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AlcBev in Five is the daily five-minute brief on the beer, wine and spirits business: the five stories that matter, every weekday. Deals, brand moves, regulation and the category shifts reshaping the trade. Curated daily, sourced and straight. For distillers, brewers, vintners, importers, distributors and the buyers who move the category. Walk in already caught up. In the know. In five

  1. 11h ago

    AB InBev Sets the Benchmark

    AB InBev Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results. The world's largest brewer published its Q2 results, setting the volume and pricing benchmark other AlcBev prints this week get read against. (Anheuser-Busch InBev, Financial Post, The Montreal Gazette) Ambev Beats on Profit, Misses on Revenue in Q2. Latin America's largest brewer topped earnings expectations while sales came in short, per its Q2 2026 call transcript, a margin-versus-volume split. (Investing.com) Bev-Alc Declines Persist in Latest NIQ Weekly Scans. Year-over-year bev-alc declines continued through the summer event window, per NIQ data reported by Brewbound, the current off-premise demand read. (Brewbound) MGP Ingredients Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results. The distilling and food-ingredient supplier posted results for the quarter ended June 30, giving an upstream read on brown-goods and contract distilling demand. (MGP Ingredients) Also moving today: Anheuser-Busch InBev Says Cutwater Is on Track for $1B as Spirits Gain Share (BevNET, Brewbound) A-B’s US Depletions -1.9%, Shipments -0.6% in Q2; Cutwater 2nd Largest Revenue Growth Contributor (Brewbound) Alcohol consumption in Ireland falls in 2025 (The Spirits Business) British booze getting weaker (Mail Online) Radico Khaitan profits jump 27.7% in Q1 (The Spirits Business) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  2. 1d ago

    Campari's Five-Quarter Run, and a Cognac Sell-Off

    Campari reports fifth straight quarter of organic growth. Campari's H1 2026 presentation credits aperitif-led performance for margin expansion, giving operators a benchmark as the wider spirits category softens. (Investing.com) Cobblestone Brands to buy Bisquit and Cabo Wabo. Campari has agreed to sell a Cognac and a tequila brand to a Dublin-based independent, per The Spirits Business, extending its portfolio pruning. (The Spirits Business) RNDC says buyers have shown interest as Chapter 11 begins. The US distributor tells The Drinks Business that parties are circling parts of its remaining business, leaving affected brands' route to market unsettled. (The Drinks Business) Australian wine export volumes fall to 22-year low. Just Drinks reports export volumes at their lowest level in 22 years, putting a figure on the demand decline growers and importers are pricing against. (Just Drinks) Also moving today: Brown-Forman Corporation: Sazerac's $32 Cash Bid Rebuffed as Dual-Class Control Shields Valuation Disconnect (Yahoo! Finance, The News Tribune) Pernod Ricard finalizes deal as NFL's official spirits sponsor (sportsbusinessjournal.com) Wildfires threaten wineries as blaze nears Bordeaux (The Drinks Business) Alcohol consumption falls again in Ireland (Just Drinks, The Drinks Business) United Spirits backs India’s ‘first’ limoncello (The Spirits Business) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  3. 2d ago

    Sazerac's $32 a Share, and RNDC Suppliers Last in Line

    Report Details Terms of Sazerac's $15B Brown-Forman Bid. Forbes and other outlets report new detail on an unconfirmed $15 billion approach whose terms, if pursued, would redraw the American whiskey map. (Forbes, Yahoo! Finance, The Courier-Journal) RNDC Files Chapter 11, Leaving Suppliers in Line. BevNET and Brewbound report the top-three distributor's bankruptcy filing puts suppliers already months without payment behind other creditors, turning distribution risk into a receivables problem. (BevNET, Brewbound) Canadian Whisky Faces 50% U.S. Tariff as Scotch Goes Duty-Free. Forbes reports two brown spirits now cross the same U.S. border on opposite terms, with the timing of any shelf-price move still unsettled. (Forbes) Craft Beer Dollars Down 3.7% in Latest Circana Read. Brewbound reports craft's four-week decline narrowed versus prior periods, a data point buyers are weighing against occasion-driven segments. (Brewbound) Also moving today: LVMH expects “moderate” growth for wine and spirits for rest of 2026 (Just Drinks, The Spirits Business) Price sensitive: is depremiumisation the future? (The Spirits Business) Louis Roederer enters Burgundy with Domaine Pierre Damoy acquisition (The Drinks Business, Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News) How Tequila brands hope to recharge sales growth in the US (Just Drinks) Pressure on Italy wine exports continues (Just Drinks) Louis Roederer seals deal to enter Burgundy (Just Drinks) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  4. 3d ago

