The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) will make grants available in 2021 to Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) for aluminum can capture equipment, which will ensure used beverage cans (UBC) are accurately sorted, sold and recycled. Capturing and recycling aluminum cans provides a positive environmental and economic impact as metal recycles forever and UBCs are typically made… Read More…
MOD Beverage Acquires Assets of TBA Beverage
Multi-brand beverage start-up MOD Beverage has acquired assets from the now-defunct TBA Beverage (formerly known as Craft Collective Beerworks and Factory Brewing). These assets include beer brands Spectrum Beer, Haus Lager, Phantom Beer and the Canadian operations of Seattle-based Odin Brewing, as well as the brewing facility at 1575 Vernon Drive, Vancouver, B.C. MOD… Read More…
Guinness Alcohol-Free 0.0 Launches in UK Next Week
Diageo has announced plans to launch its alcohol-free Guinness Irish Stout next week in Britain and Ireland. Guinness 0.0 will go on sale in 4-440ml can packs in select off-premise retail accounts before being rolled out to the broad-market off-premise trade later this season. Pubgoers will have to wait longer to try the new… Read More…
Boston Beer Reports Strong Qtr.3 with Shipments Up 30%
The Boston Beer Company reported third quarter 2020 net revenue of $492.8 million, an increase of $114.3 million or 30.2%, from the same period last year. Net income for the third quarter was $80.8 million, an increase of $36.0 million or 80.6% from the same period last year. Shipments increased 30.5% and 34.1% from… Read More…
Forecasting Beer Sales in Uncertain Times
Predicting future sales is always tricky, even in ‘normal’ times when things are somewhat predictable. But the pandemic’s shifting regulations and purchasing behaviors have made sales predictions for craft brewers far more difficult. GP Analytics takes a look at how to better forecast sales in the COVID-era, including understanding draft trends, distributor dynamics, the… Read More…
Popular Beer Releases Take on New Format
Remember the long lines that some brewers generated during highly coveted beer releases (think Russian River’s Pliny the Younger release every February). Not gonna happen for awhile as brewers rethink new ways to release specialty beers without the onsite parties, lines and crowds. 3 Floyds, Goose Island and Revolution Brewing are three brewers who… Read More…
Craft Sales Improving But Still Far Short of Pre-COVID Days
Craft beer sales are continuing to grow, but are still short of pre-pandemic levels according to Bart Watson, Chief Economist for the Brewers Association. “The short summary of July-September is that small brewers saw better sales than Q2, but levels that still fall far short of 2019,” Bart wrote in his blog today. “We… Read More…
Deadline to Vote for BA Board of Directors is Tonight
The 2020 Brewers Association Board of Directors election ends tonight. If you are a brewery member of the BA and have not already voted, you can do so here.
On-Premise Continues Slow Upward Growth
Nielson CGA’s most recent data on the on-premise business in eight key states show that average dollar sales (velocity) were slightly up, with a +4% change during the week ending October 10th versus the previous week. The increase is a sign that the on-premise business sector is improving as more regions slowly reduce restrictions on… Read More…
Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Offers Full Scholarship to ABG
The Glen Hay Falconer Foundation, in collaboration with the American Brewers Guild, is offering a full-tuition scholarship to the Guild’s Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering course, a 22-week distance education program that runs from January 17, 2021 through June 25, 2021 with the final week of onsite instruction in Middlebury, Vermont. The course is designed… Read More…
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