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CES 2025 Food Tech Preview

CES 2025 Food Tech Preview

CES 2025 showcases emerging beverage technology trends including AI-powered coffee robots, kombucha makers, automated beer dispensers, and barista bots—providing BevTech founders insight into consumer beverage tech innovation and potential B2B applications. Read the full article →

Brewdog to be bought by Tilray Brands in £33 million deal

Brewdog to be bought by Tilray Brands in £33 million deal

Major acquisition of iconic craft brewery Brewdog by Tilray demonstrates M&A activity and consolidation trends in the craft beverage sector, with strategic implications for beverage tech founders navigating exit opportunities and understanding buyer appetite in a challenging market. Read the full article →

Proof 8 COO: spirits operations must embrace digital

Proof 8 COO: spirits operations must embrace digital

Proof 8's blockchain-based distillery management platform addresses key BevTech challenges—operational efficiency, traceability, and compliance—that craft beverage founders face, with recognition at DISCUS Innovation Showcase and strategic partnerships demonstrating industry traction. Read the full article →

BrewDog buyout: 484 jobs lost as 38 bars close

BrewDog buyout: 484 jobs lost as 38 bars close

Major acquisition of prominent craft brewery BrewDog by beverage company Tilray offers cautionary lessons on failed expansion strategies, distressed M&A dynamics, and the consequences of mismanagement in the craft beverage sector. Read the full article →

London march spotlights rising mid-strength category

London march spotlights rising mid-strength category

Mid-strength alcohol is an emerging consumer trend that BevTech startups should understand as it represents a growing market opportunity between full-strength and no/low options, with data showing 42% shopper interest but only 12% finding products easily—a clear gap for tech-enabled discovery and distribution solutions. Read the full article

‘It’s Algorithmic’: Surreal Brewing’s Founder Says Process for Non-Alchohol Beer Based on Science, Not Gimmicks

‘It’s Algorithmic’: Surreal Brewing’s Founder Says Process for Non-Alchohol Beer Based on Science, Not Gimmicks

Features a BevTech craft brewery with patent-pending algorithmic brewing technology, led by a former Google exec, showing how tech expertise drives beverage innovation in the growing non-alcoholic category. Read the full article →

CES 2025 Food Tech Preview

CES 2025 Food Tech Preview

CES 2025 showcases emerging beverage technology trends including AI-powered coffee robots, kombucha makers, automated beer dispensers, and barista bots—providing BevTech founders insight into consumer beverage tech innovation and potential B2B applications. Read the full article →