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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.
Craft brewers’ production volume fell a collective 5.1% in 2025, according to the Brewers Association’s (BA) annual Industry Production Report, published today.
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.
Despite persistent inflation, consumers are still looking for reasons to celebrate – and retailers across all channels are giving them permission.
Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter September 22-23, including headlines from the Brewers Association, Chandler Street Breweries, Atwater and others.
Shifting portfolio mixes and the safeguard of supplementing with offerings beyond beer was a hot topic during a panel discussion featuring five distributor leaders at last week’s NBWA Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida.
The hemp beverage industry is less than two months out from a federal ban on nearly all products in the market, pending legislative action.
Despite the looming deadline, Hemp Beverage Alliance (HBA) president and CEO Christopher Lackner is feeling “optimistic.”
Arguments in Colorado’s distributor termination dispute between Coors Distributing Company (CDC) and Constellation Brands began playing out earlier this week in the district court for the city and county of Denver.
Non-carbonated hard sports drinks may look and taste similar to Gatorade, Powerade and Body Armour, but they are forbidden from making health-related claims or even calling themselves sports drinks, McDermott, Will & Schulte partner Alva Mather reminded attendees during a recent webinar.
Federal agencies could use the Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits bribery probe as a “template” for future investigations into middle-tier pay-to-play schemes, McDermott Will & Schulte partner Julian André shared during the law firm’s webinar last week.
Mayflower Brewing (Plymouth, Massachusetts) will shutter its production facility and consolidate operations at sibling brewery Cape Cod Beer (Hyannis, Massachusetts), the Plymouth Independent reported.
As it foreshadowed last week, Molson Coors-owned Coors Distributing Company (CDC) has filed a pair of lawsuits to halt terminations from two of its largest suppliers.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing Botanic Tonics, maker of the Feel Free brand of kratom and kava shots, claiming the company illegally sold its products as “energy drinks” without disclosing the potential risk of addiction.
The hard tea legal battle between one of the fastest-growing bev-alc brands and the world’s largest beer manufacturer has come to an end.
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (SGWS) has entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the justice department and federal regulators to pay $12.5 million, resolving a probe into a years-long scheme to bribe alcohol buyers from California’s largest grocery chains.
The hemp beverage industry is set to receive a one-month reprieve from a looming U.S. hemp ban, as Congress has voted to pass a continuing resolution pushing the deadline to December 11, sending the bill to the president’s desk.
The August Beer Purchasers’ Index – coupled with lower inventory at risk of going out of code – revealed an industry that has fallen into “cautionary” mode at summer’s end for a second year, according to NBWA VP of analytics and chief economist Lester Jones’ wholesaler survey.
