Brand Refreshes: Anchor and Ballast Point Update Packaging; A-B and Molson Coors Overhaul Blue Point and Revolver

Brand Refreshes: Anchor and Ballast Point Update Packaging; A-B and Molson Coors Overhaul Blue Point and Revolver

San Francisco-based Anchor Brewing opted to give itself a makeover as a 125th birthday gift. Ballast Point has revealed new packaging art that has already begun rolling out to retailers. Granbury, Texas-based Revolver Brewing will roll out new artwork for its core offerings this spring. Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned Blue Point Brewing debuted a new logo and branding that will replace art that the Patchogue, New York-based craft brewery has been using for four years.

Sesh Seeks Middle Ground With Hybrid Cocktail-Seltzers

Sesh Seeks Middle Ground With Hybrid Cocktail-Seltzers

Like countless other beverage companies, XED (pronounced “crossed”) Beverages saw its growth plans for 2020 turned upside down with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last spring. Now — one year, one rebrand and one reformulation later — co-founders Zeke Bronfman and Nate Medow are looking to pick up from where they never got a chance to start.

No Injuries in Explosion and Fire at Victory Brewing Kennett Square Taproom

No Injuries in Explosion and Fire at Victory Brewing Kennett Square Taproom

No one was injured in an explosion and fire at Victory Brewing’s brewpub and taproom in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, on Monday evening. “Our taproom was closed for business on Monday, so no customers or team members were in the building at the time of the incident,” Artisanal Beverage Ventures chief marketing officer Derek Detenber told… Read more »

People Moves: FIFCO USA, JuneShine Announce C-Suite Hires; Brewers of PA Appoint New Exec Director

People Moves: FIFCO USA, JuneShine Announce C-Suite Hires; Brewers of PA Appoint New Exec Director

FIFCO USA has appointed former Molson Coors executive Dan Hennessy as its new chief sales officer, effective February 8. Meanwhile, San Diego hard kombucha maker JuneShine has hired former Stone Brewing VP of sales Todd Karnig as chief commercial officer. And the Brewers of Pennsylvania (BOP) has appointed Adam Harris as executive director of the state guild.

Molson Coors To Distribute RTD Cocktail Line Superbird

Molson Coors To Distribute RTD Cocktail Line Superbird

Molson Coors’ rapidly expanding beverage interests now include ready-to-drink cocktails, following the company’s announcement today of a partnership to distribute tequila-based cocktail Superbird.