Building Community & Knowledge: CCBA’s Kelsey McQuaid-Craig on the California Craft Beer Summit
Release Date: 11/03/2025
Lagunitas CEO Bernardo Spielmann on Green Shoots and Party Legends
Brewbound Podcast
Nearly a year on the job, new-ish Lagunitas CEO Bernardo Spielmann is seeing opportunities for the legacy California craft beer brand. Those opportunities include expanding Lagunitas Hazy IPA from a draft-only release to package, building on the successful launch of 9% ABV Hazicus Maximus hazy IPA, which now boasts 20,000 points of distribution, and revamping the packaging for non-alcoholic hop water Hoppy Refresher. On the latest edition of the Brewbound Podcast, Spielmann shares that it’s also about listening to consumers, who demanded the return of seasonal...
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Mark Anthony President David Barnett on White Claw's Consistency
Brewbound Podcast
Flavored malt beverages (FMBs) and hard seltzers have had a bright red 2025, but those declines haven’t fazed Mark Anthony Brands, which continues to find growth in the segments where others have faltered. In this episode of the Brewbound Podcast, Mark Anthony Brands president David Barnett details how the bev-alc company is “doing better than most” in today’s challenged marketplace. He spoke about the company’s highlights with Brewbound editor Justin Kendall, in a conversation recorded at the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA’s) Annual Convention in Las...
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High Rise Founder Matt Skinner’s National Ambitions for Intoxicating Hemp Beverage Brand
Brewbound Podcast
High Rise Beverage co-founder Matt Skinner has built a coastal-themed brand in the Southeast but his ambitions extend across the nation. The Charleston, South Carolina-headquartered intoxicating hemp beverage brand is now available in 22 states, and Skinner sees an opportunity to go even bigger. “We’re in the space of being a nationwide brand at this point,” he says on the latest edition of the Brewbound Podcast, recorded in October at the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s Annual Convention in Las Vegas. “Having those partnerships and...
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Building Community & Knowledge: CCBA’s Kelsey McQuaid-Craig on the California Craft Beer Summit
Brewbound Podcast
In this Brewbound Podcast interview, host Ray Latif speaks with Kelsey McQuaid-Craig, Executive Director of the California Craft Brewers Association (CCBA), about what brewers can expect at this year’s California Craft Beer Summit. McQuaid-Craig outlines the event’s robust educational programming, featuring three breakout tracks—technical brewing, business of beer, and marketing—as well as new offerings like an off-flavor course for NA and low-alcohol beer (presented by Lallemand) and sessions on hop creep research, SEO, and employment law. She also highlights two interactive...
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Lester Jones on Beer’s ‘Moneyball’ Play; Carbliss Founders on Their Under-the-Radar Heater
Brewbound Podcast
Bars, restaurants and social gathering spaces are beer’s “moneyball” opportunity, National Beer Wholesalers Association VP of analytics and chief economist Lester Jones shares during the latest edition of the Brewbound Podcast. Jones is the first of two interviews this week. Adam and Amanda Kroener, the founders of spirits-based cocktail brand Carbliss, also join this week’s podcast to share their slow approach to brand building and goal of becoming a national brand. First, Jones explains why the on-premise channel remains the key to unlocking wins for brewers....
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Threes Brewing’s Josh Penney on the Lager Renaissance and Craft’s Resilience
Brewbound Podcast
One thing Josh Penney noticed after moving to Brooklyn from Los Angeles late last fall – aside from markedly less sunny weather – was a broader diversity in beer styles across brewery taprooms. “It seemed to be a wider range of things that were really appealing to everybody,” he said. “Because out on the West Coast, you might have a robust porter, but then you have, like, six different IPAs.” Penney is the head brewer at Brooklyn-based Threes Brewing, a role he took on last year after leaving Los Angeles’ Highland Park Brewing. He joins this week’s...
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Wrapping Up 2025 GABF & NBWA Annual Convention; Plus, Rebecca Maisel Interview
Brewbound Podcast
The Brewbound team recaps the 2025 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) and the start of the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) Annual Convention and trade show, on the latest edition of the Brewbound Podcast, recorded in Las Vegas. Jess and Zoe share their experiences at GABF, including which legacy craft brewery brought the Party Bomb; festivalgoers’ reception for full-strength spirits; the return of timed special pours; mixing Pop Rocks and BeatBox; and the flamboyant embrace of costumes. The conversation shifts to NBWA convention’s first day,...
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Innovation in Beer Distribution: NBWA’s Dave Christman on Tech, Data & The Future
Brewbound Podcast
In this Brewbound Podcast interview, Ray Latif speaks with David Christman, VP of State Affairs at the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA), about how distributors are embracing innovation to stay competitive and efficient in a rapidly evolving market. With more than two decades at NBWA, Christman explains how the association supports its members on legislative issues while also leading technology and e-commerce initiatives through the Beer Industry Electronic Commerce Coalition (BIECC). He shares insights from NBWA’s member surveys, highlighting rising investments in technology,...
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Tonya Cornett on Her Journey from the World's Largest Brewer to One of the Smallest
Brewbound Podcast
Tonya Cornett thought she would end her career at 10 Barrel Brewing. She had joined the Bend, Oregon-based craft brewery in 2012, piled up competition medals for her beers and created a following at the brewery. She thrived as the brewery’s R&D brewmaster before and after its 2014 (A-B). But then and seven other brands in 2023. A year later, Tilray in a move that shocked many within the industry. On this week’s Brewbound Podcast, Cornett discusses her journey over the last decade-plus and her next chapter with Upp Liquids, a new venture in the rebranded...
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How Surfside Will Ride The Wave This Fall
Brewbound Podcast
How does an ready-to-drink (RTD) brand that was built on the beach translate to other seasons? Surfside, Stateside Vodka’s hard iced tea and lemonade canned cocktail brand, is betting big on sports this fall. Stateside co-founders CEO Clem Pappas and president Matt Quigley joined the Brewbound Podcast to discuss the brand’s meteoric rise, its partnerships across college football and professional hockey and baseball and the newly rechristened , an entertainment hub at the South Philadelphia Sports Complex where the city’s professional sports teams play. ...
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