VinePair

JULY 24, 2025

Meanwhile, back here in boring ol’ beer, it’s been a bummer of a summer, huh? As is quarterly tradition here at Hop Take, today’s column will be a high-level recap of how the American beer industry fared over the past three-ish months. Here’s your Hop Take Quarterly Beer Business Report Card for the second frame of 2025.

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Just Drinks

JULY 28, 2025

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VinePair

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The story of non-alcoholic (NA) beer in America actually begins with Prohibition. While some breweries repurposed their refrigeration units and pivoted into the dairy business, many others turned to “near beer” — brews containing 0.5 percent alcohol or less — to stay afloat. The pioneers of this movement?

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VinePair

JANUARY 23, 2024

From microbrew soaks to full-on sudsy retreats, beer spas were once a stateside novelty and a travel wellness destination for those visiting Eastern Europe. They seek to offer bathers beer’s purported wellness benefits (more on that in a minute), but also to share the relaxing experience with a larger audience.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 18, 2024

Whether you’re seeking a well-made craft cocktail, a beer brewed with local ingredients, or an education on mezcal, Tucson brings it home. I’m not really a beer person, I hate to admit, but when I venture to a brewery, this one is the first on my list,” says Sierra.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Teams could register at their leisure, maybe over morning coffees or evening beers. Photos by Tim Robison Sports and beer have long occupied intersections of perspiration and spectatorship. Beer is a reward for exertion, or what fans grip and sip while rooting for home teams and underdogs. notably owned the St.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

What started as a barware store morphed over the years to include a range of Japanese kitchen goods and teaware, along with a bottle shop stocked with a magnificent range of Japanese beer, sake, shochu, and other spirits. So we added a little section for snacks and drinks, and these were non-alcoholic drinks when we started.

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VinePair

AUGUST 7, 2024

Part of the style’s success are its numerous substyles, which have allowed IPAs to straddle nearly every major beer category on the market. And from the early IPAs of the British Empire to the sticky-sweet Milkshake IPAs of the mid-2010s, the style has persisted as a means to showcase one of the core pillars of beer: hops.

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Dry Atlas

JANUARY 22, 2024

Mikey shares his journey from a seasoned bar industry professional to the non-alcoholic beer space. Mikey discusses the challenges of crafting a non-alcoholic beer that rivals traditional brews in taste and quality, plus his vision for making non-alcoholic options a norm in social settings. It was a throwaway.

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VinePair

JANUARY 11, 2024

For all its vagaries and complexity, the United States is the most lucrative and influential beer market in the world, and Japan’s rice-lager leviathans have wanted in for quite some time. Suntory, which despite its full-proof reputation is a top Japanese beer supplier, tied up with distiller Beam in 2014; Sapporo acquired Anchor Brewing Co.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This represents the second year in a row that spirits supplier revenues have surpassed beer. The spirits sector showed resilience in 2023, navigating through the choppy wake of the pandemic and maintaining our market share lead of the total beverage alcohol market,” said DISCUS president/CEO Chris Swonger. or $476 million totaling $6.5

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Cheers

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Writing this feature in 2024, I’m tempted to recycle a similar piece I did on craft beer circa 2017. It’s not uncommon to say that the whiskey industry is five to seven years behind craft beer in terms of trends. Will the industry fall into a similar trap as what has happened with craft beer? What’s the newest finish?”

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VinePair

MAY 9, 2024

At that point, he explains, the rate of alcohol sales across the board slowed dramatically. From 2017 to 2022, craft spirits sales went from $3.7 The question that I continually ask is, are we craft beer in 1995 to 2001, when there was a correction that happened?” Are we beer now or beer 10 years ago?”

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VinePair

JULY 18, 2024

Fine wine also can and increasingly is being profitably sold in the land of where rum and beer reign supreme. From 2017 to 2021, overall wine exports increased by a whopping 67.2 Over the past decade, many countries have evolved from a predominant rum and beer culture to embracing fine wines,” he says.

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VinePair

JULY 3, 2024

Though beer, hard seltzer, and cocktails traditionally rule the canned drinks space, there’s a rising number of exceptional wines hitting shelves in this format. This expression has juicy black cherry and blackberry notes, a slight tannic grip, and is relatively low-alcohol at just 9.5 The best part? percent ABV.

Wine

Dry Atlas

JANUARY 22, 2024

Mikey shares his journey from a seasoned bar industry professional to the non-alcoholic beer space. Mikey discusses the challenges of crafting a non-alcoholic beer that rivals traditional brews in taste and quality, plus his vision for making non-alcoholic options a norm in social settings. It was a throwaway.

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Spiritz

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The third ThinkPad Session, titled ‘Navigating Challenges for Manufacturing and Importing Alcohol Brands,’ delved into long - standing issues which have shaped and at times constrained India’s alcobev industry. Industry went for aggressive surrogate advertising which disturbed a host of ministries,” Nita commented.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 9, 2024

Established in 2017, Dampfwerk’s mission is to combine this European drinking culture with the creativity of the American spirits market. In addition to that, the craft beer boom in the United States has encouraged more craft maltsters to pop up. So, it is kind of a hotbed of variations.”

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Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The 2023 London Competitions have once again demonstrated its extraordinary impact on alcohol businesses globally, serving as a catalyst for brand awareness, credibility enhancement, and market expansion. The main reason to introduce the competition was to review products by quality, value and package.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

While restaurants historically featured limited selections of beer or soju, the beverage directors at today’s forward-thinking establishments have pushed the boundaries of what Korean drinks programs can look like, with many curating extensive, award-winning wine lists and pairing menus. due to its fermented flavors and preparations.

