How Important is Sustainable Alcohol?
Given the current concerns about health brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and growing interest in protecting the environment from climate change, sustainability has become a hot topic. Some suppliers may be quick to...
Video: The Best Beer Brands of 2020
What were the top beer brands and trends from this past year? In this video, Editors Kyle Swartz and Melissa Dowling present the 2020 Beer Growth Brands Awards Winners, acknowledging those brands that stood...
Our Favorite Wines We Drank in 2020
For the final round of Beverage Dynamics wine reviews in 2020, we asked our panel of independent wine professionals to recall their favorite bottles they drank in the past year.
As always, these selections include...
Q&A: The State of Beer in 2020-21, with NBWA Chairman Brian Gelner
Brian Gelner chose an interesting year to become chairman of the National Beer Wholesalers Association. Gelner, executive vice president and CFO of Heart of America Beverage Co., took helm of the organization in a...
Interview: Woodford Reserve Master Distiller Chris Morris on Whiskey Trends in 2021
Chris Morris is one of those rare master distillers who become synonymous with whiskey. His four-decade career includes shaping Woodford Reserve into the innovative, global brand it is today, and now also distilling Old...
9 Holiday Cocktails For 2020
As we scramble to find some holiday cheer to end this strange and scary year, it’s time to raise a festive cocktail. Mixologists around the world have been concocting new recipes to celebrate the...
How Applejack Grew its Alcohol Retail Business During the Pandemic
Jim Shpall made a deal with his father-in-law in 1994. He would join the family business — Applejack Wine & Spirits in Wheat Ridge, CO — to see how he liked it. If beverage...
Podcast: Our Favorite Alcohol Gifts for 2020
Do you need ideas for what to buy someone this holiday season? In our latest podcast episode, Beverage Dynamics and Cheers Editors Kyle Swartz and Melissa Dowling discuss their favorite alcohol gifts.
Kyle picks...
Interview: The BeatBox Founders Talk Innovation, Brand Building
Innovation and brand building are both at the heart of BeatBox Beverages. Launched in 2011, this portable wine punch in a colorful Tetra Pak box gained fame after earning investment from Mark Cuban on...
The Best Alcohol Gifts for 2020
Who doesn't want a bottle of something good to drink this holiday season? After the kind of year that we all endured in 2020, everybody deserves a present given in the form of beer,...