OMG! Lagers Are Cool Again Hit a few hipster bars in Fishtown on a Friday night and just try to keep count of all the Tecate, Hamm’s and Narragansett pounders being passed over the bar. Breweries like Sly Fox are resurrecting pre-Prohibition classics like Reading Premium. Modelo Especial sales are up 63.4% nationally. Hop fatigue…
Way back in 2002, two low-level craft brewery employees, John Cochran and Brian “Spike” Buckowski, were caught by their boss playing hooky from work. As a punishment, they had to tar the parking lot. While laboring away in the hot sun, they daydreamed about owning a brewery of their own. Already crafting beer recipes by…
The Need to Sell a Premium Light Beer Has Never Been More Pressing. It was time to “Raise the Bar for Light Beer.” Dubbed the “next generation of light beer,” FLIGHT by Yuengling is a crisp, refreshing, 95-calorie premium light beer. With only 2.6g of carbs and 4.2% ABV per 12 oz. serving, FLIGHT is…
Colorful, Edgy & Cool, Shiner TexHex IPAs Take a “Texas Two-step” Out of its Comfort Zone. A magical new series of beers can’t sit on the shelf with a boring label. That would be a disservice to the delicious liquid hiding in the can yearning to be enjoyed. And so, a little brewery from Shiner,…
Pretentious? Never. Passionate? Always. That phrase describes 2SP Brewing Co., the small but mighty craft brewery and pride of Delco to a T, but it’s also a fitting description of their Director of Sales and Marketing, Mike Contreras. While Contreras originally had dreams of obtaining a PhD., his mother recognized that his talents and passion…
The classic 12-pack continues to entice consumers. With so many exciting choices on the shelf these days, customers can be overwhelmed. That makes variety packs a priceless addition to any retailer’s arsenal, especially as summer begins. These valuable SKUs do much more than offer customers an assortment at a fair price – they also allow…
In the last blog I discussed the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR. This topic basically revolves around societal, economic and financial (or triple bottom line) variables and how they impact stakeholders. Whether you’re a private or public company, your customers expect you to act in a certain way with regard to your stakeholders….
In the last blog we discussed the importance of category management. In other words, making sure you have the right products, at the right price, at the right time, in the right location. Besides the four P’s of marketing (product, price, promotion and place) you also need to consider how you and your suppliers run…
Celebrating the “Right to be Original,” the guys who helped define the West Coast IPA style have once again liberated their creative energies to forge a new path forward. The founding lads of 21st Amendment Brewery dared to tweak perfection, giving their mega-successful Brew Free! Or Die IPA a modern taste & look. “Those who…