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.
Tilray Brands will shift brewing operations from Terrapin Beer Co.’s 100,000 sq. ft. Athens, Georgia-based brewery to other facilities within its network, beginning September 25, Tilray confirmed in a statement to Brewbound.
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Relentless sampling is the key to Hero95’s success, according to founder Todd Simon. In its third year, the mission-driven super premium light beer has been tasted by about 15,000 people at samplings across Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Short’s Brewing is giving beer buyers a reason to do their holiday shopping early. The Michigan craft brewery has struck a multiyear licensing deal with Warner Brothers for the intellectual property to National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, which Short’s will use to launch a variety 12-pack later this year.
The summer has been a mixed bag for beer segments, with some capitalizing on this year’s big occasions (America 250, FIFA World Cup), and others getting lost in the crowd. Craft beer has ended up somewhere in the middle, according to the latest monthly report from market research firm Circana.
There’s been a plot twist in the closure of Bauhaus Brew Labs (Minneapolis, Minnesota) – it’s off. ABV Technology has acquired the brewery, a longtime partner of the business, and will reopen it later this summer.
Tröegs Independent Brewers announced a series of sales and marketing moves, following the retirement of long-time VP of sales Jason Kidwell earlier this month.
The ownership factions of Ballast Point Brewing Company are entangled in a legal battle with one group alleging that $3 million of unauthorized loans have left the San Diego craft brewery in “imminent threat of operational collapse,”according to a pair of lawsuits filed in San Diego County Superior Court.
Before the legacy craft brewery was resurrected earlier this year, 21st Amendment (21A) seems to have run up a sizable tab with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).
Five months after an unsuccessful bid to buy back BrewDog, co-founder James Watt is at it again. The Scottish entrepreneur announced today that he has made an offer to Tilray Brands to reacquire BrewDog via his Second Best brand, which he founded in May. Details of the offer were not made public.
Two years after appointing dual CEOs, Cleveland, Ohio-based Great Lakes Brewing Company (GLBC) is down to one, following the May departure of Steven Pauwels, who returned to his native Belgium to be closer to family, Crain’s Cleveland Business reported.
Maine Beer Co. co-founder Dan Kleban says he’s willing to re-enter Maine’s U.S. Senate race to replace Democratic nominee Graham Platner and challenge incumbent Susan Collins.