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Submit Your Nominations for BevNET’s 2025 Spirits Awards

The BevNET Spirits Awards are returning for 2025! As a trusted platform for recognizing excellence, the program celebrates the brands, leaders, and innovations shaping the future of spirits. Award winners gain visibility across the BevNET ecosystem and the opportunity to stand out in a rapidly growing and competitive marketplace. This year’s program will recognize products across eight categories.

SPINS Expands With Marketing, AI Capabilities

SPINS today announced the debut of two new platforms for both CPG brands and retailers that will expand the market researcher’s capabilities into digital marketing and AI enablement.

Taste Radio: Can A ‘Girl’ Revitalize An Industry? She’s On Her Way.

Hurray’s Girl Beer isn’t just another craft brand. It’s a calculated rebellion against an industry stuck in the past. Founder Ray Biebuyck explains how the brand’s satirical, female-forward positioning flips the script in a category that has long overlooked nearly a third of its audience: women.

InvestBev’s Accelerator Bets on RTDs, Rum and Culture in New Cohort

Private equity firm InvestBev kicked off its new accelerator cohort last month, a mashup of canned cocktails, wine, spirits, THC and other products representing the spectrum of adult beverages. What does the selection say about the future of the category?

Hoist Hydration Appoints Hallie Lorber as CEO

Hoist Hydration is bringing in some seasoned talent to lead a new stage of growth, naming former Rowdy Energy and Vitaminwater marketer Hallie Lorber as CEO.