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Just two months until the Beer, Wine & Spirits Summits, with speakers from drizly, gopuff, twitter, meta, gallo, stz, boston, ab, mc, athletic, walmart, whole foods, applebee's, plus craft, wall street, data guys, etc. Jan. 30 at hotel del coronado. check beernet dot com.
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BREAKING: Amid turmoil, BBD has learned Anheuser-Busch has changed
#BudLight
vp marketing to former global bud vp Todd Allen.
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The beer industry always steps up: We got Garrett Morrero and team from Maui Brewing/Craft 'Ohana on the line for the latest on the ground at the devastating Maui fire, and how you can help.
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Honest question: It's hard to find people in the industry who are fans of Stone Brewing (not to be confused with Keystone Light). Stone fans, hit me up on dm or hs
@beernet
.com.
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Beernet radio: One of the sharpest guys I've met in the beer business is Bill Shufelt of
@AthleticBrewing
. Along with his brewmaster John Walker, they've built a non-alc craft brewery from scratch to 100k bbls in about 3 years. That's strong medicine.
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Check out the pics and vids from the Beer Industry Summit on our IG page:
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Check out the pics and vid clips from our Summits on our IG:
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Welcome
@MonsterEnergy
into the hard seltzer/fmb space with the Beast Unleashed at 6% abv, likely sold thru their
@CANarchy
distribs, Q4 launch.
#bbd
#beernews
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Here's the agenda and program for the 21st Annual Beer Wine & Spirits Summit at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, starting Sunday afternoon.
#summit
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Harry gives his views on why beer shipments were down so much in 2023, (replay of his opening speech at the Summit):
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Beer Industry Summit and Wine & Spirits Summit, back-to-back to save you travel and expense and heartache, has some damn strong speakers from strong organizations and I'm even impressed. Check it out. I won't tell you how to register..if you're interested, you will figure it out.
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This bev-alc business is getting interesting. Spirits sales slowed in October in control states to basically flat -- could sober October and the sober-curious movement be cooling hard spirits demand?
(Or is it more just product shortages?)
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Recapping the 2023 Beer Industry Summit with our editors, on BeerNet Radio.
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BeerNet Radio: Grokking latest Neilsen beer winners and losers, and a talk on industry progress on diversity and inclusion with Dr. J. Jackson Beckham.
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Our podcast, Beernet Radio, has evolved into an emerging brands pod - new or new-ish brands entering the space through bev-alc distributors.
It's the Pandemic Class of 2020; and it will be fascinating to see how each marketer plays out.
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We've got
@nelkboys
and
@happydad
, we've got Willie's Superbrew and
@mightyswell
, we've got
@dogfishbeer
and
@ZingZangMix
, all on the beernet radio podcast.
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Podcast: We plumb the mind of Jason Murphy of Buffalo Wild Wings, the largest draft on-premise chain in the country, on serving hard seltzer on draft, Mich Ultra's rise, non-alc strat, how bigger brands are doing, and leaning into flavor-forward beer.
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APP UPDATE: Quit hunting and pecking for BBD in your crowded email box. We've updated the free app for both Apple and Android devices, including iPads with horizontal orientation. Search and download SchuPub at your app store now before you forget.
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Phusion Project's new collab with
@Barstoolsports
, Pirate Water, to hit c-stores with 16oz cans with 10% abv. (paywall open).
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That's a wrap on Summit '24. Thanks to our speakers from Constellation, Molson Coors, Beam Suntory, Diageo Beer, Happy Dad, Deutsch, Kiron-Lion, Pabst, Twin Liquors, Total Wine, Whole Foods, Surfside, Coke, and many others.
🗓️Save the date: Summit '25, Jan. 12-14, The Breakers.
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A week ago we created a GoFundMe fund for account-facing beer distributor employees affected by Covid. Raised almost $90k so far. Help us get to six figures.
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Anheuser-Busch and the Teamsters arrive at a "tentative agreement", avoiding a strike.
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Our commentary and analysis on the struggles Pepsi's Blue Cloud encountered on the road to a national footprint. (excerpt)
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PRICING: Brown Forman chief Lawson Whiting after tariffs done: “given the inflationary environment that we’re in right now that we’re all seeing, it would certainly be a missed opportunity if we didn’t take price right now.”
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Beernet Radio Podcast: This week the gang is back together as they grok the Molson Coors acquisition of Blue Run, Tilray's acquisition of several of A-B's craft brands, and Constellation's secret sauces of success.
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Who knew that one of the biggest bev-alc stories of 2022 would break on the last working day of the year.
-Sazerac making big moves in over 20 states from RNDC to mostly beer houses.
