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Constellation Brands took an undisclosed stake in La Fête du Rosé as part of its $100 million investment plan for Black and minority-owned businesses.

Shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev rose 5% in premarket trading after the Bud Light brewer announced that CEO Carlos Brito will step down, effective July 1.

“The environment is shifting around us and we need to be consumer led in everything we do,” Beam Suntory CEO Albert Baladi told CNBC.

Depending on the way you do your math, you could find that Maine has the most breweries per capita in the country. An April 5 article in the Bangor Daily News cites U.S. Census Bureau statistics and data from the Maine Brewers’ Guild that shows Maine has “one brewery for every 8,654 people” or “156 active breweries in total as…

Maine reportedly has more breweries per capita than anywhere else in the country.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A popular beer bar in Cambridge is open once again after being shuttered since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. According to a Facebook post, Lord Hobo on Hampshire Street has reopened, with owner Daniel Lanigan saying “After being closed for 380 days… we are OPEN. Please come support your favorite neighborhood…

It looks like a beer, clinks like a beer and tastes similar to a beer, but it gets its buzz from cannabis. Last week, for the first time, a new type of Pumpkinhead, typically brewed by Shipyard as an autumnal libation, came off the line at Maine-based Novel Beverage. Under an agreement reached with Innovative Liquid Solutions to use...

A local company in Portland, Maine creates a cannabis-infused beer.

Uncle Nearest CEO Fawn Weaver said she attributes her company’s success to building a workforce that mirrors America and inviting all consumers to their table.  

Massachusetts residents have increasingly been going online during the COVID-19 crisis to purchase nearly everything under the sun — including alcohol. State alcohol regulators have seen a 300% uptick in direct-to-consumer alcohol deliveries throughout the pandemic, state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg said during a virtual hearing on the state budget Tuesday. Under state law, a direct wine shipper may send up…

PepsiCo will launch a line of cocktail mixers under a new brand, Neon Zebra, next month.

LVMH bought a 50% stake in rapper Jay-Z’s champagne brand, Armand de Brignac.

Harpoon Brewery CEO Dan Kenary talks about the craft beer company’s pandemic pivot, employee ownership and being pumped for the summer.

Alchemist Brewery has been given the Spirit of ADA award for hiring two workers with intellectual disabilities, and one with a physical disability.

Find out how many pounds of potato chips and chicken wings Americans consume during the Super Bowl.

A North Shore brewery has decided to call it a day. According to a source, Cape Ann Brewing Company in Gloucester is no longer in operation, with a Facebook post from Boston’s Wicked North Shore confirming this, while a Facebook post from the Rogers Street brewery says the following: During the summer of 2002, a casual conversation spawned the, perhaps…

Bud Light is releasing a line of hard seltzer lemonades as it looks to stake a firm claim on the increasingly competitive category.

Portland, Maine, is the only place in New England on a new list of top cities for beer drinkers in the United States. Every year, financial planning website SmartAsset ranks the best cities for beer drinkers using a numerical index based on factors like the number of breweries in a city per 100,000 residents and the average price of a…

Portland, Maine, is New England’s lone entry on a new list of top beer cities in the U.S.

From sweet treats to serious spiced drinks, here are CNBC Global Traveler’s picks for simple yet chic cocktails to make at home for Christmas to the New Year.