Category Archives: beer

Beer Import Volume Up 1.7% in September

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Some 86,918,304 gallons of beer were imported into the U.S. in September, a 1.7% increase from a year earlier, the Beer Institute reports.  Year to date, beer shipments to the U.S. are up 1.5%.

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NBWA Beer Purchasers Index Soars in October

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

The total beer index rose to 70 for October 2019 from 48 in October 2018. Compared to all October readings over the past

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California Moves to Create Bev/Al Bureaucracy Rivaling Motor Vehicles

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Proposed new regulations implementing AB 1221 (2017) “as currently written go far beyond the simple intent of the law and if passed, will create a massive ABC bureaucracy rivaling that of the

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Lagunitas in Cans Has Video Network Shop

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

What do you do when you place a best-selling IPA in a can?  Celebrate of course, by making canned-themed merchandise that prominently displays your logo.  How do you communicate

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The Beer Wars Are Becoming Fun

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

You’ll recall that last month Miller Lite revived the “It’s Miller Time” slogan while offering free beer to the first 118,000 people

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Reyes Acquires Dixie Beverage Distribution Rights

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Donna Whitaker

Premium Distributors of Virginia L.L.C., a Reyes Beer Division company, acquired the distribution rights of Dixie Beverage Co. in Winchester, Virginia.  Terms weren’t disclosed.

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