Today the gang speaks with Kyle Cooke, the star of the hit Bravo reality tv series, Summer House and Winter House, and founder of the line of bev-alc fmb's and canned cocktails, Loverboy. We speak of going with beer distributors, expanding to new markets, new rtd cocktail line, challenges, a new package refresh, and more. Reminder: You can now watch the pod on video on Spotify or Youtube. Just search "beernet radio" in your app. ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins h...
Jul 26, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 104
This week Harry, Jenn and Jordan discuss the latest news including the rise of budget beers and the fall of seltzers, Pepsi and Coke's ambitions, Molson Coors recent growth streak, light beer's resurgence; plus a special primer video of the Summit and the Breakers. Reminder: You can watch the pod on video on Spotify or Youtube. 00:00 Intro - hilarious banter 05:00 show starts
Jul 26, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Today the gang plays a game, Wrong Answers Only, with Boston Beer Co. founder Jim Koch. Show starts in earnest: 05:00 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties. 05:00 Jim joins the call. ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once or twice 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 reference...
Jul 08, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Today the gang speaks with Montucky Cold Snacks co-founder and CEO Chad Zeitner on their ten years in business as a contract brewer. Show starts in earnest: 07:00 00:00 Intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties, grokking stone and greg koch. 07:00 chad joins the call ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once or twice a week as they grok the industry issues of the day. -Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at: (262) 34...
Jul 07, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Today the gang speaks on Pricing, Pricing, and more Pricing. We chat with Lance Goodridge of IRI on beer's price elasticity of demand, differentiating your product during inflationary times, and more. Show Starts in earnest: 03:15 00:00 Intro - hilarious banter, jordan is late ... or is he? 03:15 Lance joins the call. ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once or twice a week as they grok the industry issues of the day. -Podcast Hotline: T...
Jul 06, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Today the gang speaks with Maui Brewing Co. founder and CEO Garrett Marrero and COO Scott Metzger on their growth, competition, and more. Show starts in earnest: 08:00 00:00 Intro - hilarious banter, grokking modern times takeover bids, stone and sapporo, and more. 08:00 scott metzger joins the show 10:15 garrett marrero joins the show ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once or twice a week as they grok the industry issues of the day. -...
Jul 04, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Today the gang meets Micheal "Sarge" Sargent, "brand builder" at Rebel Hard Coffee (Twelve5 Beverage Co.). Show Starts in earnest: 01:00 00:00 Intro - tech difficulties, hilarious banter 01:00 Sarge joins the show. ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once or twice 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 -Art...
Jun 07, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Today the gang speaks with noted First Amendment attorney Marc Randazza, who recently dipped his legal toe in the beer industry with North Carolina brewer Sycamore Brewing's trademark infringement suit against Stone Brewing for their "keep it juicy" mark. Show starts in earnest: 03:00 ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once or twice a week as they grok the industry issues of the day. -Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at...
Jun 07, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Today the gang speaks with the founder and CEO of Kul Mocks Craft Mocktails, (the premium canned craft "cocktails" with no alcohol), Danielle Goss. Show starts in earnest: 04:00 00:00 Intro - technical difficulties, hilarious banter. 04:00 Danielle Goss joins the show. ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once or twice a week as they grok the industry issues of the day. -Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at: (262) 345-250...
Jun 07, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Today the gang speaks with Mallika Monteiro, Constellation’s executive vice president, chief growth, strategy & digital officer, about the challenges and opportunities Constellation faces going into a (mostly) post-pan summer. Show starts in earnest: 07:00 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties, harry takes a live covid test. 07:00 Mallika joins the call. ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once or twice a week as the...
Jun 01, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Today the gang speaks with the S. Texan founders of Epic Western Cocktail Co., Adam Love, Dub Sutherland, and Royce Itschner on their quest to create a real agave tequila ranch water, why it hits at a big 10%, the new Paloma and Chispa Rita flavors, expansion plans, and more. Show starts in earnest: 05:30 00:00 Intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties. 05:30 Adam, Dub, and Royce join the show. ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests ...
May 25, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Today we speak with Brian Treacy of Sagamore Spirit, the Maryland-based distillery which focuses on Marland Rye, a historical style sourcing local Maryland rye wheat. Show starts in earnest: 05:00 --------- 00:00 intro - historical banter, tech difficulties, a conspiracy revealed. 05:00 SHOW STARTS: Brian Treacy, co-founder and CEO of Sagamore Spirit. ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once or twice a week as they grok the industry issu...
