Justin Kendall provides daily coverage of the beer industry on Brewbound.com, conducts live-streamed interviews during Brewbound’s events and co-produces the Brewbound podcast. Kendall is a nearly 20-year career journalist who led alt-weekly newspapers in Kansas City, Missouri, and Des Moines, Iowa.
Columbia Distributing has entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to acquire “certain wine and spirits distribution rights” in Oregon and Washington state, as well as “an asset arrangement in Alaska
Last year, Blue Cloud’s bev-alc crossover portfolio of Hard MTN Dew and Lipton Hard Iced Tea grew revenue 30%, as the new business model takes hold.
All 514 employees at Eagle Rock Distributing Colorado's operations will be permanently laid off in June following the completion of its sale to Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (SGWS), according to an April 2 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice.
Pine State Trading Co. is a fourth-generation, family-owned New England distributor with operations in Maine and New Hampshire.
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits announced its acquisition of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s assets of Eagle Rock Distributing Co. in Colorado.
Crazy Mountain will leverage the founders’ fame and platforms to tell the brand story, while pushing it on social media and sampling in the trade. "We love beer, we just don't always want the effects that come with it," said George Clooney.
Reyes Beverage Group will acquire more markets from Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), while dropping a previously announced state from the transaction.
Creature Comforts co-founder Chris Herron quietly assumed the CEO role of intoxicating hemp beverage brand Climbing Kites a year after joining the company, the company shared last week.
Ball Corporation’s North American can supply is essentially sold out in 2026, new CEO Ron Lewis shared during the company’s full-year and Q4 earnings call Tuesday.
Is next-gen "modern soda" about to go hard? Brands like Boston Beer and Stateside have already answered 'yes,' and now another familiar RTD brand says it's ready to go "all in."
Monster Brewing’s 2026 innovation slate will include a pair of lagers and the company’s first spirits-based, ready-to-drink (RTD) offering. CEO Hilton Schlosberg teased the new products but offered few details during the company’s Q3 earnings call earlier this month.
A coalition of 54 beer, wine and spirits distributors are asking U.S. House and Senate leaders to regulate and tax intoxicating hemp products similar to alcoholic beverages.
A pair of new ready-to-drink (RTD) offerings are coming from New Belgium in 2026, including Kirin’s top-selling canned cocktail and a vodka cocktail with a “subtle nod” to the Voodoo Ranger franchise.
Wine and spirits distributor Fenway Associates is expanding operations into beer through the acquisition of independent Anheuser-Busch (A-B) distributor Ritchie & Page.
