Beer Purchasers’ Index: April Posts Highest Total Beer Reading Since 2021
It appears that beer distributors are optimistic about the beer category’s upcoming spring/summer performance. The category posted a Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) reading of 62 for the month of April, marking the highest BPI reading, and first reading above 60, since December 2021,
🥨 INSIDER’S Week in Beer: Oktoberfest 2024: All ABV, No THC
Well, anyone planning on doing a Carl Spackler-style “cannonball” at this year’s Oktoberfest needs to re-strategize. Yes, the Germans have totally pulled a narc move and are banning the smoking of marijuana at this year’s Oktoberfest celebrations.
Jack’s Abby to Acquire Wormtown Brewery Under New Parent Company Hendler Family Brewing
Jack’s Abby will acquire fellow Massachusetts-based craft brewery Wormtown Brewery, and will operate the two breweries under the newly created parent company Hendler Family Brewing Co.
New Belgium Promotes Rich Rush to Chief Sales Officer
New Belgium Brewing Company has appointed Rich Rush as its next chief sales officer.
Brewbound Podcast Bonus Episode: North Coast Brewing’s Jennifer Owen; Plus, Tom McCormick and HopXL’s Eric Duchin
In the last round of interviews from the Brewbound Podcast On Location at the California Craft Beer Summit, North Coast Brewing CEO Jennifer Owen discusses taking Acme California Lager statewide, what it means for the Fort Bragg, California-based brewery to be a certified B Corporation and the company’s charitable work.
NB2A: Black-Owned Breweries Are Growing Based on Craft’s Original Playbook – Authenticity and Community
While craft finished 2023 in decline, Black-owned craft breweries were able to grow, according to National Black Brewers Association (NB2A) executive director Kevin Asato in a press conference Wednesday during the Craft Brewers Conference in Las Vegas.
FX Matt Acquires ’Merican Mule Canned Cocktails
FX Matt Brewing Company has made another strategic acquisition, this time in the spirits category.
A Round With Atwater Brewery’s Katy McBrady
In the latest installment of Brewbound’s A Round With – a weekly Insider-exclusive Q&A series with industry leaders – Katy McBrady, president of Molson Coors-owned Atwater Brewery, dives into the importance of leveraging beer as a conduit to connect with your community, as the Detroit-based craft brewery has done through D Light and limited releases such as Miggy 3000, a pale ale brewed to celebrate Miguel Cabrera’s retirement from the MLB’s Detroit Tigers.
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Boston Beer Q1 Earnings: New CEO on Seeking Sustainable Volume Growth, Sharpening Innovation Focus
New Boston Beer CEO Michael Spillane said the company’s “highest priority” moving forward “is to return to delivering sustainable volume growth.”
Boston Beer: Q1 2024 Shipments +0.9%, Depletions Flat
Boston Beer Company’s Q1 volume woes eased in 2024, after Q1 shipments and depletions declines in both 2022 and 2023.
Report: Assets of Faubourg Brewing’s $30 Million New Orleans Plant Go to Auction
The assets of New Orleans’ Faubourg Brewing Company will be sold during an early June auction that is expected to net around $2 million, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Brewbound Podcast: Bump Williams Consulting on Q1 Beer Trends, What to Watch This Summer
Bump Williams Consulting’s Dave Williams and Brian “BK” Krueger explore Q1 beer category trends, the stickiness of 2023’s shifts caused by the Bud Light fiasco, the creep up of pricing, regional cider growth and the dampening of Dry January but continued growth of non-alc beer.
Bart Watson: Differentiation Vital for Craft to Return to Growth
For craft breweries to return to growth, they have to do more than just make great beer, Brewers Association (BA) chief economist and VP of strategy Bart Watson said during his state of the industry address Tuesday on Day 2 of the Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) in Las Vegas.
Surfside Rides Hard Tea Wave With National Distribution, New Flavors
Surfside, a fast-growing line of canned iced tea and vodka cocktails, is getting the summer par-tea started with five new SKUs and a distribution expansion putting the brand in over 40 states, the company announced today.