May 19, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Today the gang speaks with up-and-comer New Engand phenom Bronya Shillo, founder of Fishers Island Lemonade. Launched on Memorial Day weekend 2014, Fishers Island Lemonade is one of the first craft cocktails in a can and a pioneer in the ready-to-drink category. The recipe for the original Fishers Island Lemonade was inspired by the signature house cocktail at The Pequot Inn, which Bronya’s family-owned and operated on Fishers Island, New York. Premium vodka, barrel-aged whiskey, lemon and honey...
May 12, 2022•31 min
Today we speak with Jim McGreevy, the Beer Institue chief for the last eight years as he prepares to take a public policy post at the Coca-Cola company. Show Starts in earnest: 13:00 ----time-stamped contents--- 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, jordan returns with a pop quiz, harry describes how bad a neighbor he is, and technical difficulties. 13:00 Show Starts: Jim McGreevy has joined the call. 14:40 beer vs soda industries: very different. 16:40 the threat of spirit-based rtd equivalency. 21:4...
May 05, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Today the gang speaks with Obakeng Malope, a young filmmaker in South Africa who is using her love of beer and brewing to help other young folks appreciate beer as an art, (and possibly a career) rather than just an intoxicant. Oby uses film and U.S. brewer ties to make a difference in the Covid-ravaged S. African beer industry. Show starts in earnest: 06:30 ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 Intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties. 06:30 show starts: Obakeng Malope joins the show. 07:45...
May 01, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Today Jenn and Harry speak with New Belgium's VP of Brands, Kyle Bradshaw, on all things Voodoo Ranger, their new Fruit Smash extension, Bell's integration, and more. Show starts in earnest: 03:00 ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, tech difficulties, jenn in a wind tunnel, the yuush. 03:00 show starts: kyle joins the call, new gig. 04:30 how voodoo franchise breaks thru clutter. 09:00 pricing strat. 10:45 marketing commitment. 12:00 voodoo copycats. 13:30 new fruit smash...
Apr 17, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Today Jenn and Harry are joined by Josh Landan of Ashland Hard Seltzer and now Wings & Arrow. Josh was the founder of Saint Archer Brewing Co. which he sold to Molson Coors, and later Harland Brewing Co. Show starts in earnest: 05:50 ----time-stamped contents---- 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties, harry buys cookies for his young tenants, jenn teases the bro bus, tree falls, etc. 05:50 Show starts: Josh joins the call. 07:00 why put parent brand/holding co wings and arro...
Apr 17, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Today the gang speaks with the founders of BeatBox/Future Proof, the wine-based party punch in tetrapak. Most famously in pop culture, Beatbox was seed-funded by Mark Cuban with a million dollars on Shark Tank. Today we speak with BeatBox co-founders Justin Fenchel, Aimy Steadman and Brad Schultz about their extraordinary growth. Show starts in earnest: 03:00 ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties. 03:00 show starts: beatbox founders join. 04:15 recap ...
Apr 06, 2022•37 min
Today Jenn and Harry meet Bianca Bruno, the journalist from Courthouse News who brought everybody the eye-dropping verdicts against Molson Coors of $56 mill in favor of Stone Brewing (even though Harry kept saying $46 mil on the pod -- this is called an anticipatory correction). Show Starts in earnest: 03:15 ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties, busted neon. 01:00 oscar's blues: harry somehow missed the drama. 03:15 bianca joins the call, background....
Mar 29, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Kyle Cooke, the founder of one of the hottest hard teas on the market, Loverboy, and COO Nick Califano join Harry and Jenn as we speak about their challenges and successes in launching Loverboy amidst Kyle's popular Bravo series, Summer House and Winter House. Show starts in earnest: 01:30 ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties with slow internet after attempted burglary. 01:30 nick joins the call. 02:00 kyle joins the call. 02:45 update on loverboy si...
Mar 22, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Jessica Lukas is the chief commercial officer of the leading data analytics firm for the cannabis industry, BDSA. I've known Jessica for many years, since she was at Nielsen, and she has a proven and unique ability for distilling vast amounts of data-points into simple, real, actionable insights. Join Harry as he and Jessica speak about the growing, but challenging, cannabis market in the U.S. and how it affects beverages. Show starts in earnest: 01:30 ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 intro - h...
