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Anyone looking for an answer to when craft’s current era of compounding hurdles and declines will come to an end received a reality check Wednesday during Brewers Association (BA) president and CEO Bart Watson’s state of the industry address, held at the start of Day 2 of the Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) in Indianapolis.
Around 10,000 industry members are expected to make the trip to Indianapolis for the 2025 Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America (April 28 to May 1). The gathering takes place against a backdrop of growing headwinds for craft breweries and an overhaul of CBC’s host organization, the Brewers Association.
Craft’s rolling four-week losses improved to start 2025, according to the most recent report from market research firm Circana. The segment’s off-premise dollar sales declined -3.1% and volume, measured in case sales, declined -4.6% in the four-week period ending January 26 (L4W) at multi-outlet grocery, mass retail and convenience stores (MULO+C). That marked an improvement over the prior four-week period (through December 29, 2024), when craft dollars declined -5.1% and volume declined -6.5%.
Baltimore-based Guilford Hall Brewery has acquired the Flying Fish brand, recipes, trademarks, and wholesaler agreements through a bankruptcy auction, according to NJ Advance Media.
Former Atwater Brewery owner Mark Rieth has acquired a majority stake in Lansing Brewing Company (LBC) and its Hard Nose Spirits brand via his Detroit Liquid Ventures beverage platform.
Kirin-owned New Belgium Brewing announced several leadership changes today and provided an update on its search for a new chief marketing officer.
Big Grove Brewery has acquired a majority stake in Climbing Kites, an Iowa-based maker of Delta 9 THC- and CBD-infused, non-alcoholic sparkling water.
The Office of Communications (Ofcom), the U.K.’s communications regulator, has dismissed a complaint from Brewdog and CEO James Watt against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which claimed the BBC treated and portrayed Watt and his company “unjustly or unfairly” in a 2022 expose, BBC reported.
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Craft industry members are constantly asking about “price elasticity,” according to Brewers Association (BA) chief economist Bart Watson in his latest deep dive for the trade association.
Saint Paul, Minnesota-based Fair State Brewing Cooperative has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, co-founder and CEO Evan Sallee wrote on the company’s website on Thursday.
Leah Cheston, owner of Washington, D.C.-based Right Proper Brewing, has been named chairwoman of the Brewers Association (BA) board of directors for 2024. Cheston is the second woman to hold the title, following New Belgium co-founder Kim Jordan’s 2005-2007 term.
Homebrew Con, the American Homebrewers Association’s (AHA) annual gathering of homebrewers, is on hiatus.
Heineken-owned Lagunitas Brewing Company is hoping a packaging refresh, a focus on its core offerings and marketing around concerts will help the brand reclaim the mojo and irreverent spirit that the brewery was founded upon.
Welcome to Brewbound’s A Round With, a weekly feature that grabs a round with beer industry leaders to discuss business challenges, wins and more. Our second installment features Haidar Hachem and Marilyn “Mari” Orozco, a husband-and-wife duo and the founders of Miami-based Shōjō Brewing.
A former spirits executive will be the next president and CEO of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.
Two former sales representatives have challenged Boston Beer’s non-compete clause in separate lawsuits in U.S. District Court, with one calling the policy “unreasonable, unconscionable and unenforceable under Massachusetts law.”
