As the year winds down, Craft Brewing Business is taking a break for the holidays. Before we do, we want to pause and say thank you. This year reminded us… Read More

Finding shelf space is hard right now. Moving packaged craft beer is even harder. That makes one number stand out in 2025: Ratio Beerworks grew packaged beer sales by 25%… Read More

SweetWater Brewing Co. will bring back its long-running 420 Fest on April 17-18, 2026. The event returns for its 21st year with a new venue and an expanded footprint in… Read More

Ledge Brewing Co. has been acquired by longtime bartender and general manager Matty Burkett. The transaction keeps ownership local and hands control to someone already running day-to-day operations. We think… Read More

Sovos ShipCompliant’s 2025 direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping recap is largely written through a wine lens. That’s expected. Wine still drives the vast majority of legal alcohol shipping in the United States.… Read More

With exactly one zillion breweries operating across America, distribution news is always a steady constant in the CBB mailbox. Every week, we get virtual piles of announcements on new alliances,… Read More

The Brewers Association’s 2025 Year in Beer review, published December 15 right here, confirms what many independent brewers already felt on the ground. Craft beer remained under pressure. Volume declined… Read More

Abstrax released a free technical guide called “How to make hop water.” The document targets breweries building non-alcoholic options on the cold side, with a focus on repeatability and process… Read More

The Beer Institute has released its October 2025 Taxable Removals Estimate, and the numbers show another down month for U.S. beer shipments. Domestic brewers removed 11 million barrels in October.… Read More

Blue Ox Malthouse has opened a new ecommerce outlet for homebrewers called the Blue Ox Merch House, which is pretty fun. The Lisbon Falls, Maine. maltster now sells 5-lb bags… Read More