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A Round With: Bauman’s Cider Founder Christine Walter on the Evolution of Cider and Growing the Segment’s Pie

A Round With: Bauman’s Cider Founder Christine Walter on the Evolution of Cider and Growing the Segment’s Pie

Bauman’s Cider was created as a passion project by founder and head cidermaker Christine Walter, combining her family’s farm roots and abundance of apples with her love of science and fermentation. After a decade in business, Christine and her cidery are leaders in making high quality cider and finding ways to connect more consumers with the segment.

A Round With: American Homebrewers Association Executive Director Julia Herz on Independence, Reviving Homebrew Con

A Round With: American Homebrewers Association Executive Director Julia Herz on Independence, Reviving Homebrew Con

In this week’s edition of A Round With – our Q&A with industry leaders, created exclusively for Brewbound Insiders – AHA executive director Julia Herz chats through the organization’s next chapter (including the return of Homebrew Con), why homebrewing is important for the industry and what’s still exciting her in beer.

A Round With: Ales for ALS National Director Mike Shannon on Topping the $1M Milestone

A Round With: Ales for ALS National Director Mike Shannon on Topping the $1M Milestone

Ales for ALS is proof that collaboration and cause beers can still have a major impact. The Smith Family, owners of Loftus Ranches and an owner of Yakima Chief Hops (YCH), launched the Ales for ALS program more than a decade ago, inspired by personal experiences with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

A Round With: Brooklyn Brewery’s Robin Ottaway on Why ‘Support Isn’t Conditional’

A Round With: Brooklyn Brewery’s Robin Ottaway on Why ‘Support Isn’t Conditional’

When several companies walked back their support for underrepresented groups and canceled diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, Brooklyn Brewery got even louder in its long-time support of the LGBTQ+ community. In this week’s edition of A Round With, our Q&A with industry leaders exclusively for Brewbound Insiders, Brooklyn president and CEO Robin Ottaway explains why 2025 is “the moment to step up.”

With Sales Down, Brown-Forman Aims to Expand Its RTD Reach

With Sales Down, Brown-Forman Aims to Expand Its RTD Reach

Soft consumer spending on bev-alc and tariff uncertainty weighed on whiskey giant Brown-Forman’s fourth quarter fiscal year 2025 earnings and outlook for next year, triggering shares to plunge 15% Thursday morning.

A Round With … BA Board Treasurer Audra Gaiziunas, Part 2

A Round With … BA Board Treasurer Audra Gaiziunas, Part 2

Audra Gaiziunas is the CFO and co-owner of Asheville’s DSSOLVR, the treasurer of the Brewers Association’s (BA) board of directors and the founder of Brewed for Her Ledger management consulting firm. Since opening the firm, Audra has worked with more than 300 brewery partners to organize and optimize their finances.

A Round With … BA Board Treasurer Audra Gaiziunas, Part 1

A Round With … BA Board Treasurer Audra Gaiziunas, Part 1

Audra Gaiziunas wears so many hats she could open a Lids. She is the CFO and co-owner of Asheville’s DSSOLVR, founder of Brewed for Her Ledger management consulting firm and treasurer of the Brewers Association’s (BA) board of directors. There is almost no one better to feature in our pre-Craft Brewers Conference edition of A Round With …, the Brewbound Insider-exclusive Q&A with industry leaders.

A Round With … Kulshan Brewing’s Dave Vitt

A Round With … Kulshan Brewing’s Dave Vitt

This week’s A Round With … features Dave Vitt, founder and CEO of Bellingham’s own Kulshan Brewing. In the Brewbound Insider-exclusive Q&A, Dave shares how Bellingham’s beer scene has evolved, how the Kulshan team keeps coming up with unique taproom events and how to stay positive in challenging times.