    Brown-Forman Rejects Sazerac Again, RNDC Files Chapter 11

    Brown-Forman rejects Sazerac takeover proposal. Brown-Forman has turned down a fresh approach from fellow US distiller Sazerac, according to trade reports, leaving ownership of a major American whiskey portfolio an open question. (Just Drinks, Yahoo! Finance, Shanken News Daily) RNDC files Chapter 11 as wind-down begins. Republic National Distributing Co. has filed for Chapter 11 in Texas after selling off most of its business, formalizing the exit of a top-three US distributor. (Shanken News Daily, BevNET, Brewbound) Impact Databank projects 3.5% US wine decline in 2026. Impact Databank projects US wine volume will fall 3.5% in 2026 to below 300 million cases, which would mark a sixth straight annual decline. (Shanken News Daily) Circana scans show muted World Cup off-premise sales. Circana's weekly scan data shows the FIFA World Cup's final week produced only modest off-premise bev-alc gains, a data point for how planners value event-tied promotions. (Brewbound) Also moving today: Cuervo Sees Sales Slip, But Says U.S. “Sequentially Improving” (Shanken News Daily) Edrington Aligns With Johnson Brothers In Four States (Shanken News Daily) Brown-Forman Stockholders Elect Directors (Barchart.com, wallstreet:online, Brown-Forman) May Beer Supply Slips Back Into Red as Consumers’ Wallets Tighten, per the Beer Institute (Brewbound) Battle of the Teas Continues as Boston Beer Adjusts Media Spend and Tempers FY26 Expectations (Brewbound, The Boston Beer Company) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  5. 4d ago

    Scotch Regains Tariff-Free US Access as Sales Soften

    US removes tariffs on Scotch whisky. The US has lifted its tariffs on Scotch whisky, which distillers say restores duty-free access to a top export market. (The Herald, Mirage News, gov.uk) Spirits industry presses Trump for broader trade relief. Global spirits producers are urging the Trump administration to extend the Scotch tariff removal to other imported wines and spirits, Yahoo Finance reports. (Yahoo! Finance) Beer leads bev-alc off-premise declines through Q2. Off-premise bev-alc sales fell 2.8% through the first half of 2026, with beer the largest drag, according to NIQ. (Brewbound) Indian single malts reach half a million cases in 2025. Trade body CIABC estimates Indian single malt whisky grew to about 500,000 cases in 2025, with domestic producers holding a reported 92% share. (@businessline, Business Standard) Also moving today: India tariff cut opens door to wider Scotch whisky market (The Drinks Business, FortuneIndia, Economic Times) Heineken Announces Nomination of Oliveira as CEO (THISDAYLIVE) Columbia Distributing Completes Acquisition Of Pac NW RNDC Markets (Shanken News Daily, The Spirits Business) Copper & Kings gets backing from FMCG investor (Just Drinks, The Spirits Business) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  6. Jul 24

