5 American Whiskey Trends to Watch in 2017-18
The booming American whiskey market has forced new trends due to limited supplies versus soaring demand. This has necessitated creativity from whiskey-makers. Like Steve Beam and John Rempe, whose recent work is emblematic of the...
Huge Industry Merger: Breakthru Beverage and RNDC Join Forces
Breakthru Beverage Group and Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) — both members of the Forbes list of “America’s Largest Private Companies” — today announced the execution of a Letter of Intent to combine their assets and...
Newcastle Brown Ale Unveils New Look, Growth Plan
Newcastle Brown Ale has unveiled a new look and localized plan for growth under management of Five Points Trading Company, which is Heineken's venture in incubating premium global beer brands in the U.S.
Newcastle Brown Ale’s...
U.S. Distillers Laud Republican Plan to Lower Taxes on Craft Distilleries
Two organizations that represent U.S. distillers have applauded recent Republican efforts in Congress to lower taxes on the industry.
The Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS) and American Craft Spirits Association (ACSA) both sent out press releases commending...
Scottish Company Launches Speyside Cask-Aged Tequilas
Innovations continue in this craft era: a new Scottish company has launched a line tequilas aged solely in ex-Speyside whisky casks.
UWA Tequila, which is headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, has released two out of three...
The Macallan Launches ‘Exceptional Single Cask’ Series
The Macallan has launched a new line of cask-strength, single-barrel Scotch whiskies: Exceptional Single Cask.
Bottles from seven separate Sherry-seasoned casks will initially be released in the U.S. in November 2017. The casks were filled between...
Anheuser-Busch Names New North America CEO
Amidst a prolonged sales slump in North America — including a 6.2% decline in the third quarter this year — Anheuser-Busch has named a new North American CEO.
Michel Doukeris will replace outgoing CEO, João Castro, effective Jan....
Why Seasonal Beers Remain Popular and Profitable
Brewers have always tailored their beer recipes to suit the season, our changing menus, the availability of ingredients and the behavior of the brewing process at different ambient temperatures. In another century, it wasn’t...
Is Cannabis the Next Craft Beer?
With the legal cannabis market expanding across America state-by-state, and producers increasingly putting out new and unique products, will this new industry one day rival craft beer?
After all, the same broad set of consumers...
Bacardi Solidifies Relaunched Havana Club Brand With New Campaign
After last year's skirmish over the rights to the Havana Club brand name in America, Bacardi has backed its newly relaunched rum brand in America with the "Forever Cuban" campaign.
Bacardi rolled out the classic Cuban...