The 2023 craft brewery production data is officially in. Justin, Zoe and weekend newsletter writer Sean McNutly dive into the high-level data points and sift through some of the surprises in the numbers. Plus, an interview with Brewjeria co-founder Agustin Ruelas and Norwalk Brew House founder Ray Ricky Rivera on the Los Farmworkers collab.

Just over one-third of regional craft breweries (38.2%) beyond the top 50 recorded production volume increases in 2023, down from about 45% who grew in 2022, according to data from the Brewers Association (BA), published in the May/June issue of New Brewer Magazine.

Changes are coming to this year’s Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver, including one fewer session, a new floor plan and the ability to pour canned cocktails and pretty much any other product.

Molson Coors is shifting production of full-strength Peroni Nastro Azzurro to its brewery in Albany, Georgia, beginning in August.

Beer buyers’ optimism for beer continued this month, according to the latest Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) from the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).

Welcome to Brewbound’s Inside Look at the Beer Business for the week that was … Saturday, May 25, 2024. Well, I’m sorry beerbiz … but it seems the potheads have finally won.

Just over half of the Brewers Association’s (BA) top 50 craft breweries recorded production volume declines in 2023, according to data from the May/June issue of the trade group’s New Brewer Magazine.

Alaskan Brewing Company CEO Linda Thomas is stepping down from her role at the Juneau-headquartered craft brewery after three decades. Alaskan chief operations officer (COO) Max Rule will take over as CEO, effective June 1.

Lagunitas will cease operations in Chicago in early August and move all production to the craft brewery’s original brewhouse in Petaluma, California. The Heineken-owned brewery’s Chicago taproom, located within the brewery, will close permanently, effective today. The adjacent warehouse will remain in operation.

In this issue: Saint Arnold Brewing Celebrates 30 Years; Fort Worth Teamsters Vote to Ratify Contract; Albertsons Execs Allegedly Deleted Texts; The Toll of Burnout and Craft’s Barriers to Entry; Sapporo-Stone’s $60 Million Expansion Plan; The Best Beer, According to TikTok.

Infinite Ingredient founder and executive director Katie Muggli joins the Brewbound Podcast to discuss burnout in the brewing industry, how to recognize it, and what resources are available for both industry leaders and individuals.

Teamsters have voted to ratify a contract with Molson Coors, ending a more than three-month-long strike at the major brewer’s Fort Worth, Texas, facility.

Next month, Saint Arnold Brewing Company, the oldest craft brewery in the state of Texas, will celebrate its 30th anniversary. It only took about half that time for it to become “an overnight success,” joked its founder Brock Wagner.

Sapporo-Stone Brewing Co. unveiled a $60 million expansion plan yesterday that will double the company’s annual capacity to about 700,000 barrels.