Big Storm Brewing Co. has purchased the assets of Darwin Brewing Co. in Bradenton, Florida.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a new bipartisan bill aimed at establishing federal standards for CBD food and beverage products.

More than 40 beverage companies and their leadership have joined forces as the founding members of the Adult Non-Alcoholic Beverage Association (ANBA), an industry trade organization created to support companies in the non-alcoholic beer, wine, and spirits spaces.

The Beer Institute (BI) has promoted several team members, including Susan Haney, who was elevated to senior VP of public affairs, the trade group announced Wednesday.

The Brewers Association (BA) has announced the results of its board of directors election, which filled five seats on the trade group’s board.

Chicago’s “newest, freshest, funkiest Black-owned brewery” has won the 2021 edition of Brewbound’s Pitch Slam Competition, presented by O-I. Funkytown Brewery, the second Black-owned brewery in Chicago, won the 13th edition of the Pitch Slam competition, beating out five other semifinalists before a panel of industry experts.

Societe Brewing more than doubled its sales in 2021, increasing +120% vs. 2020.

Brewbound’s 2021 award winners and class of rising stars were announced today during the multimedia trade publication’s annual business conference in Santa Monica, California.

The six finalists have been selected in the 2021 edition of Brewbound’s Pitch Slam Competition, presented by OI. They’re advancing to the final round on Wednesday, December 1 (streamed for free on Brewbound.com.

The Brewers Collective West (BC West) — the western division of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) craft business unit — will continue to focus on innovation as it transforms into more of a “beverage company” in 2022, Christine Perich, general manager of BC West, detailed to Brewbound.

Sierra Nevada Brewing company has hired Ellie Preslar as its new vice president of sales.

When Death & Co. opened its first bar in 2006, it rapidly established itself as one of the premiere names in the modern craft cocktail movement through its innovative approach to creating new drinks. Now, the company is hoping to do the same in the emerging RTD cocktail category with its first retail consumer product: a line of canned libations, which launched this month.

This week’s Brewbound Live business conference will stream live and free on Brewbound.com, as well as popular social channels YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Pabst Brewing Company has tapped Anheuser-Busch InBev alum Paul Chibe to succeed Eugene Kashper as CEO. Kashper, who acquired Pabst with TSG Consumer Partners in 2014, will remain with the company as chairman of the board of directors.