BevNET.com Staff

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Download the BevNET & NOSH Insider Booth Planner for Expo East 2021

To help our audience of retailers, investors and brands find our BevNET and NOSH Insiders that are exhibiting, we’ve produced a special pre-show Expo East 2021 Booth Planner featuring the company names and booth numbers of our Insiders.

Review: REBBL Pop

REBBL Pop is a new USDA Organic “sparkling prebiotic soda” that is the latest line extension from a company that to date has been known for their functional plant-based beverages.

Taste Radio: What Does It Take To Go From ‘Good’ To Great? Consider Your Audience.

Matthew Parry, founder and CEO of canister-packaged snack brand The Good Crisp, spoke about how he has carefully navigated comparisons to Pringles, how the company’s channel and merchandising strategies have evolved to reach more mainstream consumers, and how he’s balancing rapid growth with a conservative approach to hiring.

10 New Whiskeys To Try This September

From double-decade old bourbon to a trilogy of “Pacts,” the spirit industry saw a wide array of limited-batch whiskey innovations this month.

Review: Holy Tepache

Holy Tepache is a new offering from Holy Kombucha, a Dallas- based marketer of organic kombucha drinks. The product is a riff on the classic Mexican fermented drink made with fruit rinds, and features prebiotic and probiotic plant fiber and a smoother flavor than their flagship kombucha products. 

Taste Radio: The Keys To Influencer Marketing Helped Unlock This New ‘Society’

Ben Soffer, the Instagram celebrity behind @boywithnojob, discussed the development of his upstart wine-based cocktail brand Spritz Society, how his expertise in influencer marketing helped shape the brand’s vision and business strategy, why authenticity is a common theme in everything he does and how he got up to speed as a first-time beverage entrepreneur.

Taste Radio: How Do You Make It ‘Pop’ On TikTok? And, Why A Flamin’ Hot Drink Has Us Divided.

In this episode, the hosts discussed recent headlines on BevNET and NOSH, including how prebiotic soda brand Poppi leveraged its presence on TikTok in support of a recent $13.5 million round of capital, why MTN DEW’s limited-edition Flamin’ Hot variety works (whether we like it or not) and the potential pitfalls of brand positioned as a better-for-you Hot Pocket.

Review: Live Probiotic Tea Shots

Austin, Texas based Live, which to date has been a marketer of kombucha beverages, has recently expanded its product portfolio to include a new line of probiotic shots. Branded simply…

Gallery: August’s New Products

As summer wraps up beverage brands launched a variety of new functional, fruit-flavored drinks while others jumped ahead to fall with limited pumpkin-themed releases. Check out the gallery below for the latest hemp-infused products from companies such as Lift, Beak & Skiff and Green Monké, new brand debuts, product reformulations and more.

Taste Radio: Vice Is Nice. Why This VC Firm Is Pumping Millions Into ‘Bad’ Consumer Products.

Vice Ventures founder Catharine Dockery spoke about the massive opportunity for CPG categories, such as cannabis, alcohol and sexual wellness, that have traditionally been shunned by institutional investors, how her firm utilizes non-traditional data to make informed decisions, why she believes a shakeup in beverage alcohol distribution is on its way and why she spends most of her day engaging in new business pitches.

Spirits Gallery: August’s Latest Ready-to-Drink Cocktails

As summer begins to wrap up, spirit brands continue to grow the ready-to-drink cocktail space with new tropical concoctions from Monaco, Western Spirits and Onda, as well as innovative tequila-based beverages from Agavales and Ranch Rider Spirits. Check out the gallery for the latest releases, brand debuts, and limited edition relaunches.

Taste Radio: When Life Gave This CEO Lemonade, He Made Millions

David Klavsons, the CEO of King Juice, the maker of Calypso, spoke about how the company has leveraged its well-recognized lemonade brand, key distribution partnerships and consumer demand for low sugar formulations to achieve rapid and consistent growth in recent years.

Review: Corsa Hydration Tonic

New Beverage Showdown 18 winner Corsa has rebranded and repositioned its flagship line of non-alcoholic spritz beverages. Now known as Corsa Hydration Tonics, the products are packaged in 8 ounce cans and feature added electrolytes to deliver a “recovery” function.