Today the gang speaks with data guru Brandy Rand, chief strategy officer at IWSR, on our Super Bowl ad takes, rise of spirits and RTDs, how Gen Z drinks, and what are borgs? ================================= Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/beernetradio Podcast feeds: https://www.beernetradio.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5mk5ITn9bXu1KOvx21QzEb Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beernet-radio/id1591940567 ================================= About Beer Business Daily...
Feb 13, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 134
Today the gang has a fascinating conversation with Rob Sehllman, director, Chill State Collective (cannabis-infused beverage co-manufacturing and distribution in Minnesota), and Lisa Hurwitz, co-founder and president, Happi (cannabis-infused seltzers), one of six members of Chill State Collective's portfolio. Minnesota is an interesting state in that they have a different approach to cannabis regulation (even if it was accidental), and we dive deep into how that has manifested in the marketplace...
Feb 04, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Today the gang speaks with Austin craft beer alumn Josh Hare and his newest venture, Rick's Near Beer, a line of de-alcoholized beers with a budget beer vibe, on the eve of their Texas rollout. ================================= Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/beernetradio Podcast feeds: https://www.beernetradio.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5mk5ITn9bXu1KOvx21QzEb Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beernet-radio/id1591940567 ================================= About...
Feb 01, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 132
Today the gang speaks with retail chain and data experts at Bump Williams Consulting: Dave Williams - VP Analytics & Insights, and Brian “BK” Krueger - VP Business Development & Portfolio Strategy, about RTDs, pricing, spring resets, craft, premium lights, and more. ================================= Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/beernetradio Podcast feeds: https://www.beernetradio.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5mk5ITn9bXu1KOvx21QzEb Apple: https://podcasts.apple....
Jan 29, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 130
Exhausted and depleted, your fave beer editors hop on the pod to discuss a few of the highlights of the Beer Industry Summit, which just wrapped at the Breakers in Palm Beach. We talk A-B, Constellation, Heineken, Mike's, wholesalers, and more (including a surprise cameo of beer colleague in a Netflix documentary). ================================= Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/beernetradio Podcast feeds: https://www.beernetradio.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5mk5ITn9bXu...
Jan 23, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 129
Patco Brands, best known for wine-based hard seltzer Rancho La Gloria, acquired Kyla Hard Kombucha last week, it was announced. Kyla's Lavender Lemonade is the fastest-growing 16oz can in the hard kombucha category. Today the gang speaks with Kyla's president, Morgan Robbat on Kyla's future expansions, the deal with Patco, and more. Read article in Craft Business Daily on the deal: https://craftbusinessdaily.com/rancho-la-gloria-producer-patco-brands-acquires-kyla-hard-kombucha/ ================...
Jan 23, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 130
Phusion Projects, makers of Four Loko and Mamitas tequila seltzer, came onto the scene in 2005 as arguably the original disrupters. Today the gang speakers with Phusion co-founders Jaisen Freeman and Jeff Wright, along with their VP Marketing Samantha Catalina, to talk about their innovations (spoiler: Pirate Water coming), the FMB landscape, and their ongoing partnership with Barstool. ================================= 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, technical difficulties. 01:00 interview star...
Dec 04, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Today Harry speaks with Patrick Tickle, and new-ish CEO of Encompass Technologies, and Bill Kraich, their longtime VP of E-Commerce, about the evolution of simple beverage distributor route accounting software (RAS) to the digital hub of the post-production supply chain, and how RAS vendors have progressed through cloud computing and data integration from "order taking and reconciliation" to now including tools to not only streamline operations but to generate incremental sales. 00:00 intro - hi...
Nov 26, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 127
Today the gang speaks with Katie Beal Brown, founder of Lone River Ranch Water, now with Diageo, where we talk about the nature of seltzers/rtd's going forward, how Lone River fits into that narrative, and more. ================================= Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/beernetradio Podcast feeds: https://www.beernetradio.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5mk5ITn9bXu1KOvx21QzEb Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beernet-radio/id1591940567 =====================...
Nov 24, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 126
Today the gang speaks with Austin Sawyer, co-founder and president of CounterMeasures Corp. (CMC), which provides shared sales rep services to beverage producers, as well as assisting in opening up new markets, key account and wholesaler management, and retail marketing and POS programs. We speak philosophically about the changing nature of the supplier-wholesaler relationship, ABI's response to the World Cup fiasco, newco expectations, rise of rtds, investment levels in new-to-world products, a...
