Brewbound is pleased to announce that Harpoon Brewery will host the official Brewbound Session welcome reception on Wednesday May 1, the evening before Brewbound puts on its bi-annual business conference at the Revere Hotel in downtown Boston.
Craft brewers throughout the state of Washington are lobbying against a proposed tax hike on beer sold in-state. In 2010, the state excise tax on in-state brewers producing more than 60,000 barrels annually was temporarily raised from 26 cents per gallon to 76 cents per gallon in an effort to help increase state revenues during… Read more »
The Brewers Association released its list of the top 50 craft breweries today, and while the top five has remained intact, there were some risers and fallers of note.
While brewers routinely tout beer quality as their chief concern, distributors can play an equally influential role in developing a brand’s future. Finding the right wholesaler match and identifying niche markets can elevate a brewery from a local favorite to a national powerhouse.
Brewbound is pleased to announce that Jim Koch, founder of the Boston Beer Company, will join the Brewbound Session as a keynote speaker. The event will take place on May 2 at the Revere Hotel in Boston. Koch, who brewed the first batch of his company’s flagship Boston Lager on his kitchen stove in 1984,… Read more »
Atlanta’s Sweetwater Brewing is retiring yet another Great American Beer Festival (GABF) medal winner. The company today announced that it will discontinue its year-round Exodus Porter, a 6.2 percent brew that was primarily available in Atlanta and various Southeast markets.
A selection of beers from Cisco Brewers recently began cropping up at retail locations in Southern California and Nevada. The Nantucket, Mass.-based beer company began sending its beer farther west in mid-March after leveraging an existing distribution arrangement with the L. Knife & Son wholesale network.
Today is your last chance to take advantage of the early registration discount for Brewbound Session Spring ’13. With an emphasis on the business of beer, the one-day conference provides an excellent opportunity to learn marketing, investment, and distribution strategies, as well as hear case studies of successful brands in a highly collaborative atmosphere.
As craft continues to grow up, an increasing number of small brewery owners — especially those who’ve been in business for more than 20 years — are starting to look for the exit. That means that succession planning is more top-of mind than ever for aging brewery owners looking to retire and cash in on… Read more »
The evolving relationship between craft brewers and their wholesale distributors will be on tap for discussion when Craig Purser, the president and CEO of the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) speaks at the Brewbound Session on May 2 in Boston.
While the growth of the craft brewing industry — it’s now north of 2,400 brewers — had many observers at last week’s Craft Brewers Conference fearing a shakeout, J.B. Shireman remains bullish. It’s an opinion that carries some weight because, come May, Shireman, the vice president of craft services for First Beverage Group, will have… Read more »
For the craft beer industry to further germinate and wrest greater market share from domestic beer, brewers will have to identify channels that are either untapped or not yet fully realized. Bill Pecoriello, CEO of GuestMetrics, argued at the Craft Brewers Conference last week in Washington D.C. that the on-premise arena — and especially casual… Read more »
Wirtz Beverage, Illinois’ newest craft beer distributor, will discuss brand building and best practices in craft beer distribution during Brewbound’s next Brew Talks event, which will be held on April 9 in Chicago. The event will be streaming live online starting at 8pm EST for those who are unable to attend in Chicago. Beer industry… Read more »
Nearly everyone attending the 2013 Craft Brewers Conference could tell you: The craft beer space has become more competitive than ever. But amidst the noise about growth, there are trends — consumer, industry, cultural — that are helping to influence demand. Brewbound’s correspondents, in an effort to get beyond growth statistics and stories of sharp… Read more »
