Craft beer industry news.
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:
Everyone, meet MAS+! No, it’s not a new streaming service that we don’t need . . . rather, it’s a new “hydration product” that we don’t need. Yes, that’s the name that Lionel Messi and the folks at MARK ANTHONY chose for his forthcoming beverage, which translates to “More Plus” by Messi.
Breaking news: 🚨 Anchor Brewing Sold; Creature Comforts CEO Swap; Boston Beer Rumored Sale Talks
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.
The 2023 craft brewery production data is officially in. Justin, Zoe and weekend newsletter writer Sean McNutly dive into the high-level data points and sift through some of the surprises in the numbers. Plus, an interview with Brewjeria co-founder Agustin Ruelas and Norwalk Brew House founder Ray Ricky Rivera on the Los Farmworkers collab.
Just over one-third of regional craft breweries (38.2%) beyond the top 50 recorded production volume increases in 2023, down from about 45% who grew in 2022, according to data from the Brewers Association (BA), published in the May/June issue of New Brewer Magazine.
Changes are coming to this year’s Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver, including one fewer session, a new floor plan and the ability to pour canned cocktails and pretty much any other product.
