Boston Beer Company, the country’s second-largest craft brewery according to trade group the Brewers Association, today announced that CEO Martin Roper would retire in 2018. Roper, who has led the company since 2001, said in a press release that he informed the company’s board of directors of his plans to step down “a year in advance” to give the Boston Beer ample time to name a successor and to “assure a very smooth transition.”
Revered craft brewery Lawson’s Finest Liquids this week announced plans to expand its presence in the Northeast, with the addition of new markets in Massachusetts, Connecticut and its home state of Vermont. The company has signed with Atlantic Beverage Distributors (formerly Atlantic Importing) for new distribution throughout Massachusetts.
Spuds MacKenzie has risen from the grave to convince you that a night out with friends is more fun than staying home alone.
Is the beer business headed for a “Trump moment?” That’s the question Craft Brew Alliance CEO Andy Thomas posed this week to a room of beer industry professionals attending the annual Beer Business Daily Summit in San Diego.
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The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA) is back in front of Congress. The latest two bills (H.R.747 and S.236) were simultaneously re-introduced into both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on Monday morning. If the Act passes, it would cut taxes on all brewers, importers, cider producers, distillers, and winemakers. The comprehensive tax reform effort is once again backed by the Beer Institute and the Brewers Association, and contains the same craft-friendly language as previous versions put forth during the 114th Congress.
Guinness parent Diageo today announced plans to build a U.S. version of Dublin’s famous Open Gate Brewery in Baltimore County, Maryland. The $50 million project will include the construction of a mid-sized Guinness brewery, packaging and warehousing operations as well as a tasting room, retail store and visitor center at Diageo’s existing Relay, Maryland, site, according to a press release.
In a presentation at the annual Beer Business Daily Summit, held Monday in San Diego, analysts from Nielsen, CGA Strategy and CM Profit Group broke down the latest beer trends and noted that consumers are increasingly seeking out lower-alcohol beer offerings.
In this week’s edition of Last Call: Georgia and Mississippi move toward on-site sales, Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors cut barley contracts and Twelve Rounds Brewing faces boycott after owner slams Women’s March on Facebook.
Melvin Brewing Co. co-founder Jeremy Tofte is an unconventional guy. He lives in a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, which he drives to beer festivals across the country. The van has everything he needs: his mountain bike, snowboards, surfboards, TV and a PlayStation.
Constellation Brands laid a plank in its succession plan on Wednesday with the appointment of Bill Newlands to the newly created position of chief operating officer, effective January 30.
The Trump administration has appointed Jake Leinenkugel to serve as a senior White House advisor to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Wisconsin Distributors to Purchase River City Distributing. And more Press Clips.
Even before members of an alcohol review task force meet for the first time to begin examining decades-old Massachusetts liquor laws, Treasury Department officials are already tracking at least 55 proposed pieces of legislation that could affect how in-state brewers, distributors and retailers operate.
In 2013, New Belgium CEO Kim Jordan told Brewbound that the Colorado brewery would sell its products in all 50 states by 2018. It looks like her company’s goal of becoming a nationally distributed craft beer brand will happen slightly ahead of schedule.
