Two former Boston Beer Company employees are pursuing a class-action lawsuit, alleging the Twisted Tea maker skirts Massachusetts law by paying departing workers $3,000, minus taxes, instead of “garden leave” or other compensation, while enforcing restrictive noncompetition agreements.

Christmas came early for any fans of Bump Williams Consulting’s (BWC) annual growth strategies report. In the consulting firm’s final monthly update of 2025, founder Bump Williams shared beverage manufacturer, distributor and retailer growth strategies for 2026 and 2027 – one month earlier than historically released, and with a bonus fourth tier: the consumer.

Yuengling is headed to Iowa and Wisconsin in 2026. The addition of new states for the U.S.’s oldest brewery was teased with cryptic billboards in both Midwestern states stating “The Drought Ends Soon.” The official news dropped Monday.

Four incumbents and two new members will join the Brewers Association (BA) board of directors following last month’s election. The new term is slated to begin in February 2026.

Beer bounced back in the latest scans after a “dismal performance” in the prior week, according to Circana and the market research firm’s EVP of BevAl, Scott Scanlon.

Tilray Brands’ approved reverse stock split is set to take effect Monday afternoon following the close of the market, the company announced last week. The 1:10 reverse split will reduce the number of shares of common stock of Tilray from 1.16 billion to 116 million.

Spirits and wine ready-to-drink (RTD) suppliers are likely feeling the holiday cheer as they bucked declines across categories for the two-week period ending November 15, according to analysis of NIQ data from Goldman Sachs Equity Research.

Check out new products from Notch, Stem Cider and Sierra Nevada, initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter.

The Brewers Association’s (BA) biennial Salary and Benefits Benchmarking Report is back, with wage and responsibility information representing more than 7,000 employees across the craft brewing industry. The BA surveyed 92 small and independent breweries, gathering information on 67 jobs.

Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter November 20-26, including headlines from Rogue, Tilray, Molson Coors, Firestone Walker and more.

Recycled toilet water, your time is up. The craft beer business has moved on to more artisanal sources for brewing water – recycled shower and laundry water!

It’s time to introduce the judges for Brewbound’s signature pitch competition, the Brewbound Live Pitch Slam, taking place during Brewbound Live in L.A. December 10+11. Hundreds will be there and time is running out to register.

If you’re a ready-to-drink or spirits company taking marketing cues from CPG, you may be doing it wrong.

Smog City Brewing co-founder Laurie Porter is a prepper. Even during craft’s days of double-digit growth in the middle 2010s, Porter, who calls herself “an incurable optimist,” was eyeing a future when that growth wouldn’t be there.