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Alcohol Alternative

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  • May 10, 2023

    Briefs: May 10, 2023

    A collection of recent developments from around the industry to keep you up to speed...
  • April 19, 2023

    Opening Thoughts: April 19, 2023

    Occasionally, my late grandfather drank an ice-cold Miller Lite after mowing his yard on a humid Memphis day. He’d pour it into a mug and tap in a bit of salt. He had quit any social drinking decades earlier, but that cold beer spelled refreshment to him.

    Refreshment has never been my only reason for drinking beer. Which is probably why the appeal of non-alcoholic beer has puzzled me, especially at the same price as a regular beer. Beer commands the price it does in part because of the functionality of alcohol. For refreshment, I’ll take a sports drink, or a soda. That’s why I wrote in this column last year that I am a non-alcoholic beer skeptic. I write today to tell you that I am becoming a believer — with a caveat.

    Recently, I found...

  • April 6, 2023

    Speculation Ended: PepsiCo’s Blue Cloud Not Acquiring Corwin’s Beer Business

    PepsiCo’s Blue Cloud alcohol distribution subsidiary will not acquire Corwin Beverage’s beer distribution business in southwest Washington state, Corwin CEO Keith Richards confirmed to BD. PepsiCo’s recent agreement to buy back Corwin’s Washington-based Pepsi franchise (see Territory Changes & Deals) sparked speculation as to whether PepsiCo would acquire Corwin’s beer business to distribute Hard Mtn Dew and perhaps...

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    March 16, 2023

    Expo West Fertile Ground for Next Growth Trends

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  • December 19, 2022

    Keurig Dr Pepper, Nutrabolt Look to ‘Supercharge’ Energy Category with C4

  • November 9, 2022

    Keurig Dr Pepper Takes $50 Million Stake in Non-Alcoholic Athletic Brewing

  • October 20, 2022

    Opening Thoughts: October 20, 2022

  • July 15, 2022

    Briefs: July 15, 2022

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    June 23, 2022

    Q&A: Blue Moon Craft Beer Creator Keith Villa Demystifies THC Beer

  • June 23, 2022

    Opening Thoughts: June 23, 2022

  • January 25, 2022

    Opening Thoughts: January 25, 2022

  • 5 cherry wide
    July 29, 2021

    Q&A: Entrepreneur Says Non-Alcohol-To-Booze Crossover Still About Relationships

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