Entries by Kyle Thacker

Beverage Trend Forecast: Beer Trends for 2017

2016 was a fun year for beer. The independent beer market continued to grow. The hop-sanity of the IPA craze hasn’t gone away, but IPAs have branched off from high gravity hop-bombs into more subtle and fruity territories. Beer is a big market, and we can’t ignore the noise made in 2016 by some of […]

Beverage Trend Forecast: Wine Trends For 2017

Let’s dust off our crystal ball and take a glimpse into the (very) near-future of wine. To start, I’d like to say that it is a really exciting time for wine right now. And though 2015 saw a -4.1 percent decline in sales volume for wine in bars and restaurant — 2016’s sales numbers are […]