It’s a familiar story for those in the craft beer space: While mainstream beer sales remain sluggish, sales of craft beer continue to grow. Consumers are demanding more flavorful options and more purchasing occasions. But Danny Brager, the head of the beverage alcohol group for A.C. Nielsen Co., dug deeper into the topic during the… Read more »
In the past month, Brewbound.com travelled to Denver, San Diego and New York City for the Great American Beer Festival, the National Beer Wholesalers Association conference and the Beer Marketer’s INSIGHTS seminar — in effort to keep a finger on the pulse of the craft beer industry.
Technomic – a Chicago-based food industry research and consulting firm – today announced its top 10 adult beverage trends for 2013. The report, based off of research into wine, beer and spirits as well as surveys and interviews, highlights a few notable trends that many in the craft beer space were probably already aware of.
Retailer shelves might be sagging with the weight of all the new craft SKU’s entering the marketplace, but Lagunitas founder Tony Magee has one idea on how to stick out in a crowd: Use big, bold letters. At least that’s what he did when he launched his IPA brand back in the early 1990’s –… Read more »
It’s a question that’s been on a lot of beer industry members’ minds for a while now. Why has Jim Koch – the founder and chairman of Boston Beer Co. – been selling shares of his company’s stock? According to a recent Barron’s article, during a three week period in November, Boston Beer founder and… Read more »
News broke in late November that Westvleteren XII gift packs – imported by The Shelton Brothers – would finally see mainstream, U.S. distribution after being announced nearly one year ago. The highly sought-after beer from Belgium has long been regarded as one of the best in the world but until now had not been available… Read more »
Rising demand has made it a great time to be a craft brewer, but there are still branding, marketing and financial initiatives that can help breweries succeed in the business. The interest in learning or sharing the best paths to that success is what motivated more than 130 craft brewers, distributors, and entrepreneurs to attend… Read more »
Amid the nation’s ongoing effort to stimulate job growth, one small brewer had Washington’s attention this morning. Deb Carey, Founder and President of the New Glarus Brewing Company in Wisconsin, met with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and 15 other small-business representatives in the nation’s capital this morning to share ideas and discuss… Read more »
Brewbound.com, the web site published by BevNET.com, Inc. and dedicated to covering the rapidly evolving craft beer industry, is pleased to announce the return of live video streaming of its third semi-annual Brewbound Session event. A video broadcast of the event, taking place at Paradise Point Resort in San Diego, Calif. between 9:00am PST and… Read more »
It began as a hobby in 2006, but now two Boston-based entrepreneurs have gradually turned their thirst for craft beer into a profitable business. Jeff Wharton and Devon Regan launched the blog drinkcraftbeer.com six years ago after playing together in a band and trying new beers during every jam session. Although the band eventually split… Read more »
The Fort Collins-based craft brewery Funkwerks is broadening its distribution footprint and has signed its first wholesaler, American Eagle Distributing Co. Funkwerks co-founder Brad Lincoln told Brewbound.com that American Eagle will begin distributing the brewery’s products throughout all of Northern Colorado, with the exception of Fort Collins where Funkwerks will continue to self-distribute its beers.
Beer aficionados, unite and rejoice with this hallowed truth: Westvleteren XII is finally seeing mainstream U.S. distribution. Totalwine.com announced on Tuesday that it will sell special gift packs of Westvleteran XII, complete with six bottles and two commemorative glasses for $84.99 in its store locations across Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, California,… Read more »
The Winter 2012 Brewbound Session – a business conference for the craft brewing industry – is just one week away and space is filling up fast! The event takes place on Thursday, November 29th in San Diego, Calif. and aims to address the topics that most directly impact the decisions craft brewers are faced with… Read more »
It’s ambitious, but Fireman’s Brew COO David Johnson has plans to catapult his small, contract-brewed brand into the national spotlight. “We are looking to grow aggressively and our goal is to become a national brand,” he said. How aggressive? The Southern California-based brand was recently on display at the 75th annual National Beer Wholesalers Association… Read more »
