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Despite estimated production volume declines of 4%, craft brewers are feeling confident halfway through 2026, according to the Brewers Association’s (BA) mid-year report.
Small and independent craft brewers’ output declined 4% in 2025 – more than 25% less than was previously reported by the Brewers Association (BA). The BA issued a correction of its 2025 Beer Industry Production Survey (BIPS), which was published last month, after receiving “revised production figures for a small number of regional craft brewers,” a BA spokesperson said in a statement shared Tuesday with Brewbound.
More than half (55.45%) of Brewers Association (BA) defined regional craft breweries beyond the top 50 recorded production volume declines in 2025, but there are still signs of improvement compared to 2024, according to annual data shared last week by the trade group.
Garage Beer, the light beer brand that achieved national prominence when NFL stars Travis and Jason Kelce invested in it last year, has received “strategic growth investment” from Durational Capital Management, the company announced today.
Dan Kleban, founder of Freeport-based Maine Beer Co., has entered the race to unseat longtime U.S. Senator Susan Collins. Kleban is the latest candidate to join a growing field of challengers in the state’s Democratic primary to take on Collins, a Republican, in 2026.
Sierra Nevada is committed to craft brewing. Not that there was any doubt that the family-owned, Chico, California-headquartered brewery is all in on craft beer, despite a downturn in the segment’s trends.
Sierra Nevada’s 2026 strategy revolves around a “core four” philosophy involving its top brands, while supplementing its flagships with strategic additions, leaders of the Chico, California-headquartered craft brewery shared last week during a virtual distributor presentation.
When long-time regulars pine for Icarus Brewing’s original location, founder and owner Jason Goldstein reminds them the good old days weren’t always so good.
Stateside Brands (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) – the parent company of Surfside, a leading brand in the spirits-based hard tea and lemonade segment – has penned a deal to rebrand Philadelphia’s entertainment hub from Xfinity Live! to Stateside Live!
BrewDog co-founder Martin Dickie has departed the Scottish brewery, several news outlets have reported.
Want to encourage craft beer drinkers to pick up a craft RTD cocktail? Try offering more beer. Now in its third release, Tip Top Proper Cocktails’ Kindred Spirits Series is a first-of-its-kind RTD brand and brewery collaboration that reimagines classic cocktails through the lens of craft beer.
After joining San Diego’s Original 40 Brewing as head brewer earlier this year, Kyle Fjalstad has launched a beer that bridges the gap between Original 40 and the last brewery on his resume, Modern Times.
San Diego-based Ballast Point has new, local investors in its ownership group, San Diego Beer News reported. Hospitality force RMD Group and boutique investment firm Cypress Ascendant have taken shares in the brewery, and the investors who facilitated the bombshell acquisition of Ballast Point from Constellation Brands in 2019 have exited.
7-Eleven parent company Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. has unveiled a plan to open 1,300 new, larger stores in the U.S. by 2030, according to a press release. Tickets for the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) are on sale now. The event takes place across three sessions October 9-11 in Denver.
Several brewery owners have publicly courted buyers by announcing their intentions to sell their businesses. Others have found buyers and have announced sales. Read updates from three breweries – all of which opened during the last decade’s craft beer boom – in transition.
Jim Koch on Boston Beer’s potential internal CEO candidates: Allagash’s new taproom; Erik Ellington’s NA beer; and more headlines.
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.
