Ball Corp., the leading U.S. manufacturer of metal packaging for beverages, will build a $290 million aluminum beverage packaging plant in North Las Vegas, Nevada, with plans to begin production in late 2022, the company announced Thursday.
After a quarter-century as the nation’s first and only Jewish craft beer brand, Shmaltz Brewing will sunset its operations following a farewell tour this fall. “We’ve accomplished so much more than I ever imagined with He’brew and Shmaltz Brewing that why not be really proud and excited to put a bow on it on Year 25?” founder Jeremy Cowan told Brewbound.
Craft beer doesn’t need a complete reset in strategy, but rather a re-focus on what consumers care about to stay relevant, the panelists of Brewbound’s first in-person Brew Talks meet-up of 2021 said earlier this month.
Diageo plans to open a Guinness taproom in Chicago in 2023, the beer and spirits company announced this week.
Elevated off-premise sales, particularly for gift-giving, should continue for the remainder of the year as the holiday season approaches despite uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 delta variant, according to beverage alcohol industry panelists gathered by e-commerce, on-demand alcohol delivery platform Drizly.
The return of the NFL and college football was a good sign for on-premise establishments, leading to what BeerBoard founder and CEO Mark Young described as the “Dak Prescott Impact in Dallas,” named for the Cowboys quarterback.
Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers and Atlantic Importing and Distributing of Rhode Island will face off in a courtroom as the lawsuit between the two companies will go to trial, a Rhode Island Superior Court judge ruled today. In the interim, the Framingham, Massachusetts-based craft brewery must resume selling its products to Atlantic RI for distribution within the Ocean State, according to an order from Justice Brian P. Stern.
Stone Distributing has picked up the distribution rights to four suppliers in Southern California. The new adds include Inglewood-based Crowns & Hops Brewing Co., Thousand Oaks-based Tarantula Hill Brewing Co., San Diego-based Village Spirits, and Santa Monica-based Bomani Cold Buzz.
The contentious legal battle between sparkling hard tea and canned cocktail maker Loverboy and Night Shift Distributing over the FMB maker’s attempt to terminate the Massachusetts-headquartered wholesaler without paying fair market value for its brand rights has ended with an amicable resolution.
Updates to the EIDL program include an increase of the loan cap from $500,000 to $2 million, the addition of a two-year repayment deferral period, an expansion of eligible uses for funds, and the creation of a 30-day exclusivity window to approve and disburse loans smaller than $500,000 to focus on the smallest businesses, according to a Brewers Association (BA) blog post.
A class action lawsuit has once again been filed against Molson Coors alleging the company’s marketing campaign for Vizzy Hard Seltzer promoting “antioxidant Vitamin C from Acerola Superfruit” was misleading to consumers,.
As the world works its way back to pre-pandemic operations, lawmakers across the country are looking to make to-go sales of alcoholic beverages from bars and restaurants a lasting legacy, and DoorDash has launched its latest innovation in support of that effort. The on-demand food delivery service announced Monday that it has expanded its marketplace offerings into the alcoholic beverage category allowing consumers to pair a restaurant meal with a beer, wine or cocktail.
Concerns about the delta variant are causing some consumers to avoid bars and restaurants, and the pandemic’s continuing effects have shifted days and times for consumers’ visits, on-premise market research firm CGA reported during a webinar last week.
Nootropic-infused sparkling water brand HOP WTR announced last week it has achieved 500% growth in its first full year on the market, with its retail footprint now reaching 17 U.S. states.
