Carbon Copy, a brewery and winery launched in 2020, has taken over the former Dock Street Brewery West location in Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

As middle-tier consolidation marches on, distributors have a new service partner to advise on mergers and acquisitions, as Arlington Capital Advisors (ACA) and the Bump Williams Consulting Company (BWC) announced today the formation of a “strategic alliance” between the two firms.

A federal judge told Stone Brewing and Molson Coors to work out a post-trial injunction over the use of the word “stone” or end up on the wrong end of a court order that both companies may not like, according to Courthouse News Service.

Wicked Weed built its name in the craft brewing industry with sour beers, but in recent years under the ownership of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the Asheville, North Carolina-based brewery has found commercial success in craft beer’s most popular style space, IPAs.

MTD Asset Acquisition (MTD), the bidder that was not selected during the auction for Modern Times last week, has filed an objection to the court-appointed receiver’s selection of BX MT BAMF LLC (BX), an affiliate of Anaheim, California-based Brewery X, as the “winning” bidder in the auction for the San Diego craft brewery.

The auction for San Diego’s Modern Times Beer Co. concluded Friday with an affiliate of Anaheim’s Brewery X, BX MT BAMF LLC, casting the “winning bid” at $20 million, according to Modern Times.

The three-way deal through which Harpoon’s parent company will acquire Long Trail Brewing in Vermont and WhistlePig Whiskey will acquire one of the latter’s production facilities, came about through long-standing personal relationships, Mass. Bay Brewing Company CEO and co-founder Dan Kenary explained to Brewbound.

The Beer Institute (BI) has called the RTD regulatory changes signed into law last week in Vermont a “massive handout” for the spirits industry, and warned legislators of the impact it will have on taxpayers, in a blog post Thursday.

Two pioneering New England craft breweries are joining forces: Harpoon parent company Mass. Bay Brewing in Boston has struck a deal to acquire Long Trail Brewing Company in Bridgewater Corners, Vermont.

Non-alcoholic beer maker Athletic Brewing Company’s third production facility — a 150,000 sq. ft. brewery in Milford, Connecticut — officially opened today.

Anheuser-Busch InBev has waived its right to advertising exclusivity in the alcohol category during Super Bowl LVII, which it has exercised since 1989.

“Stronger Together” was the theme of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States’ (DISCUS’) annual conference, held last week in New Orleans.

Astoria, Oregon-based Buoy Beer remained closed this week after a partial roof collapse resulted in “significant damage” to part of its facility, the company said.

Like most tourist destinations during the pandemic, the last couple of years have been full of ups and downs for the Trapp Family Lodge and its brewery operation in Stowe, Vermont. Over the last two years, the resort experienced its “slowest tourism levels ever,” followed by its “highest tourism levels ever”, Sam von Trapp, executive vice president of Trapp Family Lodge and von Trapp Brewing, told Brewbound.