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Brewers Association: Onsite Brewery Sales -6% in Q1 2024; Draft Growing Share

Brewers Association: Onsite Brewery Sales -6% in Q1 2024; Draft Growing Share

Seasonal trends for onsite brewery sales have remained relatively consistent since January 2021, but “in real terms” – i.e. accounting for inflation – onsite sales continue to decline, according to Brewers Association (BA) staff economist Matt Gacioch, citing data from Arryved.

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Founders Hit With Second Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

Founders Hit With Second Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

On the same day Founders Brewing announced it had permanently closed its Detroit location, a former employee filed a lawsuit against the company claiming the taproom’s work environment was “so objectively racially hostile that she had no choice but to resign.”

Openings and Closings: Montauk Plays Ball at Citi Field; The Lost Abbey Moves in with Mother Earth; The Bruery to Close Washington, DC Shop

Openings and Closings: Montauk Plays Ball at Citi Field; The Lost Abbey Moves in with Mother Earth; The Bruery to Close Washington, DC Shop

Tilray-owned Montauk Brewing will open two new branded spaces at Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets in time for the 2023 MLB season. The Lost Abbey has entered an alternating proprietorship with Vista, California-based Mother Earth Brew Co. The Bruery is shuttering its Washington, D.C., location after six years in operation.

Brewbound Data Club: Arryved on How to Drive Higher Check Values and Bigger Tips

Brewbound Data Club: Arryved on How to Drive Higher Check Values and Bigger Tips

As craft brewery taprooms adapted to new service models during the pandemic, so did their customers. Arryved CEO Loren Bendele and product manager – guest experience Brenton Murrell join Brewbound Data Club to discuss how Arryved’s merchants are finding higher check values and tips using various service models enabled by the company’s POS technology.

Big Storm Brewing to Open Fifth Location in Ybor City This Weekend

Big Storm Brewing Co. will be opening its fifth location this Saturday, February 11 in the heart of
Ybor City. Located at 1600 East 7th Avenue, the 11,000 square-foot taproom and restaurant takes over the previous Hamburger Mary’s space.

Closings: Lagunitas to Close Seattle Taproom in January; Bear Republic Shutters Rohnert Park Taproom for Winter; Sasquatch Brewery Ceases Production

Closings: Lagunitas to Close Seattle Taproom in January; Bear Republic Shutters Rohnert Park Taproom for Winter; Sasquatch Brewery Ceases Production

Lagunitas will close its Seattle taproom next month, which was “not a decision we took lightly,” the Heineken-owned craft brewery said. Cloverdale, California-headquartered Bear Republic brewing shuttered its remaining taproom for the winter on December 11, and plans to reopen in the spring. Portland, Oregon-based Sasquatch Brewery announced last month it will halt beer- and cider-making operations, but its pub will remain in business.

DSSOLVR Announces Durham Taproom

Asheville-based brewery DSSOLVR is thrilled to announce its second taproom, opening in downtown Durham, North Carolina in 2023. The Atlas Building on Rigsbee Ave will be home to DSSOLVR’s first taproom outside of Asheville, with plans to begin construction on the 2,500 square foot space in early 2023 and a projected opening date later in the year.