    United Spirits Jumps 52%, Craft's Split Signal

    United Spirits reports 52% quarterly profit rise. Diageo's India unit attributes its first-quarter profit jump to premium spirits demand, offering a read on whether India keeps offsetting softer markets elsewhere. (The Drinks Business) Brewers Association: over half of craft brewers report growth. The trade group's mid-year report pairs positive brewer sentiment with an estimated 4% volume decline, a split the trade will weigh in back-half planning. (Brewbound) Boston Beer reports Q2 depletions down 6%. The brewer's quarterly financials show shipments down 4.5%, with Sun Cruiser and Angry Orchard cited as its only brands in growth. (Brewbound) UK plan would cut pub business rates 20%. A reported plan from new UK prime minister Andy Burnham would cut business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues from April 2027, if enacted. (The Spirits Business) Also moving today: Trump's latest tariff list reads like a perfectly stocked bar (The Globe and Mail) Champagne sector agrees to cut harvest again (Just Drinks) Hemp Bill Signals Push for Alcohol-Style Distribution and THC Taxes (Brewbound, BevNet) Tie booze tax to inflation, Treasury told (Times LIVE) Wine GB calls on government for duty relief at the cellar door (Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  7. Jul 23

    Pernod's India Retreat, and Vodka's Shrinking Pool

    Pernod Ricard Shifts Tactics in $314M India Tax Case. Pernod Ricard has withdrawn its court challenge to pursue an administrative appeal, a shift in a $314 million dispute testing how foreign spirits makers manage tax exposure in India's Scotch market. (Yahoo! Finance, ETCFO.com) Leading Vodka Brands Compete for Share as U.S. Volumes Fall. U.S. vodka volumes slipped 3% to 71.7 million cases last year per Impact data, and top brands are reportedly contesting share within a contracting category. (Shanken News Daily) Also moving today: Brewbound Voices: The A-B Consent Decree Expired Earlier This Week. What Now? (Brewbound) Africa bucks trend of falling global beer output (Just Drinks) Once again, Moutai bumps up price of signature spirit (The Drinks Business) Vintae completes acquisition of Bodegas Riojanas (Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News) SipSource: vodka to outpace US spirits market (The Spirits Business) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

  8. Jul 22

    A 50% Tariff Lands on Canadian Booze

    Trump To Impose 50% Tariff On Canadian Goods. The administration plans a 50% levy on most Canadian imports in 30 days, a move that would raise landed costs for Canadian-sourced beverage alcohol. (Shanken News Daily, The Globe and Mail, dentons.com) Off-Premise Alcohol Sales Fall 21% After July 4. Circana reports an expected post-holiday sales pullback, leaving year-over-year growth brands as the signal operators are watching beneath the seasonal noise. (Brewbound, The Spirits Business) Carlsberg Gains Share As World Cup Beer Boost Underwhelms. Morgan Stanley reports a smaller-than-forecast tournament volume lift, positioning Carlsberg's apparent share gain as the relative winner rather than a category-wide tailwind. (The Drinks Business) Diageo Chairman Reportedly Seeks Board Shake-Up. The Financial Times reports the chairman is aiming to add industry veterans, a governance move signaling how far the turnaround under new CEO Dave Lewis reaches. (Shanken News Daily) Also moving today: Ballast Point Hits Troubled Seas in Ownership Civil War; Lawsuit Alleges Brewery in ‘Imminent Threat of Operational Collapse’ (Brewbound) Hemp THC Drinks Reached 1.6 Million Cases On Triple-Digit Growth In 2025 (Shanken News Daily) Swiss spirits investor acquires Killarney Brewing & Distilling site (Just Drinks, The Spirits Business) Edrington Aligns With Breakthru In Illinois (Shanken News Daily) German spirits body challenges tax hike plan (The Spirits Business) Indian vodka Magic Moments hits 3.25m cases in Q1 (The Spirits Business) Get AlcBev in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://alcbevinfive.com

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AlcBev in Five is the daily five-minute brief on the beer, wine and spirits business: the five stories that matter, every weekday. Deals, brand moves, regulation and the category shifts reshaping the trade. Curated daily, sourced and straight. For distillers, brewers, vintners, importers, distributors and the buyers who move the category. Walk in already caught up. In the know. In five

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