High Brew Raises $4 Million from CAVU Venture Partners, Joins Dr Pepper Snapple’s Allied Brands Stable

Speaking from his company’s Austin headquarters, CEO David Smith discussed the raise further in a call with BevNET, saying the new funding will go towards further expansion of the company’s sales and marketing efforts and getting more “feet on the street,” which will see the buildout of a High Brew field marketing team across the country.

Review: Thea’s English Tea

The advent of brands like Honest Tea has changed the conversation around the RTD tea category to address the origins of the tea used inside the product. Still, the rich heritage of English tea has, at least in the past decade, been somewhat overlooked. Enter Thea’s English Standard Tea, which, as the name suggests, is focused on bringing that story back to life.

Review: Modern Alkeme

Modern Alkeme is a self-described “Clearing Tonic” and is available in a single 8 oz. formulation that is high pressure processed. On the surface, this appears to be a new take on a cleanse product, with a suggested regimen of two bottles per day for three days along with plenty of water and a healthy diet, followed by a bottle per day for daily maintenance.

Chameleon Cold-Brew Launches Cold-Brew.Org

Chameleon Cold-Brew co-founder and CEO Chris Campbell told BevNET that the new website is intended to “elevate the conversation and take a leadership position in educating the consumer for ourselves and other brands that we believe are doing it right.”

Review: Pressery Coconut Drinking Vinegar

Pressery Coconut Drinking Vinegar is a line of organic cold-pressed beverages that are made with juice and coconut vinegar. Pressery, which is a Colorado-based company that also produces a line of traditional cold-pressed juices under the same brand, has done a great job of creating something that is authentic but approachable.

A Brand By Any Other Name

I’ll get right to the point: in two decades of reading branding handbooks and observing marketers’ branding efforts, my conclusion is there ain’t no science to branding.

Review: Ginger People Bottoms Up Ginger Beer

The Ginger People, which is a company that has long focused exclusively on ginger based food and beverage products, has partnered with Gordon Biersch Brewing Company to produce Bottoms Up, which was apparently designed with ginger beer purists in mind.

Predict Trends with Presence Marketing, Win the Center Store with Q Drinks and Made in Nature at BevNET Live

BevNET is excited to announce new speakers and panelists who will be joining BevNET Live Summer 2016 for discussions on marketing, sales and product development strategies for beverage entrepreneurs. Bill Weiland will offer a peek into the world of food and ingredients trends, and Jordan Silbert, Brian Ross, and John Maggiore will join a panel discussing strategies for small brands to find a home in a center-store grocery environment.

Channel Check: Refrigerated Juices

There’s a lot of SKU-shuffling from bigger companies like Bolthouse, Naked, and Odwalla, as established varieties are replaced by organic or new products get pushed through the system.

Review: Chia Star Shakes

Chia Star’s new "shakes” are plant protein-based smoothies. Unlike the company’s core line, comprised of juice-based and pasteurized offerings, the Shake line is high pressure processed and uses coconut milk as its base.

Nor-Cal Beverage Adds Multi-Process Can Line to Anaheim Facility

The investment in adding canned production to the plant, which until recently had only produced PET and HDPE bottles, came out of Nor-Cal’s 2014 sale of its Anheuser-Busch distributorship to Markstein Beverage of Sacramento.