Beer Industry News, Insights, Jobs, & Events

Relaxation and anxiety/stress release are the top reasons consumers say they’re drinking intoxicating hemp beverages, market research firms NIQ and MRI-Simmons, and alcohol alternatives database the Dry Atlas shared during a webinar Tuesday.

Stateside Brands’ Super Lyte is on pace to quadruple the first-year sales of the previous top spirits-based, ready-to-drink (RTD) launch.

After backing out of a deal for Republic National Distributing Company’s (RNDC) Kentucky and Indiana operations in August, Breakthru Beverage is charting a cautious path forward.

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.

Three Orange County, California-based craft breweries are linking up under The Bruery Group banner.

Beer gains among the largest beer vendors continued to be outweighed by top-heavy losses in August and early September, leading up to Labor Day, according to the latest monthly report from market research firm Circana.

With the possible exception of Halloween, beverage-alcohol off-premise sales are expected to slump toward Thanksgiving, according to the latest weekly report from market research firm Circana.

A federal judge dismissed the last of Patco Brands’ counterclaims against BuzzBallz, ending a three-year fight between two rival orb-shaped, ready-to-drink (RTD) brands.

Tröegs Independent Brewing (Hershey, Pennsylvania) has extended its push into the world of distilling with its first bottled spirits releases.

Winning brands don’t ask why consumers are forsaking them or react to headlines about industry declines by wondering how they’ll affect the category.

It seems like the Brewers Association still has a little “flexible spending” left in its budget, even with recent revenue declines. The trade organization’s GABF is offering to pay the $14,926 fine that the NFL levied against San Francisco 49er Kyle Juszczyk for pretending to chug a beer in the end zone after scoring a touchdown last weekend.

The exits of Mark Anthony Brands and Constellation Brands from Molson Coors-owned Coors Distributing Company (CDC) may not be frictionless.

Check out news items initially reported in the Brewbound Insider Newsletter September 21-23, including headlines from Backswing, Outerbelt and Michelob Ultra.

New Belgium Brewing CEO Shaun Belongie promised the company’s distributor partners a strategy of “radical simplicity,” with singular asks for its big three brands, rather than a monthly calendar of brand focuses.