Raise the Dead: Weird Beverages Teams With Legendary Band

Canned tea maker Weird Beverages is teaming with our Editor-in-Chief’s favorite band, The Grateful Dead, to release a pair of new permanent flavors -- Grateful Grapefruit and Mystical Mint -- in its 16 oz. can Weird Yerba lineup starting on January 1.

BevNET Live Winter 2023: Meet Our Cocktail Showdown Judges

We’ve already revealed the finalists for BevNET’s Cocktail Showdown, our pitch competition for RTD cocktail brands taking place at BevNET Live in Marina del Rey on December 3. Now, let’s meet the judges who bring a wealth of expertise in retail, investment, R&D, and more.

Taste Radio: Step One To Winning A Gold Rush? Do This, Straightaway.

Cy Cain, the co-founder and CEO of Straightway Cocktails, an award-winning brand of super-premium bottled and canned cocktails, explained how years of preparation gave the company a strong foundation on which to build, why passion and opportunity equally drive the business forward and how he assesses a broader opportunity to reach consumers in other beverage alcohol categories.

BevNET Live Winter 2023 is Just 2 Weeks Away! Join 700+ Beverage Professionals

In just two weeks, more than 700 beverage industry professionals will meet in Marina del Rey, CA for BevNET Live Winter 2023. BevNET Live is your chance to network with industry leaders, taste the latest beverage innovations, and gain essential insights that will keep you at the forefront of the industry.

BioSteel Finds New Owner Through Court-Supervised Sale

After announcing it would drop its flailing sports drink brand BioSteel earlier this summer, Canopy Growth announced Friday it has found two buyers for the brand’s assets through a court-approved agreement.

Taste Radio: How Can ChatGPT Help CPG? Plus, Is This The Best Revamp Of 2023?

We’ve all seen the cute, clever and occasionally terrifying images created using ChatGPT and other AI generators. But can CPG companies utilize these apps in a meaningful way? The hosts discussed potential ways that AI might help make certain processes more efficient. They also spoke about why a food brand’s recent packaging revamp is excellent in every way and riffed on a spicy and sporty LTO.

BevNET Live Winter 2023: Agenda Highlights

We’ve posted the agenda for BevNET Live, taking place Dec. 3-5 in Marina del Rey, Calif. You’ve already heard about some of the headline entrepreneurs, from brands like Zevia, Harmless Harvest, Wild Wonder, Hop WTR, and Chamberlain Coffee and investors like Humble Growth and GroundForce Capital, but we’ve got so much more for you to check out on the stage.

Data: BevAlc Sales Steady, Spirits Volumes Dip

Total BevAlc sales growth improved slightly with volume performance up across beer, flavored malt beverage, cider and hard seltzer, while dipping negative on sequential basis in wine and spirits categories during the latest two-week period.

G-FUEL Levels Up: Kingswood, First Bev Lead Investment

This morning G FUEL announced new "significant growth equity" in the form of an eight-figure cash investment from Kingswood Capital Management and First Bev, the exact terms of which were not immediately released.

Flow, BeatBox Enter Five-Year Manufacturing Deal

Flow Water is continuing to expand operations at its Aurora, Ontario production facility while simultaneously seeking its divestiture, announcing today a five-year manufacturing partnership with alcoholic RTD punch BeatBox Beverages set to kick off next summer.