Insider’s Week in Beer: Who’s in the Market For ‘the Bentley of Outhouses’?
It’s not too often in life that one gets the opportunity to own “the Bentley of outhouses,” and yet that’s where we find ourselves as January comes to a close.
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Insider’s Week in Beer: 🦅 The Jersey A-B Eagle Lives!
A-B may be shutting down its Newark, NJ brewery after several decades, but the A-B eagle will live on!
Insider’s Week in Beer: Booze – Just Don’t Have it for Breakfast?
Welcome to Brewbound’s Inside Look at the Beer Business for the week that was Saturday, January 10, 2025. Hopefully everyone’s resolutions are going well so far …
Insider’s Week in Beer: 🏈 Troy Aikman comes for MICH ULTRA … on TV
It’s nice to see Troy Aikman working the phones to get those EIGHT sales moving back in the right direction.
Insider’s Week in Beer: 🤝 Bills Mafia Gets Beer Offer It Can’t Refuse
The BUFFALO BILLS may still be 2 games behind Zoe’s PATS in the AFC East … but they’re winning the beer innovation war.
Insider’s Week in Beer: 😎 Rockaway Goes Hollywood
BREWBOUND isn’t the only one goin’ Hollywood (adjacent) – my very own neighborhood brewery ROCKAWAY BREWING CO. in Long Island City, NYC is giving Jeopardy! star Vinnie Cilurzo a run for the craft beer celebrity title! The brewery was featured in this week’s FBI episode on CBS.
Insider’s Week in Beer: 🚿 A New Kind of Shower Beer
Recycled toilet water, your time is up. The craft beer business has moved on to more artisanal sources for brewing water – recycled shower and laundry water!
Insider’s Week in Beer: 🚀 Untappd Goes Beyond Beer
Frankly, I’m surprised it took until November 2025 – but you can now rate spirits, wine, ANA beverages, RTDs, THC-infused seltzers, coffee, soda and “more” on Untappd. What’s that, Jess? No, I don’t think tomato sauce is on there yet … but we’ll keep you posted.
Insider’s Week in Beer: 🤓 Nerds Save Beer
Jocks – beer doesn’t need you anymore. As I’ve documented here over the past few weeks, clearly you’ve broken up with us on many fronts except to occasionally spray our product on each other a couple of times a year in locker rooms. But don’t mind us, we’ll be over here with the cool nerds!
Insider’s Week in Beer: 🧐 Oh Brewer, Where Art Thou?
It’s nice to see BREWBOUND’s Hollywood subscriber base start to grow in 2025. Or at least it just seems like it with Charlie Sheen, John Mulaney and Tom Holland all becoming recent NA beer entrepreneurs … but Justin, let me know if you need George Clooney’s email address as he looks to be joining the fray.
Insider’s Week in Beer: 😉 NBA Players Bet On Wine
I gotta say athletes are really letting down their image in 2025. First, it was baseball players leaving the complimentary beer fridges in the locker room mostly untouched – now the NBA fellas are starting … wine clubs!
Insider’s Week in Beer: ⚾️ Philly Loses Playoff Game, Wins 9-9-9 Challenge
I hope all of you reading this in Colorado today are enjoying that extra cup of coffee to help your brain remember where you left your shirt, and also find that little something extra in the tank that’s needed to get through the final day of pouring today at GABF in Denver. It should also help perfect that smile and nod when Jess says, “Hey buddy, how about you fill that glass all the way up like a real pour?” when she visits your booth.
Insider’s Week in Beer: 🙌 A Victory for the Forgotten Generation
Well, it’s about time Gen X gets the respect we deserve around here! According to consumer insights firm NUMERATOR – we’ve overtaken the Boomers in spending power!
Insider’s Week in Beer: 🙉 Next Round is on the Chimpanzees
It’s time for one of golf’s greatest traditions, as the sport of the people (who have a lot of money) tees off all weekend with the biennial Ryder Cup. The PGA is actually making all food & drink free of charge this weekend (don’t tell Justin – I told him hot dogs were on me for his birthday). Although the … $750 tickets for the weekend sadly do not cover booze.