Twisted Tea Hard Iced Tea is back this holiday season with a bigger, more twisted version of its advent calendar. The 25 Days of Twistmas is a limited-edition advent calendar stocked with a 25-can variety of 24-ounce tallboy flavors.
Experts credit consumers’ affinity for ready-to-drink (RTD) alcohol to flavor exploration. With growth from premium RTD cocktails and hard teas, the category has been a positive for the overall beverage alcohol market.
Consumers have hit the road and air this summer, creating more eyeballs on out-of-home ad campaigns. Clear Channel Outdoor offers insights on how beverage brands can create campaigns to help support their summer sales goals.
While the alternative adult beverages market grew by 7.5% a year or 426% in total since 2002, the total beer market has declined more than 5% in total during this period. This disparity underscores the macro movement to these flavored forward, more modern products.
This year’s State of the Industry report on the U.S. beer market highlights the contrasting performances of beer segments as flavored malt beverages, import beers and non-alcohol segments continue to lift the category.