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.
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.
Boston Beer Company has “gotten over the hump as a supplier” and become an “important” part of its wholesalers’ and retailers’ businesses, founder, chairman and CEO Jim Koch told analysts during the company’s Q1 2026 earnings report Thursday evening.
Boston Beer’s shipments declined again in Q2 – down -4.5%, to 2.3 million barrels. However, the company is still confident in its projections and its “strategic priorities remained unchanged,” founder Jim Koch said Thursday during the company’s call with investors.
Boston Beer Company reported its second quarter earnings today, with net revenue declining -2.1%, to $603.3 million, compared to the same period in 2022.
Boston Beer is “cranking up the dial on ABV” with its newest offering: Twisted Tea Extreme.
The convergence of beverage-alcohol and non-alcoholic brands may be a new trend, growing exponentially in the past few years, but it’s been decades in the making, according to leaders in the space during a BevNet Live panel last week.
Boston Beer Company has appointed Philip Hodges chief supply chain officer, according to an 8-K filing, submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision last week.
Boston Beer Company’s promised refresh of Truly Hard Seltzer started hitting shelves this spring, with new packaging, real fruit juice and new campaigns designed to communicate a “clearer message” to consumers.
Twisted Tea continues to be one of the few Boston Beer Company offerings in the green, and the company doesn’t see that changing anytime soon, leadership shared during Thursday’s Q1 2023 earnings call with investors.
Boston Beer Company is making a convenience play in three markets with the launch of a new high-ABV, single-serve brand: Slingers Signature Cocktails.
Dogfish Head co-founder Sam Calagione has been hitting the road to promote the company’s new year-round offering Citrus Squall, a higher ABV beer-cocktail hybrid, and its spirits-based canned cocktails at retailers across the country.
After seven years at Boston Beer Company, CFO Frank Smalla will exit in mid-April, the company announced in an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Jon London has returned to Boston Beer Company as brand director of Angry Orchard, the hard cider brand he helped launch more than a decade ago.
Hard MTN Dew, the flavored malt beverage (FMB) from Boston Beer Company and PepsiCo, is expanding its lineup for the first time since launching with Livewire, an orange citrus flavor inspired by the soft drink flavor of the same name.
Boston Beer Company’s top priorities in 2023 are sustaining double-digit growth for Twisted Tea and stemming the losses for Truly Hard Seltzer, executives shared during the company’s Q4 and full-year earnings report. Leadership laid out their 2023 plans to investors. Here are some of the highlights of Thursday’s call with investors and analysts.
For the full fiscal year, Boston Beer shipped 8.2 million barrels to wholesalers, marking a -3.8% decline compared to 2021. Depletions (shipments to retailers) also declined by -5%.
