Chris Crowell

3 weeks ago | craftbrewingbusiness.com | Chris Crowell

Roughly a quarter of NYC Pride sponsors have quietly backed out this year, because their support was always just a hollow gesture. But not Brooklyn Brewery. For the third year in a row, Brooklyn Brewery is stepping up as the Official Beer and Brewery of NYC Pride, with its Stonewall Inn IPA flowing at the city’s iconic celebrations. And in 2025, the brewery is doing something even bigger—and far more meaningful—than logos on banners and beer tents.

3 weeks ago | craftbrewingbusiness.com | Chris Crowell

Harpoon Brewery, one of New England’s most established craft beer brands, is making its first foray into New Hampshire with the opening of a full-scale brewery and public house in Manchester on June 15. The expansion—Harpoon’s first new location since its Boston Seaport and Windsor, Vermont facilities—signals a strategic push into a mid-sized metro area with strong market potential and growing regional draw.

3 weeks ago | solarbuildermag.com | Chris Crowell

Evaluating the financial stability of your solar PV module, inverter, and battery storage suppliers is always crucial, but especially at this uncertain time of tariffs and tax credit upheaval. Sinovoltaics, a global technical compliance and quality assurance firm, has published its Q2 2025 Financial Stability Ranking Reports, comprehensive tools for evaluating manufacturer bankability across the solar and energy storage value chains.

3 weeks ago | craftbrewingbusiness.com | Chris Crowell

In yet another sign of the craft beer industry shifting toward collaborative, scale-minded survival strategies, Bald Birds Brewing Co. (Jersey Shore, PA), Two Roads Brewing (Stratford, CT), and Yards Brewing Co. (Philadelphia, PA), have announced the formation of B3 Beverage Company—a new contract manufacturing platform uniting three respected East Coast breweries.

3 weeks ago | craftbrewingbusiness.com | Chris Crowell

We’ve been tracking a dismal year in retail alcohol sales thus far in 2025. But as we enter summer selling season, the outlook for wholesale beer purchasing is improving for all segments — except craft — according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) for May 2025. The steadiest improvement can be seen in the flavored malt beverages (FMB) / seltzer category.