2024 GABF Awards: 273 Breweries and Cideries Awarded; Highland Park and Apogee Take Home Most Medals
More than 270 breweries and cideries won medals at the Brewers Association’s (BA) Great American Beer Festival (GABF) on Saturday in Denver. The BA awarded 326 medals to 273 competitors in the 38th year of the competition and 42nd year of the festival.
Bluebird Hardwater’s New Formula? Flavor, Flexibility and Fizz-Free Signals
It’s been almost two years since Bluebird Hardwater launched, and as one of the first canned beverages combining spirits with flat mineral water, it’s now in good company.
INSIDER’S Week in Beer: 📰 This Just In: Hockey Fans Like Beer
It appears that the COORS and WRANGLER folks have teamed up to make a new product custom made for your dating life – beer wash jeans! Yes, what better way to make an impression they’ll never forget than for your car to smell like stale beer when you pick up your date for dinner and a movie?
A Round With … Paskenta Mad River Brewery’s Linda Cooley
As the 2024-2025 season of the National Basketball Association begins, the league’s Sacramento Kings will have a new partner: Blue Lake, California-based Paskenta Mad River Brewery, which is tribally owned. In the latest A Round With – an exclusive Q&A series for Brewbound Insiders – Paskenta Mad River general manager Linda Cooley discusses the brewery’s identity, its connection to the Native community and how the Kings partnership shaped up.
CPI: Beer At Home Outpaces Total Alcohol and Total Inflation in September 2024
Inflation for beer at home continued to outpace the broader beverage-alcohol category in September, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in its most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) report.
Sapporo’s 2025 Plans: Mine for Growth in C-Stores, Off-Premise Chains; Celebrate Year of the Snake
Sapporo is the largest Asian import beer brand by U.S. dollar sales by a wide margin, but Sapporo-Stone leadership has its sights on doubling the brand’s share of overall imports in the coming years, executives said during the brand’s virtual annual business plan meeting with wholesalers last week.
Jack’s Abby and Night Shift Leaders Discuss Deal and Future for Combined Company
The formal union of Jack’s Abby and Night Shift Brewing had an air of inevitability. Night Shift co-founder Rob Burns and HFB co-owner Sam Hendler discussed the whys of the deal, how scale will change HFB’s business relationships and what’s next.
Brewers Association Financial Benchmarking Survey: 2023 Revenue Up vs. 2018, Labor Costs +50%
Craft breweries made an average of $1,511.35 in total revenue per barrel of beer sold in 2023, according to the Brewers Association’s (BA) financial benchmarking survey.
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Brewbound Podcast: How the Great American Beer Festival Was Reimagined
Brewers Association VP of marketing and communications Ann Obenchain joins this week’s Brewbound Podcast to discuss how the trade group reimagined the Great American Beer Festival. The refreshed GABF takes place Thursday through Saturday in Denver, and attendees should expect a more experiential feel this year.
Brewbound Live 2024: Foresight Factory on Evolving Demos, the New Longevity Mindset and the Growing Childfree Population
The 2024 Brewbound Live business conference will explore how to create meaningful connections with consumers across generations with predictive insights firm Foresight Factory.
Beer Institute: August 2024 Shipments -7.7%, Imports +8.9%
U.S. beer shipments declined -7.7% in August 2024, according to domestic tax paid estimates from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau shared by the Beer Institute. Brewers shipped an estimated 13 million barrels in August 2024, down from the 14,080,189 barrels shipped in August 2023.
Jack’s Abby Parent Company to Acquire Night Shift Brewing; Hendler Family Brewing Targets 100,000 Barrels in 2025
Jack’s Abby and Hendler Family Brewing Company (HFB) are adding another Massachusetts brewery to their portfolio. HFB has agreed to purchase Everett, Massachusetts-based Night Shift Brewing. Financial details were not disclosed.
Allagash Unveils New Year-Round Beers for 2025, Taps into Key Growth Areas
Allagash Brewing is opening up its playbook in 2025 to hit key growth areas within craft. The Portland, Maine-based craft brewery’s lineup for next year includes the addition of Allagash Lager and Hazy IPA to the company’s year-round lineup, as well as a year-round variety pack that will be available across the company’s Northeast footprint.
Crowns & Hops Steps Away from Circle of Crowns Beverage Group and Inglewood Taproom; Focused on Supporting Distribution Growth
Crowns & Hops has stepped away from the Circle of Crowns Beverage Group (CCBG), the strategic alliance that was formed earlier this year with fellow California-based and Black-owned beverage brand Full Circle Brewing, as well as the latter’s sibling brands Speakeasy Ales and Lagers and Sonoma Cider.