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The billionaire who upended the beer industry with White Claw hard seltzer has turned his sights on vodka. Anthony von Mandl is releasing on Tuesday a line of vodka sold under his popular brand. Straight and flavored versions of White Claw Premium Vodka will be sold in bottles; vodka and soda cocktails will be available in 12-ounce cans. In a rare interview, Mr. von Mandl—who is 73 years old and the sole owner of White Claw’s parent company, the Mark Anthony Group—spoke about…

6ix9ine was kicked out of a baseball game in Miami on Friday, after a beer can was thrown at the polarizing rapper.The incident took place during the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals matchup between Mexico and Puerto Rico at LoanDepot Park, home to the Miami Marlins.Prior to 6ix9ine getting the boot, fans in attendance captured an altercation that occurred between Tekashi and another observer, who chucked a beer at the Brooklyn rapper while he was waving a large Mexican flag from his front row seat. Sources told Page…

This one’s for the kids who grew up on Otter Pops. On Tuesday, Molson Coors Beverage Co. debuted Coors-icles, a line of frozen beer popsicles that look just like the aforementioned children’s treat. These pops won’t give you a buzz though, since they’re nonalcoholic. While popsicles are traditionally a summer snack, Coors Light released theirs to pair with March Madness – “to make sure fans 21+ stay chill when things get heated,” per an announcement. (Even though Coors-icles do not contain alcohol, they’re “intended” for…

SAKATA, Japan—Miki Iwai, 29, says she has never asked for a raise and isn’t about to start this year, even with inflation at a four-decade high.The sake brewery worker says she started tracking household expenses recently to cover the higher price of gasoline. “If I manage it carefully, I can still add to my savings,” she said. Her boss says he’s raising wages, but probably not enough to keep pace with inflation. Here at Tatenokawa Inc.—a brewery in business since 1832—and at hundreds of thousands of other…

A northern Alberta brewery has used a chatbot to create a beer that it hopes will become a talker. Amber Waves of Grain, released in February by Grain Bin Brewing Company, is an amber ale in which everything — the name, the price, the packaging and the recipe — was decided by OpenAI's Chat GPT, an artificial intelligence tool trained to mimic human responses."We decided to just be as hands-off as possible, to see what the limitations were and what the actual final product would be if we relied solely on artificial…

Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev SA BUD -0.74% reported a fall in sales volumes for the fourth quarter as drinkers in North America bought less of the company’s beer amid rising prices. The drop comes as companies across the consumer-products industry grapple with how much they can raise prices to offset rising costs without deterring shoppers. For much of the past year, AB InBev said drinkers weren’t giving up their brews despite…

When they came together to make a beer, the brewers at Banded Oak Brewing in Denver and Old 121 Brewing in Lakewood had one goal: to create the beer of the future. Easy, right? But humans aren’t always good a predicting the trajectory of trends, so they decided to do what everyone is doing these days. They asked for help from ChatGPT, the new — and somewhat terrifying — artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that can do everything from write college term papers and newspaper articles to plan vacations and offer dating…

EAST WINDSOR, Conn.—The front line of Connecticut’s latest alcohol policy debate is a strip mall just off the interstate here, where shoppers entering Geissler’s Supermarket and nearby Kaman’s Fine Wine and Liquors are greeted by signs urging them to take sides.On one end of the fight, grocers such as Geissler’s have launched a campaign this year to allow the sale of wine in grocery stores, a practice that is already legal in most states. They argue putting wine alongside the beer already on their shelves will make things…

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in midday trading.Twilio — Shares jumped 14.2% after Twilio beat revenue expectations in its most recent quarter. The communications firm posted revenue of $1.02 billion, slightly better than the Refinitiv consensus estimate of $1 billion.West Pharmaceutical Services — Shares spiked 14.5% after West Pharmaceutical Services topped profit and sales expectations in its fourth quarter. The drug and health care products maker posted adjusted…

Coors Light and Miller Lite are two of the biggest-selling beers in the United States, but because Anheuser Busch, which makes Bud Lite, has held the exclusive rights to advertise as a brewery during the Super Bowl, neither had been featured in a Super Bowl ad in more than 30 years. Until yesterday. That’s because Anheuser Busch gave up its exclusive rights, which meant that Molson Coors, which owns both Coors and Miller, was free to pay $7 million for the honor. To capitalize on that, the company ran a pre-game campaign…