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NielsenIQ: BevAlc Sales Growth Decelerates, Volumes Decline

Total BevAlc sales growth decelerated in the two-week period ending April 6, reflecting stronger volume declines and slightly rising average pricing growth, according to Goldman Sachs Equity Research’s latest analysis of NielsenIQ data.

Kenny Chesney’s Blue Chair Bay Announces Lime Rum

With Kenny Chesney getting ready to take it wide open on his wildly anticipated Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour, with five stadiums in three cities already sold out, the easy-going songwriter/superstar adds something fresh, special and perfect for kicking back with friends.

Hard Truth Distilling, Co. Begins Construction of the Third Rackhouse

Increased demand for its sweet mash whiskeys, including the recently introduced line of three sweet mash bourbons, has propelled award-winning Hard Truth Distilling Co. to break ground on its third rackhouse well before the company’s original plans to do so.

Curren$y and Crescent Canna Launch Jet Life THC Soda

Hip-hop icon Curren$y has teamed up with Crescent Canna, the New Orleans-based cannabis company, to launch Jet Life THC Soda, a naturally flavored and deliciously potent THC beverage inspired by rap's most prolific cannabis aficionado.

Farbest Brands Launches Beyond Acacia

Farbest Brands is now offering Beyond Acacia, a gum acacia product manufactured using a new process that produces high-density granules reducing foam and dust during processing resulting in food products manufactured with lower energy usage.

Casa Azul Wins Trademark Case Against Clase Azul

A judge has ruled in favor of Casa Azul, the tequila company founded by beverage innovator Lance Collins, in a trademark trial against long standing tequila brand Clase Azul.

Hood River Distillers Celebrates 90th Anniversary

1934 was the year that Babe Ruth said goodbye to baseball. It wasn’t a great year for criminals – just ask Bonnie & Clyde and John Dillinger – but it was a record-breaking year for It Happened One Night, which won every major category at the Academy Awards. It was also the year that three businessmen from the Pacific Northwest  began making fruit wine and brandies from the over-abundance of apples and pears grown in the Hood River Valley, and Hood River Distillers (DSP-OR-1) was born.