Nov 22, 2022•49 min
Today the gang sits with Athletic Brewing co-founder Bill Shufelt, who tells us that there could potentially be more beer consumed outside of typical 'beer occasions' than in them, and non-alc beer is the vehicle to take us there. Bill is unabashedly bullish on non-alc and Athletic's prospects, particularly now that they have secured KDP as an equity partner, they are in 50 states, and are ramping up all three production facilities and supporting a field sales team. =============================...
Nov 17, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Today our guest postponed so the gang briefly groks Keurig Dr Pepper's $50m investment in non-alc brewer Athletic Brewing. Note: Video feeds on Spotify and at www.youtube.com/beernetradio About Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once 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 referenced at beernet.com -Twitter /...
Nov 11, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 123
Today the gang (minus Harry who was on a plane .... or was he?) catches up with Sam Calagione, co-founder of Dogfish Head, where we talk about their innovations for 2023, (and taste a few), plus the usual grokking of the pressing industry issues of the day, (where Sam turns the mic on Jenn and Jordan). Note: Video feeds on Spotify and Youtube: www.youtube.com/beernetradio ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the i...
Nov 07, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 122
Today the gang groks Boston Beer's recent pivot to lighter-tasting products -- zigging where others zag -- and the nature of malt/sugar seltzers versus spirits-based RTDs and how brands are jockeying for position between the two, and a quick discussion on what the TTB/IRS raid(s) on Southern Glazer's means. Note: Video feeds on Spotify and YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGL_lMAGZ5s Beer Summit info: https://beernet.com/beer-summit/ About Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmach...
Oct 29, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 121
Today Jenn and Harry speak with the Managing Director - Broadlines and Food Retail at MKM Partners, Bill Kirk (full disclosure - Bill is also married to our Executive Editor, Jenn Litz-Kirk). We speak about beer and colas, supermarket mergers, c-stores selling weed legit from actually within the stores, and more. 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, Harry shows off multi-camera capabilities, for what reason nobody can fathom. 02:00 Bill joins the show 01:45 Hard Mtn Dew matters. 04:30 Kroger-Albertso...
Oct 25, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Today the gang speaks with Adam Kost, founder of the line of spirit-based RTDs, Country Luau. Adam has an interesting background, having come from Waterloo Sparkling Water, ABI's ZX Ventures, and Pernod Ricard, to name a few. Today we talk about the nascent launch of Country Luau -- its differentiation, the rtd market in general, linking with music, and more. Interview Starts: 02:30 00:00 intro - jordan not getting enough sleep, seeks professional help. 02:30 Adam joins the show. Note: Video fee...
Oct 21, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 119
A journalist, distributor, and economist walk into a bar........ After the first day of the NBWA Convention general session in Chicago, Harry and Jenn record a quick and dirty show with distributors Rebecca Maisel of Gulf Distributing in Alabama and Florida, Don Faust of Faust Distributing in Houston (and a partner in KEG 1, LLC), and NBWA chief economist Lester Jones for an informal discussion about beer's challenges, the show so far, the economy, plus an intro with Jordan. (We are still newbie...
Oct 14, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Today Jordan and Harry sit down right after the Mark Anthony Brands 2023 distributor meeting in the lobby of the Sheraton Grand in Chicago to talk through our impressions of their new innovations. Note: The audio is poor, but we've included subtitles in the video. Watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlB0dArHJmA ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day. -Podcast Ho...
Oct 08, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Today the gang sits down with Scott Hansen, CEO of Island Brands, the “better, cleaner beer to the world" and seltzer/rtd maker. Island Brands was just named to Inc. 5000’s 2022 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. The Charleston, South Carolina company - founded in 2017 - came in at no. 2,341 on Inc’s list, which noted Island Brands has a 250% 3-year growth rate. Island Brands is also among the top growing private companies in the Southeast region, coming in at no.108 out of 17...
