The Business of Alcohol

Over 8,000; that’s how many craft breweries operate in the United States. Covid-19 is wreaking havoc on all business, especially those small in stature. Breweries, by and large, are small businesses that started among family or friends. It’s that beginning that has created a tight knit community beyond the brewhouse walls. A lot has been… Read more: Craft Brews and Covid-19: Bobbing and Weaving these Tumultuous Times

Is COVID-19 slowing our alcohol consumption? Hardly; it’s only changing how we get it. In so doing, COVID-19 is forever changing the business of alcohol by forging new habits. Anyone who would argue whether we are creatures of habit need only ask their father to try something different and see if they get any response… Read more: Online Alcohol Sales in the Age of the Coronavirus

The craft brewery industry is in transition. Big companies, like AB InBev and MillerCoors (called Big Beer), are starting craft beer-like equivalents or buying craft breweries. This includes Blue Point Brewing Company and Wicked Weed Brewing. Craft brewery growth has also begun to slow as the market matures. Other craft alcohol industry participants, like distilleries, are becoming… Read more: Craft Brew: With Our Powers Combined

Happy Veterans Day to my dad and all veterans out there! In case you didn’t know, our nation’s founders, including George Washington, were big into spirits. In Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, Daniel Okrent recounted that “[George] Washington kept a still on his farm, John Adams began each day with a tankard… Read more: The Art of Boom: Distilleries

Is there any industry that Amazon won’t seek to disrupt and dominate? The e-commerce and brick-and-mortar powerhouse dominates one industry after the next. That’s partly reflected by Jeff Bezos’ reported net worth ($110.2 billion) and the company’s gigantic stock price ($1,761.33/share). Amazon’s prior attempts to dominate the alcohol industry have not been so successful. A… Read more: The Impending Amazon of Wine: An Opinion