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News Featured Interview: BevPort Aims to Offer New Distribution Model for Craft Beverages
The traditional three-tier system for beer distribution is often a challenging and frustrating experience for brewers. Although self-distribution can work for brewers in their local market, for distribution on a wider scale, the three-tier system is the brewers only alternative. The BevPort Distribution Portal aims to change that by offering brewers a three-tier compliant digital distribution portal.
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News The Rise of Athletic Brewing – Where it Started and Where Will it Go
Who would have thought? One of the most talked about beers in America doesn’t have alcohol. Athletic Brewing has become the king of the fastest growing segment in the alcohol beverage industry. And it all started here on ProBrewer.
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News Sierra Nevada Hires Former Beam Suntory Exec as CEO
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company has hired Pryce Greenow as the company’s new CEO and president. Greenow comes from the spirits industry where he most recently served as president of international and global sales officer at Beam Suntory from 2017 to February 2023.
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News AB Continues to Shed Craft Brands – Closes Two Craft Breweries
Anheuser-Busch is set to close two more of its acquired craft breweries, Wynwood Brewing in Miami and Golden Road in Sacramento, California. The closures come just six months after AB sold off six of its acquired craft brands.
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News Athletic Brewing Releases ‘Soul Sour’ to Raise Funds for Michael Jackson Foundation
Athletic Brewing Company, the largest non-alcoholic brewer in the U.S., announced the fourth annual release of Soul Sour in celebration of Black History Month. 100% of the profits from the 2024 release of Soul Sour will be donated to Sacred Heart University (SHU) and the Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing & Distilling (MJF).
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News NBWA Beer Purchasers’ Index for January Shows Improvement over 2023
The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) released the Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) for January which shows that beer distributors reported continued year-over-year improvement for nearly all market segments, a significant improvement over January of 2023.
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News Falconer Foundation Offering Two Scholarships to Siebel Institute
In collaboration with the Seibel Institute of Technology, the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is offering two full tuition brewing education scholarships in 2024. Each scholarship is a full tuition grant and comes with a travel/lodging stipend.
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News American Cider Association Announces Recipients of Excellence Awards
The American Cider Association (ACA) has announced the recipients of their annual Cider Excellence Awards at CiderCon 2024 in Portland, honoring individuals, businesses, and organizations from around the country for their achievements in, and contributions to, the U.S. hard cider industry.
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News Beer is Clear Favorite Over Wine and Spirits in the Non-Alcohol Category
According to a recent poll, 58% of Americans participating in Dry January chose a low-alcohol or no-alcohol beer to help them achieve their goals. 55% of the respondents say that the quality of non-alcoholic beer has improved over the past few years.
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News BA Addresses Safety of Non-Alcoholic Draft Beer
The rising popularity of non-alcoholic beer has prompted many brewers to consider entering the category. But concerns have risen recently over the prospect that non-pasteurized beer without the natural protection of alcohol may be subject to the growth of pathogenic bacteria, and a significant health risk to consumers.
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News Smuttynose Owners Buy Wachusett Brewing
Finestkind Brewing, owners of Smuttynose Brewing Company in Newe Hampshire has purchased fellow New Hampshire brewery Wachusett Brewing. The latest craft-on-craft acquisition will help Smuttynose expand its portfolio and reach into additional markets.
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News Party! New Jersey Law Finally Allows Self-Distribution and Special Events
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed into law Senate Bill 4265, the long-awaited legislation to give more privileges to craft breweries, cideries, meaderies and distilleries. The legislation finally gives craft producers many of the privileges that are allowed in almost all other states.
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News Carlsberg Buys 20% Stake in Mikkeller
Global brewing giant Carlsberg has purchased 20% of fellow Danish craft brewery Mikkeller, known for its distinctive marketing campaigns and sometimes controversial business approach. The deal will allow Mikkeller founder Mikkel Bjergsø to maintain controlling interest and remain as CEO.
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News Featured Interview: Bravus Brewing – First Non-Alcoholic Brewery in US
When Phillip Brandes started the first non-alcoholic brewery in North America in 2015, little did he know that this tiny segment would soon become the fastest growing category in beer. Phillip, who uses a proprietary method to make beer with less than 0.05% abv, is now discovering the advantages – and the challenges, of selling non-alc beer.
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News Kestemont Brewery is Newest Belgium Lambic Brewer
The Kestemont Brewery in Dilbeek, Belgium, has become a new member of the High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers (HORAL). The council now has a total of 11 Belgium breweries which collectively account for 80% of traditional lambic production.
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News Tilray Finds Strong Growth in Craft Beer – Plans Additional Acquisitions
Struggling to compete in a complex and floundering cannabis industry, Tilray Brands has found relief in the beer industry with second quarter 2023 earnings showing net revenue from its alcohol business up 117%. After a string of recent craft brewery acquisitions, Tilray is now the fifth-largest craft brewer in the U.S.
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News Decline Continues – Domestic Shipments Down 6.8% in November
The Beer Institute published its November 2023 estimate of tax paid shipments by domestic brewers today which carried no surprises. Estimated shipments were 10,950,000 barrels, a decrease of 6.8% compared to November 2022 removals of 11,751,874.
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News Asahi Buys Wisconsin’s Octopi Brewing for Asahi Dry Production
As craft beer sales decline and excess brewing capacity increases, importers continue to look for domestic facilities to make beer in the US. Asahi Europe & International (AEI) has announced that they will purchase Octopi Brewing, a contract brewer based in Waunakee, WI to make Asahi Super Dry for the US market.
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