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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.
The top 50 Brewers Association-defined craft breweries once again posted results as diverse as their portfolio mix these days, according to 2025 production data shared Friday by the trade group.
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.
Deschutes Brewery’s co-branded Kirkland Signature beers with Costco are being discontinued and expected to be out of the market later this year, according to a July 1 note to distributors from Peter Skrbek, CEO of the Bend, Oregon-headquartered craft brewery.
The time is right for founders of scaled ready-to-drink (RTD) brands to consider exits with the emergence of a “classic seller’s market,” Arlington Capital Advisors managing director Townsend Ziebold declared earlier this month at the Beer Marketer’s Insights business conference.
Untitled Art is ceasing operations after a decade, the New School reported, citing “internal sources and memos circulated around the company employees and partners.”
Craft dollar sales declines stabilized to start the summer selling season after a period of worsening trends. In the four-week period (L4W) ending June 14, craft dollar sales declined 4.6% year-over-year (YoY) at multi-outlet grocery, mass retail and convenience stores (MULO+C) tracked by market research firm Circana. This marked no change in momentum from Circana’s previous monthly report (data ending May 17), which itself reflected a doubling of dollar sales declines compared to the prior period (-2.3% YoY L4W through April 19).
Nearly 300 Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) workers in Illinois are expected to be laid off as the distributor shuts down its operations in the state.
Mass Appeal Draught House and Grille opened on the eve of the kick-off of FIFA World Cup 2026 at its neighbor, Gillette Stadium. Hendler Family Brewing co-founder and CEO Sam Hendler joined the Brewbound Podcast to discuss how the multi-branded taproom handled an influx of guests, what Scottish fans prefer to drink – and what they’re not drinking.
Rhinegeist’s Cheetah lager is being reincarnated later this summer. This August, Rhinegeist will relaunch Cheetah as Super Lager, in collaboration with grocery chain Kroger, a fellow Cincinnati-based business.
Phusion Projects is licensing “brand assets” to another firm that has launched Nine Loko, described as a “flavor first, perception-bending jazzy cannabinoid juice.”
Washington, D.C.-based Soul Mega has won the 15th annual Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream (BTAD) Brewing and Business Experienceship, Boston Beer Company announced Tuesday.
Craft beer drinkers increasingly want to spend more of their time and money at craft breweries and on craft beer. But getting general consumers in the door and turning them into craft drinkers is only getting harder, according to the Brewers Association’s (BA) 2026 Harris Poll Consumer Survey.
Lost Coast Brewing founder Barbara Groom is looking for a buyer for her nearly 40-year-old craft brewery. Groom plans to retire after 37 years of running the Eureka, California-based craft brewery, she told ProBrewer.
Ten Ohio intoxicating hemp businesses can resume sales after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking the state “from taking any criminal, civil, administrative, or regulatory enforcement action” against them through June 29 (so long as they stay within the parameters of the 2018 Farm Bill).
Firestone Walker’s can line at its Paso Robles, California production brewery will be running “24 hours a day, seven days a week” in the next couple of months, CEO Nick Firestone shared during Beer Marketer’s Insights conference earlier this month.
As the FIFA World Cup enters its second week at host cities across North America, craft breweries’ experiences are mixed. The globe’s most-watched sporting event rolled into 11 U.S. cities last week, bringing millions of international travelers and providing craft breweries in host cities with an opportunity for a much-needed boost to kick off the summer.
