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Craft Maltsters Guild Shares 2023 State Of The Industry Update

In recognition of National Craft Malt Week and the ten-year anniversary of the trade association for the small grains movement, the Craft Maltsters Guild membership met to introduce the Guild’s new Executive Director Alice Blayne-Allard and share the results of its recent malthouse survey. 

Splash Beverage Group Enters Into New Agreement With Atlanta Based Horizon Retailers Association

Splash Beverage Group, Inc., a portfolio company of leading beverage brands, today announced it has entered into a new agreement with Horizon Retailers Association (HRA). Based in Atlanta, GA, HRA is one of the South’s fastest-growing convenience store retail associations, representing more than 2,500 retailers and 20 major vendors in the Southeast U.S.

G FUEL and CD PROJEKT RED Launch “Cyberpunk 2077” Energy Drink Collab

G FUEL Energy celebrates CD PROJEKT RED’s thrilling new Cyberpunk 2077 expansion, Phantom Liberty, with an energy drink collaboration based on a popular consumable item from the game: Naranjita Classic! G FUEL Naranjita is now available for pre-order in a Collector’s Box and standalone 40-serving Tub at GFUEL.com while supplies last.

Three Olives Vodka Launches New AI Platform, “The Generager”

Three Olives Vodka, the now zero sugar, low calorie, and gluten-free vodka, announces its new AI-powered party builder "The Generager," an interactive digital platform designed to take your most electrifying, vibrant, and boldest party must-haves and blend them together into one creatively-curated party theme.

ALC-A-CHINO Unveils Two Innovations

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — Howie’s Spiked will unveil two “first to market” innovations at this year’s National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) show in Las Vegas, starting on Monday, October 9.…

Milam & Greene Whiskey Unveils Free-Tailed Bat Single Barrel Bourbon

Milam & Greene Whiskey announces the fourth release in its 2023 Wildlife Collection, Free-Tailed Bat Single Barrel Bourbon, a limited-edition, cask-strength, single-barrel bourbon. Each release in Milam & Greene’s Wildlife Collection highlights how the weather in the Texas Hill Country impacts the aging process of their whiskey and honors the local Texas wildlife that thrives in this challenging environment.

Taste Radio: Emphasize Quality. It’s A Big Reason Why This Company Was Acquired.

Bronya Shillo, the founder of pioneering RTD cocktail brand Fishers Island Lemonade, spoke about why quality of ingredients matters when meeting with retail buyers, how the adage “inch wide, mile deep” guided the brand’s distribution strategy for years and how she built and maintained a relationship with leadership executives at E. & J. Gallo, which acquired her company in May.

Oatly Announces Entry Into Meijer Stores

Oatly Group AB (Nasdaq: OTLY)(“Oatly” or the “Company”), the world’s original and largest oat drink company, announced new US retail distribution with Meijer, the family-owned Midwestern retailer known for convenient “one-stop” shopping.

After Family Tragedy, Equitea Founder Has New Mission for Brand

This past April, Quentin Vennie, founder and CEO of Equitea, found himself in a grim position: needing to process and grieve his son’s death, but also, for days ponder the lingering mystery of “what happened?" He's now ready to move ahead with a new mission for the company.

Coca-Cola Leadership: Soda Giant Not Interested in Being a Bev-Alc Distributor

The Coca-Cola Company is “not here to crash [beer distributors’] party,” Dan White, Coca-Cola, North America chief of new revenue streams, said in a fireside chat with National Beer Wholesaler Association (NBWA) president and CEO Craig Purser Monday during the NBWA’s annual convention.