Following a flood of news last week, the Brewbound team recaps the latest major headlines, including a billionaire purchasing Anchor, Boston Beer sale rumors and Monster shutting down operations of another brewery in Texas.
Memorial Day bev-alc shopping “broadly met or exceeded distributor expectations,” according to Goldman Sachs analyst Bonnie Herzog in the investment management firm’s latest Beverage Bytes survey of distributors and retailers.
The Brewers Association (BA) separated contract-brewed and alternating proprietorship (alt prop) small breweries for the first time in this year’s compilation of craft production in the May/June issue of New Brewer Magazine.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing a lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, the nation’s largest alcohol distributor, over its pricing practices, according to a Politico report published yesterday.
Adam Beauchamp was named CEO of Creature Comforts last week, a decade after helping found the Athens, Georgia-based craft brewery. Beauchamp discussed his plans for the brewery moving forward, its growth drivers and opportunities ahead.
The years-long legal battle between members of the Sheehan family over their eponymous multi-state distributor officially ended today in Massachusetts Superior Court when all parties agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice.
Suntory Holdings has denied a Wall Street Journal report that Boston Beer was in talks to sell to the global spirits giant.
Brewbound continues to dive into 2023 craft beer production trends from the Brewers Association’s (BA) May/June issue of New Brewer Magazine. Brewbound previously covered top 50 craft, regionals beyond the top 50 and big beer craft. Now, a look at some of the trends in craft’s smaller subsets – taprooms, microbreweries and brewpubs:
Creature Comforts co-founder Chris Herron is stepping down as CEO of the Athens, Georgia-based craft brewery. Co-founder Adam Beauchamp will take over the role.
Anchor Brewing’s future was revealed today with the announcement that Hamdi Ulukaya, the billionaire founder and CEO of yogurt and dairy brand Chobani, has acquired the craft brewery and its 2.17 acre property in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood, according to The San Francisco Standard.
Brewers Association (BA) senior VP of meetings and events Nancy Johnson will retire from the trade association at the end of 2024. In the latest installment of A Round With, a weekly Insider-exclusive feature, Johnson looks back on her three decades at the BA and how the trade group’s events have evolved, as well as what beer events must do to continue to connect with consumers.
Production at craft breweries outside of the Brewers Association’s (BA) craft brewer definition collectively declined -6% on a comparable basis, to nearly 7.6 million barrels in 2023, according to data shared in the May/June edition of the New Brewer Magazine.
E-commerce beverage-alcohol platform Provi’s lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits and Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) will be able to go forward after a judge today denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the two distributors.
Monster Brewing Company is shuttering Deep Ellum Brewing’s taproom and shifting production from its Dallas facility to the company’s other breweries.
