant on the edge of downtown Des Moines in late July as part of an effort to establish a foothold for the brand in the middle of its home state.
When Maui Brewing’s acquisition of Modern Times Beer closes in late October, the newly formed parent company will be called Craft ‘Ohana – the Hawaiian word for “family,” Maui announced today.
The on-premise channel is expected to see an “uplift” in velocity over Labor Day weekend this year, as on-premise trends continue to follow 2021 patterns, NielsenIQ-owned market research firm CGA reported.
Copenhagen-based Mikkeller is shutting down its brewery in the Miramar neighborhood of San Diego, effective immediately, and will begin contract brewing its offerings with San Diego’s AleSmith Brewing Co., the company announced. The Miramar taproom will remain open through the end of September.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) has combined the U.S. field sales teams from its craft brewery and “high end” divisions to create a new high end field sales team.
For the last 22 years, Neal Stewart worked in sales and marketing leadership roles for several breweries, As he exits the beer business, he shared his views on the state of the industry and thoughts on the challenges workers in the beer business face in regards to mental health.
After more than a year under the wing of Molson Coors, spirits-based, ready-to-drink canned cocktail maker Superbird will leave the nest as Molson Coors hands the reins to the brand’s distribution efforts back to its parent company, Casa Komos Brands Group (CKBG).
With tequila and ready-to-drink cocktails becoming two of the hottest alcohol categories, Lance Collins is looking to have a hand in both. As the founder and chairman of tequila soda brand Casa Azul, launching today, the beverage mogul behind Fuze, NOS, BodyArmor and Core is confident his new line of tequila soda will hit the sweet spot for consumers of spirit-based canned cocktails who enjoy the low-ABV and low-calorie qualities of a hard seltzer.
Katrina Shabo, former director of sales and marketing at Worcester, Massachusetts-based Wormtown Brewery, has joined Medusa Brewing Company in Hudson as sales director. Carrie Shafir has been promoted to VP of marketing for the Brewers Collective, Anhesuer-Busch InBev’s (A-B’s) craft business unit.
Less than 24 hours after reports began circulating of a potential deal, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is distancing itself from a proposed acquisition of Bang Energy.
