Brewbound Frontlines

Brewbound Frontlines is a live-streamed discussion series with beer industry leaders and watchers on real-time business issues and the future of the industry. Frontlines is an extension of Brewbound’s leading B2B industry reporting.

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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 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.

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: Buffalo Wild Wings Beer Buyer on 2021 Mandates, Beer Trends, Hard Seltzer

Watch: Buffalo Wild Wings Beer Buyer on 2021 Mandates, Beer Trends, Hard Seltzer

On the heels of the NCAA tournament’s opening week, Buffalo Wild Wings beverage product and program innovation manager Jason Murphy joins a special 60-minute “Retail Pulse” edition of Brewbound Frontlines to discuss the chicken wing chain’s 2021 mandate program, the importance of local beer to the sports bar’s menus and the increasing presence of hard seltzers and beyond beer offerings in the company’s stores.