The number of Americans drinking wine dropped for the first time since 1994, according to industry tracker IWSR.
Americans are drinking less beer, encouraged by trends like Dry January. But brewers like Molson Coors Beverage and Heineken are trying to use the monthlong sobriety challenge to promote their beer.
If they offer it, Walmart is betting customers will come: Consumer interest in local and premium adult beverages has led to change in Walmart’s alcohol aisle.
Medieval alchemists tried to turn water into an elixir of immortality; at an Alvin industrial park, Persedo Spirits is perfecting the only slightly-less-difficult task of turning bad liquor into good.
Craft breweries aren't just a fun place to meet up with friends. They may be fueling an unprecedented geographic expansion of hop production across the US, according to researchers at Penn State and the University of Toledo.
Maine’s craft brewing industry is known for nationally sought-after beers, hip design and rapid growth.
Less appreciated is how brewers have been able to pursue what in many manufacturing industries are contrasting ideas: sustainability and profits.
From the “better-for-you movement” in vodka to the emergence of agave-based spirits beyond Tequila and mezcal, analyst Nielsen has revealed the alcohol trends that are set to be big in the US next year.
Walk into most trendy cocktail bars these days and drinkers are almost guaranteed to find entire menu sections dedicated to nonalcoholic or “no-ABV” creations.
The last two years have been good ones for Lyon Distilling. At the small rum producer in St. Michaels, Md., a town on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, production has jumped from 4,000 bottles a year to 40,000. Four employees have become 15.
Costco Wholesale Corp. is the latest retailer to offer customers same-day alcohol delivery through its partnership with Instacart.