Mar 19, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Today the gang speaks with Northeast hard seltzer sensation Willie's Superbrew co-founder and CEO Nico Enriquez about the brand's start, last year's challenges, their re-branding, and more. Show Starts in earnest: 13:15 ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties. Baby watch 2022, jordan is having a baby. 13:15 SHOW STARTS: Nico joins the podcast. 15:30 willie's origin story. 17:45 challenges of 2021 with seltzer saturation - greg owsley and lee schill join...
Mar 13, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Today Dogfish Head co-founder Sam Calagione joins the gange to taste their two new innovations -- their canned cocktails variety pack, Bar Cart, and a new beer in partnership with Patagonia which makes use of the highly sustainable and earth-friendly Kernza grain: Patagonia Kernza Pils. Show starts in earnest: 02:00 ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 Intro- hilarious banter, technical difficulties. Jenn is going skiing. 02:00 SHOW STARTS: sam calagione joins show. 05:00 grokking and tasting patag...
Mar 11, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 82
The Nelk Boys and Full Send brands enjoy millions of engaged and energized fans, especially among young men -- the perfect demo for a hard seltzer. Harry speaks with Happy Dad seltzer co-founders John and Sam Shahidi in a hotel suite in Austin about how they got the idea for Happy Dad, coming up with the product, getting started with distribs and retailers, the secret to maintaining celebrity brands, and more. (Note: Audio quality isn't great so we had subtitles added to the video version of thi...
Mar 09, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Zing Zang, the popular mixer most known for it's bloody mary and margarita mixes, has now entered the canned cocktail space with a line of spirit-based RTDs. Today Harry and Sarah are joined by Brent Albertson, CEO of Zing Zang, as we talk about the new launch, their innovation strategy, and more. Show Starts in earnest: 02:30 ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties. 02:30 SHOW STARTS: Brent Albertson of Zing Zang joins the call. 03:40 background on zin...
Mar 06, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Spa Girl Cocktails was originally conceived by Karen Haines in her kitchen in Palm Springs. Later, serial entrepreneur Alisa Marie Beyer was brought in to re-capitalize and re-vitalize the brand, pivoting through covid along the way. Today, Harry and Jenn are joined by Alisa (and pr professional Elena Sheridan) as we talk about how she got here, and where Spa Girl Cocktails is going. ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties, grokking stz's results. 05:00...
Mar 06, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Today the gang catches up with Julious Grant, CCO at Canopy Growth, as we talk about their beverage products including Biosteel and more. Show starts in earnest: 04:00 ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 Intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties. Jordan taking pat leave. 04:00 SHOW STARTS: Julious Grant, CCO, Canopy Growth joins the show. 04:40 non-thc growth. 06:50 grokking biosteel. 08:45 biosteel channels and dtc. 09:30 regions where it shines. 10:20 sports marketing. 12:25 sharing with ...
Mar 05, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Today the gang speaks with Dan Baum, the founder and CEO of digital agency MULTIPLY, which represents national consumer brands ranging from bourbon to national food brands and disruptive startups, as we speak about bev-alc digital social strategies and how the marketing times, they have changed. Show starts in earnest: 01:00 ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 Intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties. 01:00 SHOW STARTS - Dam Baum of Multiply joins the show. 02:00 dan's background - speed o...
Mar 05, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Today Harry and Jordan (and briefly Jenn) are joined by top hard kombucha maker JuneShine co-founders Greg Serrao and Forrest Dein to talk about how they found a gap to fill in bev-alc, scaling up, their new lined of higher abv spirit-based canned cocktails, and more. Show starts in earnest: 04:15 ---time-stamped contents--- 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties. 04:15 SHOW STARTS: Forrest and Greg join the call from JuneShine. 05:20 backstory. 07:20 hit upon hard kombucha, bett...
Feb 28, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 76
It's been a hot minute since we've caught up with National Beer Wholesaler's Association chief Craig Purser. And as we slide into springtime, our thoughts naturally turn to the upcoming NBWA Legislative Conference, which after a hiatus of two years returns to Washington DC in early April, and we have much to talk about. In the meantime, Craig and I spoke about equivalency, Treasury's report on competition in the beer industry, franchise law, consolidation, blurring of lines, and more. Harry is j...
Feb 20, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 75
