data-trends
Cutwater and Surfside’s Triple-Digit Growth Boost Spirits Sales
With recent warmer weather comes an uptick in bev-alc dollar sales, which flipped to positive (+0.5%) in the two-week period ending April 4...
Brewery
texas-beat
Inside the Meeting of the State’s Greatest Minds
The Philosophical Society of Texas has kept a low profile for 189 years, even though members include George W. Bush and Taylor Sheridan....
data-trends
NIQ Weekly Scans: Easter Boosts Bev-Alc Sales +6.8% WoW; Wine Benefits Most From Holiday
Total bev-alc dollar sales accelerated 6.8% week-over-week (WoW) in off-premise channels in the first week of April as consumers celebrated...
industry-news
BA Economist: 2026 Could Be a ‘Buying the Dip’ Moment for New Brewers
Over the last two years, 1,072 craft breweries have shuttered, while 817 new breweries opened. Speaking to Brewbound following Tuesday’s...
texas-beat
The Buffet at a 74-Year-Old Barbecue Restaurant Offers One of the Best Deals in Texas
At family-owned Sam's, off Interstate 45 in Fairfield, you can fill your plate with brisket, chicken fried steak, homemade sides, and more...
industry-news
BA Top 50: Sierra Nevada Overtakes Boston Beer at No. 2; Garage Beer, Outlaw Make Big Leaps
Beneath the surface of craft beer's 2025 production decline (-5.1%, to nearly 21.86 million barrels) were power moves, usurpings and...
data-trends
Brewers Association: Craft 2025 Production Volume -5.1%; 1,072 Brewery Closures in Last 2 Years
Craft brewers’ production volume fell a collective 5.1% in 2025, according to the Brewers Association’s (BA) annual Industry Production...
industry-news
Brooklyn Brewery Rebrands Non-Alcoholic Beer Line
Brooklyn Brewery’s non-alcoholic beer line is getting a rebrand and dropping the Special Effects moniker used since the line’s 2019 launch....
texas-beat
“Nobody’s Going to Vote for You Anymore”: A South Texas Builder Reckons With His Support for Trump
Mario Guerrero, executive director of the South Texas Builders Association, voted for Trump three times. Then ICE arrests wreaked havoc on...
texas-beat
The Best Carnitas I’ve Ever Had in Texas Are in . . . the Permian Basin?
Carnitas San Luca, in Odessa, uses traditional cooking methods and a secret recipe for its many cuts, from stomach to bone-in ribs. It’s...
texas-beat
Word Wrangler: April 14, 2026
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, or nachos popularized by the Texas Rangers.