general product approvals Indicators on Supplier Closures and Trends in 2020 January 15, 2021 | January 15, 2021bw166 The past year has been chaotic. Between pandemic-related shutdowns and wildfires in California, the beverage alcohol industry has faced a gamut of challenges across all three tiers. With this article, we wanted to look at the effect on the supplier tier superficially. With many smaller suppliers dependent upon on-premise sales (through tasting rooms, brewpubs, and […] Read more »
general product approvals Tequila-Based Seltzers and More: New Product Approvals November 18, 2020 | November 18, 2020bw166 Following up on our post yesterday (The Increasing Fragmentation of Seltzers) and the recent Beer Business Daily article (A-B Jumps into the Ranch Water Game), we decided to dive deeper into who’s launching Tequila/Agave-based products using bw166’s latest tool, Label Inquiry. Looking directly at Tequila Seltzers and Sodas, we have several recent product approvals: Nude […] Read more »
general product approvals The Increasing Fragmentation of Seltzers November 17, 2020 | November 17, 2020bw166 With the rapid growth of the seltzer category, it was inevitable that more participants will chase that growth. Using our newest tool, Label Inquiry, we thought we’d take this opportunity to understand how many and what new entrants are making a play at the seltzer space (for this analysis, we included any labels containing Seltzer […] Read more »
product approvals TTB Approved 163.5K Products L12M through October 2020, A Decrease of -13.3K (–7.5%) November 16, 2020 | November 16, 2020bw166 By Category: Beer: 40K products approved over the L12M (–1.3% vs. last year) and 10K over the L3M (–14.7% vs. last year) Spirits: 17.7K products approved over the L12M (+13.4% vs. last year) and 4.8K over the L3M (+1.3% vs. last year) Wine: 105.9K products approved over the L12M (–12.3% vs. last year) and 23.5K over the L3M (–30.9% vs. last […] Read more »
product approvals TTB Approved 165.6K Products L12M through September 2020, A Decrease of -9K (–5.2%) October 19, 2020 | October 18, 2020bw166 By Category: Beer: 40.1K products approved over the L12M (–0.3% vs. last year) and 9.9K over the L3M (–13.7% vs. last year) Spirits: 18K products approved over the L12M (+22.1% vs. last year) and 4.5K over the L3M (+11.7% vs. last year) Wine: 107.6K products approved over the L12M (–10.2% vs. last year) and 24.8K over the L3M (–30.4% vs. last […] Read more »