Just ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend, Anheuser-Busch today launched its next hard seltzer, Bud Light Platinum Seltzer, nationwide.

This week’s edition of Brewbound Frontlines brings together the owners of a pair of breweries that drinkers typically flock to from coast to coast, as well as a tourism company with a division that crafts trips to explore the beer, wine and food of various destinations. Tune into the discussion at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 3.

Two days after a majority of its hospitality employees announced their intention to unionize, Minneapolis-based Surly Brewing Company announced it will close its beer hall indefinitely beginning November 2.

After 14 years, Phil Leinhart is no longer the brewmaster at Brewery Ommegang. Leinhart, who joined Duvel Moortgat USA-owned, Cooperstown, New York-based craft brewery in January 2007, confirmed his exit from the company.

If economic conditions in the United States worsen via recession or inflation, 39% of consumers said they wouldn’t cut back on purchases of beer or wine to save money, according to a survey conducted by Nielsen of 18,000 consumers from July 1-8.

Stone Brewing’s 2020 CEO search didn’t take a year to complete. In fact, it took less than a month. The Escondido, California-headquartered craft brewery announced today the hiring of former Lagunitas Brewing CEO Maria Stipp as its next CEO.

Employees of another craft brewery are attempting to unionize. The kitchen and hospitality staff of Surly Brewing Company’s Beer Hall and Pizza Upstairs restaurant in Minneapolis notified management Monday that they plan to unionize, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

So far, 2020 has defied definition for brewers. For many, the loss of sales inside their own taprooms and at bars and restaurants has been devastating. For others, pivoting to packaged beer sales has been successful but not enough to replace the lost on-premise revenue.

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Summer is coming to a close for Harpoon Brewery and Polar Beverages’ hard seltzer brand. Initially dubbed Arctic Summer when the brand launched in April 2019, the two Massachusetts-headquartered companies are rechristening the hard seltzer line as Arctic Chill in order “to reinforce year-round enjoyment.”

Craft brewers have availed themselves of several lifelines since the COVID-19 pandemic sent the beer industry into turmoil. They include the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, curbside beer-to-go sales and, in some cases, delivery to consumers’ homes.

Stone Brewing and San Diego hard kombucha maker JuneShine are teaming up for the release of StoneShine, a 6% ABV hard kombucha that will be distributed in 25 states.

A month after Deep Ellum founder John Reardon filed a lawsuit against the CANarchy Holding Corporation — and private equity firm Fireman Capital Partners — alleging that the craft brewery rollup had failed to make several payments related to the acquisition of the Dallas craft brewery, the organization has terminated Reardon’s employment.

Dogfish Head’s residency at Concrete Beach’s Social Hall in Miami is becoming permanent. Boston Beer senior director of local brands and taprooms, Rob Kreszswick, announced this week that the company would transition Concrete Beach’s Miami location into Dogfish Head Miami. As such, Concrete Beach’s Social Hall would close permanently and beer-to-go and e-commerce sales would cease on Saturday, September 5.