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Coors Extra Gold Lager, a popular budget beer from the '80s, was discontinued in 2021 due to declining sales.
The crowd does a good job, like knowing the game - might be a little different from other fan bases. It might not be the person who scores. It might just be the little plays, and that's what I try to do out there.
Diageo's dividend situation has deteriorated sharply, with a rebased interim payout of $0.20 per share and a new policy establishing a minimum annual floor of $0.50, indicating a focus on debt reduction over income.
Gen Z and younger millennials are generally drinking less than older generations and, when they do drink, are doing so more intentionally, prioritizing quality, flavor, and social context over quantity. That change is pushing bars and alcohol brands to design products for daytime moments, and reshaping how the industry defines a "drinking occasion."
Owners across the country report that fewer guests are ordering cocktails, and that missing bar revenue is squeezing margins that were already razor thin. The slowdown is hitting neighborhood joints and big casual-dining chains alike. Chefs and operators from New York to Los Angeles say alcohol sales, long the highest-margin part of the check, have slipped enough to force changes in hours, menus and staffing.
Simply Spiked Bolder takes everything our fans love and turns it up. As tastes continue to shift, we're evolving with them - offering bold, fruit-forward flavors across a range of ABVs, while delivering the same easy-to-enjoy experience fans expect from Simply Spiked.
In 2025, Cider sales performed well at plus 2%, led by top brand Angry Orchard (plus 3.6%). For the 52 weeks ending Dec. 28. 2025, hard cider sales reached $502 million in total U.S. multi-outlets, grocery, drug, mass merchandisers, convenience, military, and select club and dollar retailers, according to Circana data. Of the brands, eight of the Top 10 showcased growth.
In 2014, Leon opened his brewery's first location inside a tiny warehouse space in the city's north-east. It was good timing. All over North America, millennials were going crazy for craft beer, and in Alberta, the government had recently changed rules to help microbreweries get their product to market. "There was a huge thirst in Alberta for craft beer," said Leon, who recalls getting emails about new breweries opening nearly every week. "It was a pretty wild time."
Chris Buck isn't your typical home brewer - he's a virologist at the National Cancer Institute, known for discovering several human polyomaviruses, a family of viruses linked to cancers and serious infections in people with weakened immune systems. Buck's day job involves developing vaccines against these viruses, but he took things in an unexpected direction: using yeast engineered to produce viral proteins, he brewed a beer that delivered those proteins orally.
Today, people generally seek balance when pursuing their personalized wellness goals in a new year. That shift has made way for trends like "Damp January," which encourages creating more mindful drinking habits. With this evolution, brands in the nonalcoholic beverage space are fine-tuning their marketing campaigns to reflect year-round interest in alcohol moderation. By using cheerleading-like marketing language over a shameful tone, brands hope customers will feel more receptive to incorporating their beverages. And with more products entering the market - which now also includes functional drinks and cannabis tonics - these companies are stepping up their marketing spending to broaden their target audience.
With fewer folks relying on alcohol as a social lubricant, a healthier way to interact with others has gained traction. Enter "daylife," a term coined by the fitness social app Sweatpals. "Daylife" refers to daytime social outings involving alcohol-free fitness as a way to meet new people with similar interests. "It's just the concept of using wellness, using movement as a way to meet, as a way to get entertainment and to socialize, versus relying on alcohol,' Sweatpals co-founder Salar Shahini told HuffPost.
Truly Hard Seltzer is making dreams come "truly" this winter with its limited-edition offering: the Truly Dream Pack. Available nationwide starting through winter, this limited-edition pack was created in collaboration with French artist Laura Norman (A.K.A. Launorma), the collection features four all new, bold flavors. The lineup's new flavors are as follows: * Strawberry Stardust: Juicy strawberry meets delicate, floral lychee for a sweet, exotic twist * Citrus Clouds: Bright mandarin bursts with zesty citrus for a crisp, sun-soaked sip
After a lengthy delay that included much fretting among industry insiders, the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) were unveiled earlier this month. Any fears that anti-alcohol activists had infiltrated the quinquennial process were eased, as the new guidelines preach moderation over specific daily drink allowances. Beer Marketer's Insights senior editor Christopher Shepard, who has followed the process closely, joined the Brewbound Podcast to discuss the DGA, the fraught path to publication and what this could mean for brewers.
Bell's, famous for its Two Hearted IPA and summer-coded Oberon, was founded in 1985 as Kalamazoo Brewing Co. in Michigan. In that first year, it brewed 135 barrels. Today, it brews nearly 500,000 barrels annually. A barrel is roughly 31 gallons, or about two kegs' worth of beer. So the brewery's production went from around 270 kegs in 1986 to around 934,000 kegs today.