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Watch: The Direct-to-Consumer Shipping Opportunity for Craft Brewers, with Sovos ShipCompliant’s Larry Cormier

Watch: The Direct-to-Consumer Shipping Opportunity for Craft Brewers, with Sovos ShipCompliant’s Larry Cormier

Only 12 locales offer direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping of beer, placing the privilege on the wishlists of many brewers and state guilds across the country. Sovos ShipCompliant vice president and general manager Larry Cormier joins Brewbound Frontlines to discuss the current state of play, the opportunity for not only brewers but states, and how legal action might pave a path to more states offering DTC shipping.

Brewbound Data Club: Arryved on How to Drive Higher Check Values and Bigger Tips

Brewbound Data Club: Arryved on How to Drive Higher Check Values and Bigger Tips

As craft brewery taprooms adapted to new service models during the pandemic, so did their customers. Arryved CEO Loren Bendele and product manager – guest experience Brenton Murrell join Brewbound Data Club to discuss how Arryved’s merchants are finding higher check values and tips using various service models enabled by the company’s POS technology.

Brewbound Frontlines: How One Brewery Embraced Dry January

Brewbound Frontlines: How One Brewery Embraced Dry January

The annual practice of abstaining from alcohol consumption for the month of January can give brewers a case of the New Year blues, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Lacy and Travis Richards, co-owners of Nothing’s Left Brewing, joined Brewbound Frontlines to discuss the success of their weekly dry bar event, Not A Drop of Alcohol (NADA), which features non-alcoholic beer, wine and cocktails.

Data Club: Beer Category 2022 Review with 3 Tier Beverages

Data Club: Beer Category 2022 Review with 3 Tier Beverages

With a +2.1% increase in dollar sales, the beer category outperformed wine (-2.4%) and spirits (+1.2%) in off-premise dollar sales, according to NielsenIQ data analyzed by 3 Tier Beverages for this episode of Brewbound Data Club. 3 Tier consultants Mary Mills and Stephanie Roatis discuss the beer category’s performance – which included dollar sales increases… Read more »

Brewbound Frontlines: The State of the Craft Cider Industry

Brewbound Frontlines: The State of the Craft Cider Industry

Leaders within the craft cider industry share how regional cideries are growing in 2022. American Cider Association executive director Michelle McGrath, Schilling Cider co-founder and CEO Colin Schilling, Swilled Dog Hard Cider & Spirits co-founder and CEO Brooke Glover, and ANXO Cider co-founder and president Sam Fitz discuss the state of the industry, retail gains and much more.

Watch: Braxton Brewing’s Jake Rouse on the Kentucky Craft Brewery’s Big 2019 and Fast Pivots Amid a Pandemic

Watch: Braxton Brewing’s Jake Rouse on the Kentucky Craft Brewery’s Big 2019 and Fast Pivots Amid a Pandemic

Braxton Brewing Company finished 2019 as one of the fastest-rising craft breweries in the nation. The Covington, Kentucky-based craft brewery grew its volumes by 96%, to 23,500 barrels, elevating the company to regional brewery status — those producing between 15,000 and 6 million barrels — according to production data released by the Brewers Association. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has dampened the company’s 2020 outlook.

Watch: Surly Brewing’s Omar Ansari on Making Tough Decisions During COVID-19 Crisis

Watch: Surly Brewing’s Omar Ansari on Making Tough Decisions During COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-19 is forcing brewery owners across the country to make hard decisions. Surly Brewing founder Omar Ansari has made his share of those decisions over the last month after shuttering his beer hall, pizza place and event space in mid-March. Couple those closures with the shutdown of on-premise sales, and around 60% of Surly’s revenue evaporated overnight.