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Allagash Brewing is heading to the Land of 10,000 Lakes. The Portland, Maine-headquartered craft brewery will enter Minnesota this month with Clear River Beverage Company, it announced in a press release.
While beer consumers – particularly core craft fans – once cared more about brand and where a product was made, most bev-alc consumers are now prioritizing price, quality and availability, among other factors. This has caused not only a shift in how craft beer is produced and marketed (hello, contract brewing boom), but also trends in imported beer.
Clearly NFL QB Russell Wilson heard about ABITA giving SAINTS player Alvin Kamara free beer for life, and thought, “Hey, how do I get in on this with my favorite beer?” Plus, this week’s beer is going out to BOSTON CELTICS fans, because it sounds like they’re gonna need it.
Beer distributors continue to have a “cautious outlook” on category trends through the final months of 2024, according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) and the October Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI).
Ball Corporation president and CEO Daniel Fisher expressed confidence in the world’s largest can manufacturer’s ability to win with beer and beverage-alcohol companies, during the company’s Q3 2024 earnings call Thursday.
Austin, Texas-based Independence Brewing is nearly old enough to drink itself. Founded in 2004, Independence has long been a bastion of traditional beer styles with Texan flair and has watched a dynamic craft beer scene grow up around it. Brewbound got a round with co-founder and president Amy Cartwright to look back on the brewery’s… Read more »
Today’s Q3 earnings by Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) were less spooky than last Halloween’s results, with the company’s total U.S. trends now returning to patterns similar to those before the 2023 Bud Light boycott.
The Brewbound team dives into the top stories in the beer business, including the “strategic partnerships” made by Maui Brewing parent company Craft ‘Ohana to hand off leadership of Modern Times Beer’s daily operations and hospitality businesses. Plus, this week’s episode features a pair of conversations recorded during the NBWA’s Annual Convention.
American Cider Association (ACA) CEO Michelle McGrath will depart from her role at the trade association at the end of the year, the ACA announced Wednesday.
Leaders from New Belgium Brewing, BeatBox Beverages and Not Your Hobby Marketing Solutions will share marketing strategies for reaching consumers on their turf and creating memorable experiences in real life during the 2024 Brewbound Live business conference December 11 +12 in Marina del Rey, California.
An election for four seats on the Brewers Association (BA) board of directors is open through 5 p.m. MST on November 13. The open seats include two to represent packaging brewers, and one each to represent taproom brewers and pub brewers. Packaging brewers are those who sell 75% or more of their volume off-site, while… Read more »