Despite a seasonal lift from Christmas week, bev-alc sales closed out December in decline, with spirits weighing on the industry while ready-to-drink (RTD) delivered one of the few bright spots.
InvestBev Capital's flagship Fund V has received a $14 million strategic investment from a “leading global beverage company," the private equity firm announced today.
From class-action suits over Fireball to disputes over jalapeño-flavored Tequila, this year’s bev-alc legal drama was, in a word, spicy.
This year’s top spirits headlines capture an industry in transition: major distribution shifts, sudden closures, shocking lawsuits, the race to win an emerging category, and of course, at least one celebrity closing a deal. Here are the top 10 BevNET spirits stories, as ranked by popularity.
Stateside Brands, the company that kicked off the vodka-spiked iced tea trend, is now adding vodka to another beverage: the sports drink.
After five years in operation, Spirited Away, the first non-alcoholic bottle shop in the U.S., has a new owner.
You’ve likely heard of clean beauty, but clean alcohol? A new trade group is aiming to do what many in the bev-alc industry have historically avoided: define what “clean” means when imbibing.
We are proud to present the winners of BevNET’s 2025 Best Spirits Awards, a group that is reshaping and reimagining consumers’ experiences with alcohol and its zero-proof alternatives with thoughtfulness, vision and creativity.
In spirits marketing this winter, Sun Cruiser tapped its first athlete partner, Still G.I.N. recruited a familiar face, and WhistlePig turned a historic bank into an experiential whiskey hub.
Anheuser-Busch InBev's (A-B) will acquire a majority stake in party punch maker BeatBox for approximately $490 million, the company announced today.
Lake Hour, the ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktail brand co-founded by a Marvel actor and film producer, is adding a spirits industry veteran to the top of its setlist.
Bev-alc suppliers are certainly looking to the holidays for a little cheer after sales were down across categories for the two-week period ending November 15, according to analysis of NIQ data from Goldman Sachs Equity Research.
If you’re a spirits company taking its marketing cues from CPG, you may be doing it wrong.
A new report from market research firm CGA shows that consumers are motivated to try ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails by deals over a mood or occasion when drinking on-premise.
