[00:00:00] Justin Kendall: It's Brewbound Live week. We talk about it next on the Brewbound podcast. Hello, and welcome to the Brewbound podcast. I'm Justin Kendall. I'm Justin Fonte.
[00:00:20] Zoe Licata: And I'm Zoe Licata.
[00:00:22] Justin Kendall: And we're all on stage right now in Marina Del Rey for Brewbound Live. You're listening to this podcast and we'd like to encourage you to stop listening to this and go over to Brewbound.com and check out everything we're doing right now for Brewbound Live.
[00:00:40] Jessica Infante: Yeah, the entire conference gets live streamed on our website, but also on various social media platforms. So there's no shortage of ways to watch it. If you join us in the event portal, you'll be able to connect with fellow attendees. So that's always a great bet.
[00:00:57] Justin Kendall: Jess and Zoe are both looking stylish on stage. Zoe sounds wise beyond her years. I'm doing my best, folks. No crying this year. That's the goal.
[00:01:09] Jessica Infante: We'll see. We'll see. We'll see about that. I almost tried recording a prerecorded video. So who knows?
[00:01:15] Justin Kendall: It gets you at some point. Let's talk a little bit about who is on stage. We've got Ryan Geist. We've got Lawson's bells rogue. We've got beat box. We've got stateside vodka. We've got buzz balls. We've got retailers from extra mile convenience. We've got three tier beverage, Nielsen IQ or NIQ as it's called now. Bart Watson, Lester Jones. Who am I missing Zoe? It's 40 speakers.
[00:01:45] Zoe Licata: We have one of our strongest lineups I think we've ever had, and that's what other people have told us. They are very, very excited for this bigger lineup this year. It's going to be a good time. We're going to have lots of data presentations, lots of tips and advice from retailers, wholesalers, fellow suppliers, talking about everything from the e-premise to the on-premise to getting diversity in beer, to the amount of products out there within BevValk. There's like anything you could possibly pretty much think of that we've talked about and covered in 2023, we're going to be talking about on stage at Brewbound Live. Even like mergers and acquisitions, all the craft deals that we've seen this year and trends there. Speaking of, we'll also hear from Tilray, hearing about what their work is like with craft, what their goals are there. Talking about focusing and what are you doing with your brands with our keynote with the guys from Rheingeist. We have a brand extension conversation with folks from Rogue, Bells, and Lawson's.
[00:02:55] Justin Kendall: and our other keynote with the National Black Brewers Association and Crowns and Hops. talking about reaching a different craft beer consumer. This is all going on at Brewbound Live in person. And when we're not on stage and we're taking breaks to network in Marina Del Rey, you're gonna still see videos from interviews we did with Brewbound Award winners and rising stars. So go over to Brewbound.com and check out Brewbound Live.
[00:03:26] Jessica Infante: One thing that I, not to brag, but one thing I think we are great at is making all of these conversations extremely interactive. So not only will it be one of us and our guests on the stage having a conversation, but we also make it really easy to participate from the audience, whether you're in the room or watching from home, you can submit questions to our speakers via a text line and one of us will see them come in and get your answers right there. It's all super interactive.
[00:03:55] Justin Kendall: We encourage you, please go over to Brewbound.com, check out what we're doing. Those videos will also be available on demand. We'll be back next week talking about pretty much everything that happened at Brewbound Live and probably bring you some interviews too.
[00:04:11] Zoe Licata: Yeah. We still somehow, someway are doing coverage of our event, doing our actual event itself and are on stage and are networking and talking to everybody who is there with us in California. Why are you making faces, Jess? Because we're also still covering the news. And we're also doing beer news that's outside of what's going on at the venue in Marina Del Rey. So there's still going to be a lot of content coming out of Brewbound.com, and I'm sure you're seeing it right now on our website.
[00:04:44] Jessica Infante: For some reason, there's always at least one or two huge industry stories that break during Brewbound Live. Just, you know, keep us on our toes. Add some spice.
[00:04:54] Justin Kendall: Yeah, the Kings and Convicts, ballast point deal, that was one of them. So maybe take a week off from MNA if you can, or at least hold off on the announcements to the following week. For our sakes, we would appreciate that. Yeah, and then we will cover it next week. Thanks to all of you for tuning in. That's our show for this week. We'll be back next week. Go to Brewbound.com, check out Brewbound Live. Bye.
