The hard seltzer category was dominated by two brands during the first 24 months of its explosive growth. Others have jumped in as the growth shows no signs of slowing. Craft brewers have joined the partly as have all of the major-brand brewers. But you know its “a thing” when the non-alcoholic beverage behemoth Coca-Cola… Read More…
Report Says Beer Industry Will Lose 651,000 Jobs By End of Year
The Beer Institute, the Brewers Association, the National Beer Wholesalers Association and the American Beverage Licensees released a report today from a leading economic firm showing more than 651,000 jobs supported by the U.S. beer industry will be lost by the end of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These job losses include more… Read More…
BA Accepting Speaker Proposals for CBC 2021
The Brewers Association is now accepting proposals for educational seminars for the 2021 Craft Brewers Conference, scheduled to take place in San Diego, California on Monday, March 29 through Thursday, April 1 – if it is allowed to take place due to COVID-19 restrictions. The CBC 2021 Seminar Subcommittee has curated a list of… Read More…
Yuengling & Molson Coors Form Joint Venture
Molson Coors Beverage Company and D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc. have formed a joint venture to oversee and execute the westward expansion of Yuengling beer into states beyond its existing 22-state footprint and New England, the two companies said today. The partnership will bring beers from America’s Oldest Brewery to millions more drinkers in… Read More…
Boston Beer to Release a Non-Alcoholic Hazy IPA
Boston Beer will release its first non-alcoholic beer, Just the Haze, a hazy IPA. The release is slated for early 2021. The beer, which has 0.5% ABV, will enter an increasingly crowded new market but one which seems to have a growing appeal. Boston Beer said it has been developing the beer for two… Read More…
Wind Storm Damages Hop Crop
A major wind storm early this week that howled through portions of the Pacific Northwest, eastern Washington and parts of Idaho has damaged hops still on the vine and ready for harvest. Yakima Chief Hops—the grower-owned network of farms that is the country’s largest hop company—reports that the Labor Day windstorms damaged anywhere from 3… Read More…
From One to the Other – Stone Hires Ex-Lagunitas CEO
Stone Brewing has hired Maria Stipp as new CEO, replacing Dominic Engels who left the company in August. Maria is the former CEO of Lagunitas Brewing Co. where she departed in February of this year after a five-year stint. “Maria has all the qualities we were looking for in a CEO,” explained Steve Wagner,… Read More…
‘Seal of Independence’ Gaining in Awareness
According to a recent blog post by Bart Watson, chief economist at the Brewers Association, 50% of craft consumers said they had seen the BA’s Seal of Independence, up from 42% last year. More importantly, 31% of craft drinkers and 42% of weekly craft drinkers said they had purchased beer with the seal on the… Read More…
Pineapple IPA the Next Grapefruit?
Move over grapefruit, pineapple is here. Lead by the rise of fruit beer in 2015 and the shift towards tropical flavors in the last three years, with grapefruit IPA’s taking the lead, pineapple is now the fastest growing flavor in beer and cider. If you aren’t a big fan of tropical flavors added… Read More…
British Nightlife Scene May Be Decimated
According to an article in The Drinks Business, survey results show that over half of British nighttime hospitality businesses fear they will not survive more than two more months without further government support. This would put an estimated 754,000 jobs at risk.
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