-Keep in mind Sazerac owner Bill Goldring's grandfather co-founded what is now RNDC.
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Beernet Radio: King's & Convicts co-founder Brendan Watters describes how he got into this business, how they navigated purchase of
@BallastPoint
, the reasoning behind
@saintarcherbrew
facility purchase, and more - (jenn gets a neon!)
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Why
@SchillingCider
's Colin Schilling and Eric Phillips believe October was made for cider.
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Dave Burwick to retire from Boston Beer ($SAM).
Pepsi's Blue Cloud to shut down, distrib rights to be sold/transferred to beer distributors, in today's BBD.
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Beernet Radio: This week on the pod we've got Jeana Harrington of Austin's Mighty Swell Spiked Seltzer, Rob Bratskier of Three Cheers PR, and Brendan Watters of Kings & Convicts/Ballast Point.
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Hard seltzers continue to fight steep comps as distributors signal that the summer/fall "Great Seltzer Slowdown" is continuing into winter and the holidays.
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This quote from Abraham Lincoln found randomly in a distributor's warehouse pasted to a pallet of beer, is truer today than perhaps any other era in our Republic. Please retweet if you agree.
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Beernet Educution Series: Acronyms:
PTR = distributors' price to retailer; PTC = retailers' price to consumer.
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Catch up on Beernet Radio beer industry podcast over the long weekend.
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🎙️Today we speak with longtime industry lawyer Marc Sorini, the General Counsel for the
@BrewersAssoc
, on the regulatory and legal issues craft brewers are facing today.
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Seltzer sucks. Canadian cannabis also sucks. But other related things don't suck as much. Learn why with MKM's Bill Kirk on the pod:
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Beernet Radio: Watch John Lane of Ohio tavern chain Winking Lizard discuss draft vs bottles, RTDs, craft trends, and the economics of chicken wings.
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HARRY'S POD: Today we speak with TikTok viral star Doggface about his deal with Beatbox and his new flavor Cranberry Dreams -- the wine-based tetra-pak resealable FMB featured on Shark Tank and backed by Mark Cuban.
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Breaking:
@AnheuserBusch
and popular Mexican soft drink Jarritos team up to create "new-to-world" hard soda, Cantaritos.
#bbd
#beernews
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At 50, I realize if I live to a normal old age, I have about a billion seconds left, or about 15,000 days. My goal is to make every day not count, because I long to do more of nothing. 15,000 days of just watching The Office reruns would be just fine with me. No more sunrises...
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We speak with Boston Beer's Jim Koch on their MTN Dew collab with PepsiCo: "It’s stepping into a future that we all see coming".
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Coke creates a "firewalled" and licensed Red Tree Beverages bev-alc subsidiary to develop and manage their alc portfolio.
Company will still use partners for production (STZ, TAP, BF) and independent wholesalers for distribution, "respect" for 3-tier, no quid pro quo slotting…
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Hey
@twitter
we actually have a Twitter executive speaking at our conference next month, but we can't promote it because the platform won't let us link to our site. Any help?
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Many people, including
@stacibanaca
have called me a "dickhead", but when the world's largest brewer calls you and your sources that on stage in front of hundreds of their wholesalers, well, I've graduated to another level. Truth is, I am a dickhead. But I'm YOUR dickhead.
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Sunday update on our Beverage Distributor Covid Fund ... one week and six figures. It's badass, I know.
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Yuengling strikes deal with Molson Coors to expand production of Lager and Flight to their Milwaukee brewery, starting end of year.
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After contentious terminations (both ways) Sazerac files suit in federal court against longtime distrib RNDC for alleged non-payment for product.
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Well fuck. I bought an Arrogant Bastard bomber today on accident, mistaking it for a 24 pack of Keystone Light cans. FML. What TF am I supposed to do with this out-of-date dusty bottle?
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Beernet Radio: Today the gang speaks with Brandy Rand of IWSR about our Super Bowl ad takes, spirits, RTDs, and borgs. (audio feeds in yt description):
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Pepsi selling beer, Circle K selling weed, Albertsons selling itself -- we cover it all succinctly with food/bev analyst at MKM Partners, Bill Kirk.
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BEERNET RADIO: We are joined by our Wine & Spirits Daily editors, Sarah Barrett and Hana Kruger, to tease out the main reasons for the wild success of Gallo's High Noon and Deutsch Family Wine's Josh wine.
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Advice to distributors: If you're going to do social media, focus the content toward your accounts, especially independents -- not consumers. I have never met a consumer who checks distributor social media accounts to learn about brands. Retailers do.
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In this episode we grok Diageo shutting Maryland production, the controversy over recent Bud Light marketing, Constellation selling a brewery to New Belgium, brewers handing our spirits rights outside their network, and more.
