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Rising gas prices may be bad for consumers’ wallets, but increased costs and their impact on shopping habits may actually be good for the beer industry, according to National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) chief economist and VP of analytics Lester Jones.
The latest NIQ on premise update highlights a beer category under pressure, with both value and volume declining over the past year. In contrast, spirits and RTDs continue to capture share, supported by price-led growth and shifting consumer preferences.
In the December 2025 Brewbound Quarterly On-Premise Report, NIQ data reveals a market where growth is increasingly concentrated in specific outlets, formats, and styles, while once-reliable channels quietly lose ground.
Boston Beer Company is opening a Truly Hard Seltzer taproom in Downtown Los Angeles early next year.
Diageo plans to open a Guinness taproom in Chicago in 2023, the beer and spirits company announced this week.
When Westbrook, Maine’s Mast Landing released its Gunner’s Daughter peanut butter stout in 2016, the brewery didn’t expect it to become a top-selling item.
Molson Coors Beverage Company will expand distribution of its Topo Chico hard seltzer nationwide, beginning in January 2022.
Allagash Brewing Company will fill in the last piece of its eastern seaboard footprint when it returns to Florida next month, the company announced this week.
Boston Beer Company (BBC) has agreed to a five-year, $3.42 million deal with Peak Processing Solutions, a licensed developer, manufacturer, and distributor of recreational and medical cannabis products in Canada.
Drizly, the Boston-based alcohol e-commerce platform, announced its expansion throughout Portland and Eugene, Oregon, Monday with the addition of 17 new partnership locations.
A plan that would allow Canadian cannabis company Tilray to issue additional shares needs more votes, CEO Irwin D. Simon wrote to shareholders yesterday in a letter.
Businesses may have to prepare for less frequent on-premise visits this fall, as consumers are becoming increasingly more wary of visiting bars and restaurants with rising COVID-19 cases, according to a study released yesterday by investment banking and financial services firm Jefferies.
Madison, Wisconsin’s Ale Asylum plans to auction off its equipment and assets, as the company prepares to close its brewery and restaurant in October, according to New Mill Capital, the asset disposition firm handling the sale.
Spoetzl Brewery’s Shiner Beer launched its first new brand platform in five years last week, with a campaign to make Shiner a part of modern Texas culture, according to AdWeek.
On-premise velocity continues to trade higher than 2020, up +60% year-over-year for the week ending August 7, 2020, according to market research firm CGA.
Noted pancake purveyor IHOP is soft launching its “Bubbles, Wine & Brews” menu in three of its restaurants in San Diego and New Mexico, with additional locations in New York, Rhode Island, Maryland and Ohio, among others, to follow.
Non-alcoholic craft brewery Athletic Brewing is preparing to open a pop-up facility featuring “the intersection of beer and burpees” in Austin, Texas, the company teased today on social media.
