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Tilray Brands chairman and CEO Irwin Simon had a message for Wall Street during the company’s full-year fiscal year 2026 earnings call: “We are no longer defined by one category, one market or one regulatory outcome.”
Boston Beer Company has found another growth driver with its spirits-based hard tea brand Sun Cruiser, which continues to deepen its distribution footprint. But the hot ticket item continues to be unable to stop flooding volume from its sibling brands, as the company recorded yet another quarter of shipments and depletions losses.
THC beverages reached $239 million in the 52 weeks ending April 4 2026, up 135% versus the prior year, and despite a looming ban, there’s thirst for more.
Tilray Brands’ hit a company revenue record in Q3, generating $207 million in the quarter, but there was little help from the global cannabis firm’s bev-alc brands.
“Flavored alcohol” continues to be a prominent growth driver in the beverage-alcohol landscape, but the field of notable participants is contracting, according to a new report from Bump Williams Consulting (BWC) VP and chief strategy officer Dan Wandel.
Wisconsin’s Eagle Park Brewing & Distilling has acquired SoulBoxer Cocktail Co., setting the stage for Eagle Park’s further expansion into canned cocktails spanning alcoholic, non-alcoholic and THC-infused formats.
The former executive team behind Casamigos (minus its celebrity owners) is making another move in the bev-alc industry with Por Qué No, a ready-to-drink (RTD) tequila and vodka offering.
If there’s a stay of execution, it’ll probably be at the last minute. That’s what hemp lobbyists and industry groups are starting to believe about the potential for a reprieve from the upcoming November 12 THC ban, according to the Coalition for Adult Beverage Alternatives (CABA).
Constellation Brands has agreed to terms to acquire HOPWTR, expanding the beer and spirit giant’s presence in the fast-growing non-alcoholic space. The deal comes roughly five years after Constellation’s initial investment in HOPWTR in 2021 through its Venture division.
Hours after a Bloomberg report sent the beverage-alcohol rumor mill into overdrive about a potential deal between spirits giants Pernod Ricard and Brown-Forman, both companies confirmed Thursday evening that they are in talks.
Diageo’s new CEO Dave Lewis is reframing ready-to-drink offerings as an opportunity for the spirits giant, but after years of focus on the top end of the shelf, the group has ground to make up.
Hard cider remains one of a handful of beer segments to record consistent year-over-year (YoY) growth in off-premise scans, and that growth is accelerating, according to new insights from consulting firm 3 Tier Beverages.
Touting its new U.S. distribution partnership with Molson Coors as a “revenue growth multiplier,” British mixer brand Fever-Tree saw net sales grow 6% year-over-year to £131.9 million in fiscal 2025, according to its preliminary full-year earnings report released earlier this week.
In time for Opening Day and to mark the brewery’s 30th anniversary, Stone Brewing (Escondido, California) has unveiled a new branded bar next to Section 309 at Petco Park, home of MLB’s San Diego Padres.