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Brain-Boosting Brand Evermind Raises $1.3M, Launches Online Sales

After closing a $1.3 million funding round, functional beverage startup Evermind is thinking big as it launches online direct-to-consumer sales. Based in Pennsylvania, Evermind produces a line of plant-based “cognitive elixirs” intended to support brain function and mental energy.

Q Mixers Unveils Packaging Refresh

Q Mixers, America’s leading premium mixer company committed to making your favorite drink instantly better, has re-envisioned its visual identity, entering an exquisite world of vibrancy and color as bold as the mixers themselves.

HOIST Announces The Cincy Hat Giveaway

HOIST, one of the fastest growing hydration beverages in the U.S., continues to grow their presence in their Cincinnati hometown through their partnership with both The Cincy Hat project and Bengal’s offensive lineman, Ted Karras.

Data: Non-Alc Beverage Sales Decelerate Due to Softer Pricing

Non-alcoholic beverage sales remain healthy but decelerated sequentially in the two-week period ending October 21 primarily reflecting softer pricing, according to the most recent analysis of NielsenIQ data by Godman Sachs Equity Research.

Vita Coco: Pricing, Volume Gains Drive +23% Net Sales Gain

We may be heading into the winter season, but it's sunny skies above Vita Coco as the coconut water maker continued to grow in Q3, fueled by a fortuitous combination of pricing and volume increases alongside reduced transportation and supply chain costs.

Taste Radio: Expand Your ‘Luck Surface Area.’ It Helped Austin Cocktails Land Big-Time Partners.

Austin Cocktails co-founders Kelly Gasink and Jill Burns explained how being okay with being uncomfortable and striving to expand their "luck surface area” helped them secure partnerships with Madison Square Garden and Constellation Brands, the latter of which led to an acquisition of their company, and how an unorthodox sampling strategy unlocked new retail and distribution opportunities.

Standard Wormwood Distillery’s Wormwood Rye

Standard Wormwood Distillery’s first release over a decade ago, their Wormwood Rye, is what most people know them for.  But what can be merely overlooked in a long list of whiskeys and specialty whiskey spirits as just another one, fails to grasp the groundbreaking ingenuity and revolutionary achievement of both the spirit, the distillery, and their cocktail bar.