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Over the first half of 2023, craft beer declined — for the first time (other than 2020) since the Brewers Association started reporting craft beer sales numbers — but ...

People attending events around Chicago are being faced with prices like $63 for a six-pack of Busch and $28.99 for a 26-ounce “memorabilia cup” of beer. Sticker shock anyone?

A look back at the history of the Cowichan Lake area

More beers in America are being paired with lime than ever before. The story of how Modelo Especial, a Mexican lager, surpassed Bud Light as the top-selling beer in America predates the conservative backlash that Bud Light faced in April over a collaboration with a transgender influencer. The country’s steadily growing Hispanic population is only part of the story, too. Rather, the factors that, for the better part of a decade, put Modelo on its triumphant track include an increasing pref...

A decade before Bud Light faced a conservative-led boycott over a transgender influencer, Modelo Especial was on track to take the No. 1 spot.

“It was a question of when, not if,” Modelo would surpass Bud Light to become the best-selling beer in America, said Bart Watson, chief economist for the…

Modelo Especial has surpassed Bud Light as the top-selling beer in the United States.

After being acquired by Japan's Sapporo last year, Stone Brewing is preparing to ramp up volume flowing from its breweries in Escondido and Richmond, Virginia

Exploring the closure of Anchor Brewing under Sapporo amid challenges and missteps in branding and market trends.

It was the first year craft beer had not grown market share. Ignoring 2020, a year when almost every industry suffered anomalous results, craft beer had grown…