Sep 29, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Today the gang welcomes back Chris Steffanci, president and CEO of Columbia Distributing, the largest beverage distributor in the Pacific Northwest, representing suppliers as diverse as Constellation, Red Bull, Molson Coors, Mike's, HUSA, Pabst, etc. along with a large craft book, wine and spirits and non-alc. We speak about the challenges of staffing up in a post-covid world, their new unique deal with Scout, the growth of Blue Cloud, getting a piece of the Sazerac business, collaborating with ...
Sep 29, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 114
Today the gang is again joined by our legal correspondent Bianca Bruno to discuss the second half of the trial between Monster and Bang Energy, where Monster has accused Bang of unfair and "despicable" business practices. The editors discuss the legal issues, the possible damages, and the usual bafoonery. Listen to Part 1 : https://anchor.fm/beernetradio/episodes/Ep--110-Monster-vs-Bang-in-Court--Part-1-e1ng8sg Video feed: https://www.youtube.com/beernetradio ---About--- Beer Business Daily publ...
Sep 20, 2022•29 min
Today the gang (Harry, Jenn, and Bianca) speak with the co-founder of alcohol-free marketer -- both brick and mortar and dtc -- Nick Bodkins of Boisson. Show starts in earnest: 01:20 (Note: Audio only. Video failed on this episode). ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once 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/bee...
Sep 10, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Today the gang is joined by National Beer Wholesalers Association chief Craig Purser, who gives us a rundown of what to expect at their annual NBWA convention and product showcase in Chicago on Oct. 9-12. Note: Video feed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qShFK0-pbaE ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day. -Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at: (262) 345-2501 -Audio/...
Sep 10, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Today Harry speaks with 'recovering' management consultant turned DTC purveyor Chris Becker, founder and CEO of Better Rhodes, a direct marketer and wholesaler of premium non-alc beverages. Chris speaks about his business model, the challenges of non-alc, the changing drinking landscape, and their non-alc product rating app, Better Without. Note: A video version is available at: www.youtube.com/beernetradio ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other g...
Sep 07, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Today the gang is joined by our legal correspondent Bianca Bruno to discuss the first few days of the trial between Monster and Bang Energy, where Monster has accused Bang of unfair and "despicable" business practices. It's no secret there is no love lost between Bang founder Jack Owoc and Monster co-founder Rodney Sacks. This caps the third lawsuit between these two energy drinks giants, and Bianca discusses some of the behind-the-scenes color. --About-- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schu...
Sep 07, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Today the gang speaks with Jeff Nedeau, Sr Director Of Business Development at TapRm, which works with emerging beer and seltzer brands to ramp up their DTC game. Learn how. Show Starts in earnest: 01:00 00:00 Intro- technical difficulties, hilarious banter. Harry tries being a morning zoo dj. 02:00 Sean joins the circus. ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day. -Podcast Hotline: Text o...
Aug 28, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Because beer and beverages are naturally heavy and temp-sensitive, it takes a lot of energy to move and store the stuff. That's why beer industry veteran Molly Reilly started Double Green, a consultancy that helps members of all three tiers achieve their sustainability goals -- while saving them money. In fact, the NBWA just contracted with Molly to create a sustainability toolkit (along with carbon calculator) for distributors to assess their needs. Today Harry and Jordan speak with Molly on wh...
Aug 20, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Today the gang speaks with JB Shireman of Arlington Capital and Bump Williams of Bump Williams Consulting on all things m&a, cross-category investments, pricing, and more. Show starts in earnest: 04:00 00:00 intro - hilarious banter, recapping the johnny gillis memorial reception. 04:00 bump and jb join 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: Te...
Aug 17, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Today the gang speaks with LeAnn Darland and Tara Hankinson, co-owners of red-hot Talea Beer Company, the only veteran and woman-owned brewery in New York. Talea operates two brewpubs in Brooklyn and a popular pop-up in Grand Central Station. Show starts in earnest: 05:45 ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week as they grok the industry issues of the day. -Podcast Hotline: Text or call Harry in confidence at: (262) 345-2501 -Au...
Aug 10, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Today Harry and Jordan speak with the founder of Schilling Cider, Colin Schilling, and their COO Eric Phillips about raising hard cider's image, Schilling's points of differentiation, why cider should own October, and more. 00:00 Intro - hilarious banter 03:30 show starts in earnest ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests once a week or as they contemplate emerging brands and categories in the beer and beyond space. -Podcast Hotline: Text or...
Jul 27, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 105
