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Indeed Brewing co-founder Rachel Anderson shares her experience of being forced out of the Minneapolis craft brewery by her male counterparts, on the latest edition of the Brewbound Podcast.
Consumers used the long weekend to sneak in an extra round with friends and family — and many purchased those drinks online. Sales on alcohol delivery on-demand marketplace Drizly spiked 30% on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, compared to the previous four Sundays in May, the company shared. The hard seltzer segment reached a 28% share of overall beer category sales during the holiday weekend, an increase of 3% over its overall share for the month.
The summer selling season is officially upon us, and the period from Memorial Day through Labor Day is shaping up to be “a long, tough summer” for beer sales, according to the latest analysis from Bump Williams Consulting.
Of the 121 regional craft beer companies beyond the top 50 — those that produce more than 15,000 barrels of beer annually and sell the majority of their volume through distribution — 67 recorded volume declines in 2020. That ratio — 55% — is a marked improvement over the 72% of top 50 craft breweries that posted volume declines.
The president of Mexico announced an agreement with Constellation Brands last week to build a new brewery in the southeastern part of the country, according to Reuters.
Anheuser-Busch’s (A-B) entire domestic beer and seltzer portfolio — including Bud Light, Michelob Ultra, and Brewers Collective craft brands — is now brewed with 100% renewable electricity from wind and solar power, the world’s largest beer manufacturer announced today.
After several accounts of sexual harassment at Worcester, Massachusetts-based Wormtown Brewery surfaced on social media in recent days, nearly all members of its ownership group have stepped down from their day-to-day roles in the company, with the exception of co-founder and brewmaster Ben Roesch, the brewery announced late Thursday.
Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson explored why draft beer sales have yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels in his latest members’ only analysis.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed a new business relief package Wednesday, which includes the implementation of a 10 p.m. curfew on off-premise alcohol sales; alcohol to-go sales and delivery will no longer be allowed in Massachusetts after the Commonwealth’s state of emergency ends June 15.