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Seven of the 10 largest Brewers Association-defined craft breweries recorded production volume declines in 2025, according to data shared by the trade group in the May/June Issue of The New Brewer magazine.
Ball Corporation’s North American and European aluminum can supply will be hard to come by for the foreseeable future – into the end of the decade, CEO Ron Lewis shared during the manufacturer’s Q1 earnings call earlier this week.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) outperformed the U.S. beer industry in the first quarter of 2026, the company reported Tuesday. In the U.S., A-B’s Q1 depletions (sales to retailers) increased 0.3% year-over-year (YoY), which the company credited to “beer and beyond beer share gains and an improved industry.” Shipments (sales to wholesalers) declined 3.2%.
Boston Beer Company’s 2023 Samuel Adams Super Bowl ad will imagine a kinder and “brighter” Boston, starring “Your Cousin From Boston,” Boston Celtics legend Kevin Garnett and comedian Lenny Clarke.
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Things just got a little easier for New Jersey craft breweries planning to play the remaining games of the NFL season in their taprooms.
Roughly one year after tweaking its formulation and packaging format, energy drink ZOA is revamping its product lineup once again with new flavors, a refreshed can design and a marketing campaign built around the tagline “Fuel Something Bigger.”
Diageo is deepening its roster of top-tier brands in reaching an agreement to acquire super-premium dark rum label Don Papa Rum for an initial fee of $281.5 million, the company announced today.
Super Bowl LVII is about a month away, and Molson Coors is in the competitive spirit. Molson Coors CMO Michelle St. Jacques and U.S. sales and distributor operations president Brian Feiro sent a memo to distributors early this morning, announcing its Big Game play.
Molson Coors continues to grow its non-alcoholic portfolio with its latest release Roxie, a zero-proof canned cocktail launching today exclusively online.
Even as A-B hopes for a rediscovery of Bud Light, the company is preparing for Michelob Ultra, its second best-selling brand, to overtake Bud Light as its best-selling brand within the next five years, Anheuser-Busch InBev U.S. CMO Benoit Garbe said.
Beer industry writer Josh Noel is leaving the Chicago Tribune to join Molson Coors as the Chicago-headquartered beverage company’s corporate communications manager.
Constellation Brands credited its fall price increases for its beer business’ slowed depletion growth, during the company’s Q3 2023 earnings call with investors Thursday.
Constellation Brands’ beer division reported slowed shipment and depletion growth in Q3 2023 compared to recent quarters, with shipments up +2.7% and depletions up +5.7%.
A judge has denied Anheuser-Busch InBev subsidiary Grupo Modelo’s bid for partial summary judgment in its trademark infringement lawsuit against Constellation Brands for the company’s use of the Corona trademark for hard seltzer.
A judge has granted Pullayup, Washington-headquartered Olympic Eagle Distributing a preliminary injunction against Constellation Brands’ termination in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
A U.S. District Court Judge has tossed out a proposed class-action lawsuit filed by an investor against the Boston Beer Company alleging the maker of Truly Hard Seltzer and its top executives failed to disclose decelerating sales of the hard seltzer brand to investors, Law360 reported.
