Analysts note that the craft beer market has rebounded following challenging years, but caution the segment still should be wary of competitive segments.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s Off-Centered Art Series is a yearly collection of four limited-edition beers featuring artwork by a different collaborating artist. The brewery’s featured artist for 2022 is Max Mahn, a well-known printmaker and illustrator from Missoula, Mont.
Transaction provides springboard for Monster to enter alcoholic beverage sector
January 17, 2022
Monster Beverage Corp., Corona, Calif., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective LLC, a craft beer and hard seltzer company for $330 million in cash. The transaction will bring the Cigar City, Oskar Blues, Deep Ellum, Perrin Brewing, Squatters and Wasatch brands to the Monster beverage portfolio.
Firestone Walker, a brand of Duvel Moortgat USA, announced its latest creation: Kookie Monster. The new Kookie Monster brew is an 8% Double Milk Stout brewed with vanilla beans, cocoa nibs and brown sugar, the company notes.
Roadhouse Brewing Co. debuted a new batch of its barrel-aged Funk House series: Vixen Harlot, Oud Bruin with Cherries; Vixen Mistress, Oud Bruin with Blackberries; Vixen Oud Bruin, a tart craft beer with a touch of vanilla and caramel; and Dry-Hopped Sour, a draft dry-hopped beer.
Northern California's farm-to-barrel craft beer pioneers Almanac Beer Co. released its Holiday Advent Beer Box, which features 12 16-ounce cans of beer, spanning a wide range of innovative craft beer styles.
Boston-based Drizly released its third annual BevAlc Insights by Drizly Retail Report, culled from a nationwide survey of more than 500 alcohol retailers during November 2021. Among standout findings, retailers expected higher sales during the holiday season despite reports of Champagne shortages, felt concerned about supply chain issues yet still optimistic about 2022, are poised to stock (yet) more tequila, have fresh interest in craft beer, and see big potential for cannabis-infused products.
Halyard Brewing Co. released a spicy new brew dubbed “The OQ,” short for the Octopus Queen. An extra spicy hard ginger beer, the Octopus Queen is brewed with Madagascar vanilla, Ceylon cinnamon, fresh ginger, and other aromatic spices, the company says.