Author Archives: Donna Whitaker

Millennials Cut Spending on Craft 36%

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Here’s a factoid that should chill the blood of any craft brewer:  Gen-Zers – those born in the mid- to late-1990s – are spending

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Bev/Al Advocates to Urge Craft Beverage Tax Act Passage Today

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Can Congress get its mind off impeaching Donald Trump long enough to pass the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax

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Wyoming Whiskey Releases 7-Year-Old Expression

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Wyoming Whiskey released the seven-year-old expression of its signature Outryder Straight American Whiskey, hitting

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Who & What —

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Traverse City Whiskey Co. hires Andrea K. Yorgy as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Most recently she was

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CBrands Sells Ballast Point to Kings & Convicts

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Kings & Convicts Brewing Co., Chicago, agreed to acquire the Ballast Point brand and a number of its associated production

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HeavenSake Taps Southern Glazer’s for California

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Heavensake, created by acclaimed French cellar master, Régis Camus, in collaboration with Japan’s most respected sake

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