Today the gang sits with Athletic Brewing co-founder Bill Shufelt, who tells us that there could potentially be more beer consumed outside of typical 'beer occasions' than in them, and non-alc beer is the vehicle to take us there. Bill is unabashedly bullish on non-alc and Athletic's prospects, particularly now that they have secured KDP as an equity partner, they are in 50 states, and are ramping up all three production facilities and supporting a field sales team. 

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Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the beer industry issues of the day.  

-Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at:‪ (262) 345-2501‬

-Audio/Video feeds at https://linktr.ee/beernet

-Articles referenced at beernet.com

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Today our guest postponed so the gang briefly groks Keurig Dr Pepper's $50m investment in non-alc brewer Athletic Brewing.  

Note:  Video feeds on Spotify and at www.youtube.com/beernetradio

About

Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day.  

-Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at:‪ (262) 345-2501‬

-Audio/Video feeds at https://linktr.ee/beernet

-Articles referenced at beernet.com

-Twitter / IG / TikTok:  @beerbizdaily

Today the gang (minus Harry who was on a plane .... or was he?) catches up with Sam Calagione, co-founder of Dogfish Head, where we talk about their innovations for 2023, (and taste a few), plus the usual grokking of the pressing industry issues of the day, (where Sam turns the mic on Jenn and Jordan).

Note:  Video feeds on Spotify and Youtube:  www.youtube.com/beernetradio

---About---

Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day.  

-Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at:‪ (262) 345-2501‬

-Audio/Video feeds at https://linktr.ee/beernet

-Articles referenced at beernet.com

-Twitter / IG / TikTok:  @beerbizdaily

Today the gang groks Boston Beer's recent pivot to lighter-tasting products -- zigging where others zag -- and the nature of malt/sugar seltzers versus spirits-based RTDs and how brands are jockeying for position between the two, and a quick discussion on what the TTB/IRS raid(s) on Southern Glazer's means. 

Note:  Video feeds on Spotify and YouTube at:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGL_lMAGZ5s

Beer Summit info:  https://beernet.com/beer-summit/

About

Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day.  

-Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at:‪ (262) 345-2501‬

-Audio/Video feeds at https://linktr.ee/beernet

-Articles referenced at beernet.com

-Twitter / IG / TikTok:  @beerbizdaily

Today the gang groks Boston Beer's recent pivot to lighter-tasting products -- zigging where others zag -- and the nature of malt/sugar seltzers versus spirits-based RTDs and how brands are jockeying for position between the two, and a quick discussion on what the TTB/IRS raid(s) on Southern Glazer's means, all in under 22 minutes. 

Note:  Video feeds on Spotify, and Youtube at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkw_W3lq7WQ

Beer Summit info:  https://beernet.com/beer-summit/

---About---

Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day.  

-Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at:‪ (262) 345-2501‬

-Audio/Video feeds at https://linktr.ee/beernet

-Articles referenced at beernet.com

-Twitter / IG / TikTok:  @beerbizdaily

Today Jenn and Harry speak with the Managing Director - Broadlines and Food Retail at MKM Partners, Bill Kirk (full disclosure - Bill is also married to our Executive Editor, Jenn Litz-Kirk). We speak about beer and colas, supermarket mergers, c-stores selling weed legit from actually within the stores, and more. 

00:00 intro - hilarious banter, Harry shows off multi-camera capabilities, for what reason nobody can fathom. 

02:00 Bill joins the show

01:45 Hard Mtn Dew matters.

04:30 Kroger-Albertson's proposed combination.

13:30 Circle K testing weed dispensary in-store.

Video feed on Spotify and on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/beernetradio

*Note: See research note for full disclosures and disclaimers.

---About---

Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day.  

-Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at:‪ (262) 345-2501‬

-Audio/Video feeds at https://linktr.ee/beernet

-Articles referenced at beernet.com

-Twitter / IG / TikTok:  @beerbizdaily

Today the gang speaks with Adam Kost, founder of the line of spirit-based RTDs, Country Luau.  Adam has an interesting background, having come from Waterloo Sparkling Water, ABI's ZX Ventures, and Pernod Ricard, to name a few. 

Today we talk about the nascent launch of Country Luau -- its differentiation, the rtd market in general, linking with music, and more.  

Interview Starts:  02:30

00:00 intro - jordan not getting enough sleep, seeks professional help. 

02:30 Adam joins the show.

Note:  Video feed on Spotify and Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/beernetradio

--About--

Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day.  

-Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at:‪ (262) 345-2501‬

-Audio/Video feeds at https://linktr.ee/beernet

-Articles referenced at beernet.com

-Twitter / IG / TikTok:  @beerbizdaily

A journalist, distributor, and economist walk into a bar........

After the first day of the NBWA Convention general session in Chicago, Harry and Jenn record a quick and dirty show with distributors Rebecca Maisel of Gulf Distributing in Alabama and Florida, Don Faust of Faust Distributing in Houston (and a partner in KEG 1, LLC), and NBWA chief economist Lester Jones for an informal discussion about beer's challenges, the show so far, the economy, plus an intro with Jordan. 

(We are still newbies with remote on-site recording, so bear with us on the production quality).

Note:  Video feed with subtitles on Youtube:  www.youtube.com/beernetradio

---About---

Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day.  

-Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at:‪ (262) 345-2501‬

-Audio/Video feeds at https://linktr.ee/beernet

-Articles referenced at beernet.com

-Twitter / IG / TikTok:  @beerbizdaily

Today Jordan and Harry sit down right after the Mark Anthony Brands 2023 distributor meeting in the lobby of the Sheraton Grand in Chicago to talk through our impressions of their new innovations.

Note:  The audio is poor, but we've included subtitles in the video.

Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day.  

-Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at:‪ (262) 345-2501‬

-Audio/Video feeds at https://linktr.ee/beernet

-Articles referenced at beernet.com

-Twitter / IG / TikTok:  @beerbizdaily

Today the gang sits down with Scott Hansen, CEO of Island Brands, the “better, cleaner beer to the world" and seltzer/rtd maker.  Island Brands was just named to Inc. 5000’s 2022 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.

The Charleston, South Carolina company - founded in 2017 - came in at no. 2,341 on Inc’s list, which noted Island Brands has a 250% 3-year growth rate. 

Island Brands is also among the top growing private companies in the Southeast region, coming in at no.108 out of 173 companies on Inc’s 2022 regional list.

Note:  Video feed at www.youtube.com/beernetradio

---About---

Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day.  

-Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at:‪ (262) 345-2501‬

-Audio/Video feeds at https://linktr.ee/beernet

-Articles referenced at beernet.com

-Twitter / IG / TikTok:  @beerbizdaily