Wine

Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

His intimate Los Angeles bar, Alma’s Cider & Beer , which opened in 2021, is a 558-square-foot jewel box bathed in three shades of blue, decorated with quirky dioramas and a chandelier evoking flying saucers. Alma’s Cider & Beer in Los Angeles: Anxo Imperial Cider (left). Craft beer distorts the concept of locality.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Since the dawn of craft beer, bars have played a pivotal role in the boom of American brewing. Nowhere is this more true than at the more specialized spots: the beer bars, as we know them, with their thoughtful selections across tap lines and bottle lists, and their dedication to service, atmosphere, and education. Sales have slowed.

Beer

Imbibe Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In 2017, Andro Chung co-founded Dyke Bar Takeover to bring pop-up queer parties and LGBTQ+ artists to straight bars and spaces. They bonded over their love of beer, lamenting that few mainstream beer brands catered to the queer community outside of Pride Month. Photo by Eric Medsker; Shift Beer at Hopewell Brewing in Chicago.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

That said, when it comes to the United States’ brewing industry, comparing the way things are to The Way Things Were is a tried-and-true method for assessing beer’s rapidly shifting place in the national zeitgeist. And Super Bowl beer ads were pretty terrific. “A Hackneyed columnists’ crutches aside, it’s time to face reality.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 22, 2024

Badger Bevs Sparkling Grapefruit Newer to market shelves, Badger Bevs launched in 2022, created in partnership with bartender Jillian Vose (Dead Rabbit, Death & Co) and featuring tonic water, club soda, and ginger beer all meant for mixing. 10-pack, amazon.com Franklin & Sons Sparkling Pink Grapefruit U.K.-based

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Spiritz

DECEMBER 8, 2023

World Health Organization (WHO) has called all the countries to levy higher taxes on alcohol to encourage healthier behaviour across the nation states. At least 148 countries have applied excise taxes to alcoholic beverages at the national level, according to new data from the WHO. The new data set revealed that around 2.6

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VinePair

MARCH 7, 2024

As one Twitter user put it recently , “When you see Brewdog trending it’s never because they’ve made a lovely new beer, is it?” According to Alex Myers, Manifest founder and CEO, the brief was simple: “Redefine beer in the U.K., The strategy was to make everyone as passionate about craft beer as we are,” he adds.

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A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We even have a few recs for those who prefer their cocktail recipes sans alcohol. Stock photo courtesy of Rex Whiskey REX WHISKEY Launched in 2017 by Chaunci King, Rex Whiskey is the second spirit by the Royalty Spirits company, and it is the first spirits company owned by a Black woman in the Pacific Northwest. (We

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Cheers

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) wrapped up its 87th Annual Convention and Product Showcase in San Diego on October 1. In 2017, the Independent Beer Distributors Relief Fund was established in Texas following the destruction of Hurricane Harvey. The beer market is still struggling — there’s no denying it.

Beer

The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

For the second expression, Nick Offerman also collaborated with his father, Ric, to release a father-son whisky – the Offermans have been making short Father’s Day videos for Lagavulin since 2017. The Lagavulin Distillery is owned by the multinational alcoholic beverage company, Diageo. The Lagavulin Offerman Editions.

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Dry Atlas

JANUARY 22, 2024

At that age and in 2017, it wasn’t really the “norm” to not drink when out with friends. First, it was the comfort of having a Liquid Death in hand, which made it look like she was having a beer at concerts. Next, it was beer alternatives like Athletic Brewing , which was followed by Ghia , then Cann , and so on.

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Dry Atlas

JANUARY 22, 2024

At that age and in 2017, it wasn’t really the “norm” to not drink when out with friends. First, it was the comfort of having a Liquid Death in hand, which made it look like she was having a beer at concerts. Next, it was beer alternatives like Athletic Brewing , which was followed by Ghia , then Cann , and so on.

Zero-Proof

Old Liquors Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Constitution effectively made illegal the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol. This was done intentionally to give the beer, wine and liquor industries time to either convert their factories to other uses or sell off their product and equipment. citizens to buy alcohol, but it was never illegal to possess or consume it.

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VinePair

JULY 17, 2024

Of course, the term hipster would endure for years after the zeitgeist proclaimed the subculture dead, mainly to denote the consumer choices that came to represent it: fixed-gear bikes, checked shirts, American Spirit cigarettes, and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, to name a few. And what about 2017’s quirky lead candidate, Montucky Cold Snacks ?

Beer

Cheers

APRIL 29, 2024

The Growth Brands Awards are Cheers magazine’s annual program that determines and celebrates the fastest-growing and top-selling spirits, wines and beers in the U.S. These beverage alcohol brands fuel modern trends while maintaining consumer loyalty. Which products pulled off these tough tasks in the past year?

Tequila

Just Drinks

JULY 25, 2025

July 25, 2025 Share Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook Dyla’s portfolio includes STUR, a water enhancer claimed to be free of artificial flavours or sweeteners.

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VinePair

JANUARY 3, 2025

Maybe it evolves into a year of alcohol abstinence, or perhaps zebra striping becomes the new norm when the weekends roll around. Whatever the case may be, anyone opting to put down the booze for a while is in luck, as the non-alcoholic beer market is absolutely booming right now. percent in 2023.

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