🚨 Breaking: Brewers Association President and CEO Bob Pease to Retire in 2025

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Brewers Association (BA) president and CEO Bob Pease will retire next year after more than three decades with the trade association, the organization announced today. 

Pease will step down from his role in early 2025 “once his successor is in place,” according to the announcement. 

The BA’s board of directors has retained Kittleman & Associates, a search firm dedicated to executive searches for nonprofit organizations, to lead the recruitment of a new president and CEO.

Insiders can read more about Pease’s tenure and other recent movements at the BA. 

Spirit of Gallo is adding Derrumbes Mezcal into its expanding super premium portfolio, while returning to top-end rum with an investment in Ron del Barrilito.

The wine-and-spirits conglomerate made strategic investments in the brands, but financial terms or the nature of the stakes were not disclosed. Gallo will now exclusively import both brands.

Insiders can go deeper into Gallo’s strategy.

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Molson Coors-owned Leinenkugel’s is making its flagship Summer Shandy a year-round offering. Leinenkugel’s president Tony Bugher and John Leinenkugel discuss why the move represents the company getting out of its own way, how big the brand is for its business and how they plan to support the brand in the colder months.

But first, ReserveBar CEO Derrick Correia offers thoughts on the post-Drizly state of e-commerce and how bev-alc companies can win in the digital sphere.

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The Brewbound Live business conference returns December 11 and 12 in Marina del Rey, California.

Brewbound Live will feature beverage-alcohol industry leaders taking part in business-focused conversations, data presentations, networking and much more across two days at the Marina del Rey Marriott.

Speakers for this year’s conference include:

• Russian River co-owner Natalie Cilurzo;
• Deschutes Brewery CEO Peter Skrbek;
• National Beer Wholesalers Association chief economist and VP of analytics Lester Jones;
• Draftline Technologies founder and president Jennifer Hauke
• Gulf Distributing senior VP of legal and government affairs Rebecca Maisel
• 3 Tier Beverages consultant Mary Mills
• NIQ director of thought leadership for bev-alc Kaleigh Theriault
• Bump Williams Consulting VP of business development BK Krueger
• Full Circle Brewing owner Arthur Moye.

Additional speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.

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