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Beernet Education Series, Acronyms Part II:
STWs/Shipments - sales from brewery to distributor.
STRs/Depletions - sales from distributor to retailer.
CEs = case equivalents, beer sold by a distributor (including draft) converted to 24/12oz cases.
1 barrel = 13.78 CEs.
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Breaking:
@MolsonCoors
dumps its freight surcharge to distributors in favor of a flat fee rolled into product FOB (delivered price).
#beernews
#bbd
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BN Radio: Behind
@StoneBrewing
unlikely but successful trademark suit against
@MolsonCoors
re consumer confusion with Keystone Light with Stone, with
@courthousenews
journalist who was there, Bianca Bruno.
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Much ado about Boston Beer ahead of their earnings call later this week: Bevy dee-ceed, and Goldman says “outlook for the hard seltzer category deteriorates further” for distribs, in today's
#bbd
.
$sam
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Spotify now allows video on their app. If you listen to our podcast - BeerNet Radio - on Spotify, check it out.
Here's our latest on beer pricing:
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Wrong Answers Only interview with Jim Koch of Boston Beer, on Beernet Radio podcast:
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Happy Independence Day folks. And God bless our merchandisers and hot shot drivers today.
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Former Hops and Grain founder launches new non-alc beer with a retro vibe (and price point), starting in Texas.
Our conversation with Josh Hare of Rick's Near Beer. (audio links in yt description).
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Tilray's SweetWater makes move out west with the acquisition of Green Flash and Alpine.
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Boston Beer and NBWA exchange a little holiday 'nogging over malt-based Sauza fmb contract.
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RIP to a class act. This made me laugh (h/t Jon Stern
@MillerCoors
).
http://t.co/SIYet9J0Yu
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Update: Jordan claims his headphones work better the way he uses them. How does Harry respond?
That and an interview with the founders of Epic Western agave tequila-based ranch water on Beernet Radio.
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Retail media is the new blinking LED neon -- cheap and effective.
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Pod: Talking shop with
@NightShiftBeer
Rob Burns on how to manage a burgeoning brewery/publican/distribution empire, ft.
@CraftBizDaily
Get yer links to both audio and video feeds here
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Greatest thing I heard today: Tito's is distilled from corn syrup. Why didn't A-B go after the brand that's taking the most share from beer?
#corngate
@budlight
@MillerCoors
$bud
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Good honest talk with
@AthleticBrewing
's Bill Shufelt (ft.
@FurnRuns
) on their new draft offering, new cold box placements, and more.
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Beernet Radio: Our editors' analysis of
@CocaColaCo
new alcohol division, Red Tree Beverages; the closing of
@SapporoBeerUSA
's
@AnchorBrewing
; new TTB comments section review; and solving crimes using electrons.
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Selling beer is about knowing the local people, which means actually knowing their names and the lingo franca. Just few people who like you, your brand, your people, your culture, to make a beer business successful. A-B always had it right, "Making friends is our business." ...
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Beernet Radio: Jeff Hansson, Co-Founder & CEO Scout Distribution, the multi-state craft beer distributor who recently partnered with Columbia and expanding states.
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The Beer Industry Summit is sold out.
Wine & Spirits Summit still has seats available. Call Jessica 210-805-8006 to register or check out sked here:
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Cheers this weekend to distributor merchandisers. You the real MVPs.
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BeerNet Radio: Bill Shufelt of
@AthleticBrewing
talks about new funding round with KDP, non-alc beer's potential in driving new occasions and incrementally, and more in this quick 30min tunie-up interview.
(all feeds in yt description).
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High Noon is the new Tito's driving growth in spirits.
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Turned 50 today. Don't feel a day over 31, for reasons I can't explain, and don't look a day under 65, for reasons I can.
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Distributor Capital Reyes in Austin has mostly worked through the delivery issues they were experiencing in the run-up to
#SXSW
.
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Is anybody else just Brooks N Done with national politics? Like, I just don’t give a fuck anymore. All those assholes are corrupt and they can eat a bag of dicks, as far as I’m concerned. Who’s with me?
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Draft beer is dead in America. There are thousands of full kegs out there. Who takes control of them?
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There are more support dogs at the airport than humans these days. But they balk when I try to bring my emotional support half gallon of whiskey. Where is the justice?
Yesterday a passenger asked an agent if there was a dog show in town because of all the emotional support animals at the airport 😂
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The delta between states gaining share of beer shipments and those losing is widening of late, according to our analysis of
@beerinstitute
data.
#beerstats
#bbd
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Thinking of all our friends at
@MolsonCoors
this afternoon. All shootings are terrible, but this hits close to home when it touches our industry.
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