Craft’s off-premise declines accelerated last month as summer came to a close. As beer enters its slow season, those losses aren’t expected to improve much.

But that could change if craft leans into the seasonal anomalies of imports, according to a new report from Bump Williams Consulting (BWC). 

“Imports in general have continued to exhibit an impressive depth of health that has been achieved by ‘serving the previously under-served’ through increased depth (distribution) and breadth (assortment) on the shelves,” Williams wrote. 

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How do you balance 2 brands that are runaway successes? Stateside Brands president Matthew Quigley explained on the latest edition of the Brewbound Podcast how the maker of vodka iced tea brand Surfside is juggling the addition of Super Lyte, a non-carbonated hard sports drink (vodka + ade).

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