6 Craft Beer Stats To Watch in 2017
What stats and trends will define craft beer in 2017? For the answer, look back at 2016, when the category faced a conundrum.
On one hand, the craft beer business continued to expand in 2016....
Here’s How Much The Light Beer Category Has Declined
Light beer remains in an awkward spot.
While still dominating the overall beer industry with a whopping 43.7% of sales, it also remains in perpetual decline. Case sales of light beer were down 3.1% in...
The Best Wines of 2018
The end of another year is soon upon us — and what great drinks we all enjoyed in 2018!
As we look back, we asked our National Retailer Wine Panel to pick out their favorite...
Legal Cannabis Makes (Minor) Headway in Washington D.C.
Big changes so often start with little gains. Legal cannabis may have obtained an important federal foothold — albeit small — at the end of 2018.
This progress was contained in the last page of...
Exploring Vodka’s Diversity in 2019
It takes more for a vodka brand to shine nowadays.
“The vodka category is extremely competitive right now, for domestic and imported, and brands are focused on protecting their market share,” says Nicolas Guillant, president...
Beam Suntory Announces Bourbon that Blends Kentucky and Japan
Beam Suntory has released Legent, a bourbon that brings together East and West.
Legent (pronounced ‘lee-jent’) starts as a Kentucky straight bourbon with the Beam family recipe, and is aged in wine and sherry casks...
Tecate Releases Retro Cans
To commemorate more than 75 years in market, Tecate is bringing back one of its original can packages.
Containing the same beer, Tecate aims to reach consumers who are responding to nostalgia in a way...
The Glenlivet Debuts New Packaging
The classic Scotch brand The Glenlivet has rolled out new branding as part of a larger effort towards "opening up the single malt category to a new generation of consumers."
Debuting this month, the new...
Bardstown Bourbon Company Unveils Discovery Series #1
The Bardstown Bourbon Company (BBCo) has announced Discovery Series #1, a blend of four Kentucky straight bourbons aged between five and 13 years.
Located on 100 acres of farmland in Bardstown, Kentucky, BBCo is a rapidly...
Don Julio Launches Lagavulin-Aged Tequila
Don Julio has announced its second limited-edition, barrel-finished tequila.
Tequila Don Julio Reposado Double Cask is a traditional reposado finished for two weeks in casks that previously held Lagavulin Islay single malt Scotch whisky.
This follows...