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Allagash Brewing is launching its first non-alcoholic (NA) offering this week with the release of Allagash Hop Water. Hop Water will exclusively be sold in 12 oz. can 6-packs at the brewery’s tasting room in Portland, Maine, starting later this week.
Tilray Brands has a busy slate of new products set to hit retail in the coming weeks and months. U.S. beer division president Ty Gilmore and new CMO Prinz Pinakatt shared details on the new products with Brewbound.
Blake’s Beverage Co. is looking to be a leader in not just hard cider, but all “fruit-forward fourth category innovation,” founder and CEO Andrew Blake told Brewbound.
Traditional beer is expected to decline -2% in the next five years, Boston Beer founder and chairman Jim Koch told wholesalers Tuesday during the company’s annual business plan meeting with northeastern wholesalers. “We say a prayer for the big brewers because they’re the ones that really build the trucks that we can then fill out, but I think the reality is it will probably not grow in the lifetime of the people in this room,” he said.
Boston Beer Company is expanding its ready-to-drink canned cocktail portfolio with the addition of Loma Vista Tequila Soda, the company’s first tequila-based RTD.
San Diego-based JuneShine – a hard kombucha and ready-to-drink canned cocktail (RTD) maker – is on track to produce more than one million cases (about 72,580 barrels) in 2022.
Many new beverage-alcohol products on display at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) trade show earlier this month in Las Vegas “[f]ocused on premiumization, convenience, betterment and enhanced flavor profiles,” according to Goldman Sachs senior equity research analyst Bonnie Herzog.
Heineken USA is going for silver in January 2023. The U.S. subsidiary of the Dutch brewing giant will roll out its newest innovation in Q1: Heineken Silver, which checks in at 95 calories, 3.2 grams of carbohydrates and 4% ABV.
PepsiCo and FIFCO USA have struck a licensing agreement to allow the latter to produce a hard iced tea using the Lipton brand, which will roll out next year through Pepsi’s Blue Cloud Distribution.
The Yellowstone universe has expanded into the cold boxes and warm shelves of Texas – with more states to follow – in the form of craft beers and ranch waters from 6666 Grit & Glory. The products are the result of a collaboration between Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, 101 Studios CEO and producer David Glasser and beverage incubator L.A. Libations.
Jared Welch, co-founder and production manager of Southern Grist Brewing Co., doesn’t like to back down from a “brewing challenge.” So when the Nashville brewery was approached by Franklin, Tennessee-headquartered Hardee’s to turn the fast food giant’s biscuits into beer, Welch was ready and willing.
Allagash Brewing Company has resisted the urge to jump on the IPA trend for quite some time – at least within its core lineup – with growth driven by the success of its flagship Allagash White Belgian-style witbier.
Blake’s Hard Cider has invested in a new production facility in Wolcott, New York – a $9 million project to support demand for the Michigan-based cidery’s offerings.
Unlike most craft breweries whose businesses thrive in the spring and summer months, Great Lakes Brewing Company’s sales pick up in the second half of the year. CEO Mark King and COO Steven Pauwels said they’re preparing for a big fall and winter driven by seasonal releases Oktoberfest and Christmas Ale.