Episodes
Published 10/21/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by Alex Koral, editors Jenn Litz-Kirk and Jordan Driggers, to talk all things direct-to-consumer in our series on bev-alc e-commerce.  ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - hilarious banter.  01:15 alex koral of shipcompliant gives overview of what they do.  02:45 states where beer can ship dtc.  07:30 beer is heavy relative to its price.  08:30 will distribs block dtc of beer? 10:45 does more dtc mean more taxes? 12:40 allowing usps to deliver...
Published 10/21/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by editors Jenn Litz and Jordan Driggers ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - harmless and hilarious banter 00:45 recurring technical difficulties bit 01:20 Jenn leaves for vacay and shit hits the fan molson coors not pleased with freight increase coverage.  01:50 some distrib responses legit. 02:00 remember MC had these supply chain issues long before covid. 02:35 mc is just about only major player that breaks out freight separate from laid-in...
Published 10/19/21
Today we speak with Jason Murphy at B-dubs on cracking the hard seltzer code on-premise, and more.  --- Panel --- Harry is joined by Jason and editors Sarah Barrett and Jordan Driggers.  ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - hilarious and amusing banter.  00:40 the biscuit is back.  01:05 harry describes his impression of discus.  02:00 sarah describes the vibe at the discus meeting in atx.  04:10 jason from b-duibs joins.  05:00 jason explains bw3 06:05 business is returning to...
Published 10/13/21
This is a straight-up bullpen BS session with Harry and Jordan discussing the NBWA Convention, cbd beverages, rip spooky doo, new pod features coming, and a lot of other worthless banter.  --- Panel --- Harry is joined by beer editor Jordan Driggers. ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - long hilarious and informative banter: harry wears 'lipstick', jordan abandons harry at the vegas airport (or does he?), real bike vs peloton, spooky doo's last day thankfully as biscuit returns from...
Published 10/10/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by our editors Jenn and Jordan, along with Taylor Katzman, ceo and founder of distributor b2b e-commerce platform Provi, on the challenges and benefits of building an online ordering solution for bev-alc distributors.   ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - hilarious banter, the usual tech issues, harry plugging pod as best as he knows how, (bless his heart).  03:25 Taylor at Provi  04:30 the provi model explained by the ty-guy. 06:00 integrating with...
Published 10/01/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by editors Jordan and Jenn, along with Dan Timm, the bev director at Dickey's BBQ Pit, with over 550 locations, on how to build a bev-alc program from the ground up, with vastly different types of locations and with franchisees.  ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - tech difficulties as yoosh, introducing Spooky Doo.  03:35 Dan joins the party. 06:25 layering in assortment at stores with vastly different types of locations. 07:00 focus on the future:...
Published 10/01/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by entrepreneur Jo-Anne Reynolds of Sexy AF non-alc spirits options, along with Wine & Spirits editors Sarah Barrett and Hana Kruger. ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - hilarious and enchanting banter.  02:00 Jo-Anne Reynolds, founder of 0% abv Sexy AF spirits. 02:50 south african roots to canada.  03:05 aha moment.  05:40 tackling bar call/awareness challenges. 06:00 harry goes on a typical man-splaining riff.  jo-anne takes it in stride like a...
Published 09/23/21
Harry is joined by Maria Littlefield, co-founder at Owl's Brew, the tea-based rtd made with completely natural ingredients, along with our editors Jenn Litz-Kirk and Jordan Driggers.    ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 - Intro - hilarious and entertaining banter - plus baby talk.  02:45 introducing Maria of Owl's Brew, drink wise, origin story, from shandy to boozy tea. 06:00 going from buckets to boozy clean tea in a can.  06:45 in 18 states and growing with mostly beer distribs.  07:20...
Published 09/21/21
---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other guests (almost) every day as they grok the industry issues of the day.   -Text or call Harry in confidence at:‪ (262) 345-2501‬ -Audio/Video feeds at HarrysPod.com -Articles referenced at beernet.com -Twitter / IG / TikTok:  @beerbizdaily
Published 09/21/21
Today Harry is joined by Chelsea Phillips, the vp at Anheuser-Busch of Beyond Beer - Launchpad, and Wine & Spirits senior editor Sarah Barrett.  --time-stamped contents-- 00:00 Intro - fighting with the internet.  01:25 Chelsea joins us 02:30 beyond beer and now launch pad 05:20 babe wine - adjacent to ab's core comp but not completely.  06:20 blessing and curse of being in AB network: amazing distribution capabilities, but some brands like babe need to choose accounts/geographies more...
Published 09/16/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by NBWA chief Craig Purser to talk convention specifics, beer growth initiative, distrib values, and more.  ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - enchanting and humorous banter 00:15 Beer First Initiative: Beer Growth meeting at Andrews in Ft. Worth. 01:35 Barry A. and the arlington live concept. 02:25 operating safely in new reality. 03:00 what's new for nbwa convention? mitigating risk, like distribs been doing.  03:50 trade show more spread out, but sold...
Published 09/12/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by MKM's Bill Kirk, editors Jenn Litz-Kirk, and Jordan Driggers.  ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - engaging and hilarious banter. 02:00 Introducing Bill Kirk of MKM Partners, Jenn's husband - amiable, athletic, smart. 02:40 Do bill and jenn talk beer/bevs on date nights? 04:50 Bill a hard seltzer bear. getting tough out there in seltzerland. 05:20 Bill: if you still have lotsa seltzer cases today after labor day, you're stuck. 06:10 price war coming...
Published 09/07/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by Jenn Litz-Kirk and Jordan Driggers to decipher what's going on with the top ten malt seltzers. ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - harry is dramatically in emo clothes and wearing blue blockers for no reason.  02:30 jenn recreates the plot of the Jerk.   02:50 harry sings song, nacho libre, etc.  04:20 Top ten seltzer pop quiz 10:45 hot prices for labor day 12:50 highlights from our fall distrib survey 14:20 most salespeoples' time spent dealing with...
Published 09/03/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by Katie Beal Brown of Lone River Ranch Water and our editors Jenn, Jordan, and a special appearance by Chanel Gulf Coast.   ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - free and easy banter - hot girl summer coming to an end. 01:00 ABI suing Constellation over Modelo Reserva's use of 'tequila' on label.  02:15 Legit claim or kinda dick move? 05:35 Katie Beal Brown of Lone River Ranch Water is a fan of the pod! Sweet redemption! 06:45 Katie's background in...
Published 09/02/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by Wine & Spirits Daily editors Sarah Barrett and Hana Kruger, along with beer editor Jordan Driggers, to discuss the latest in the W&S distribution world.  ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 needless banter about tech difficulties, Biscuit (the dog harry obsesses over) had cbd oil and is feeling the vibes.  04:45 industry trying to define these new bev-alc rtd's.  08:00 do rtd's play on-premise?  harry says no, sarah says yes in short term. 09:25 jordan...
Published 08/27/21
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Published 08/26/21
The reality tv star of Bravo's Summer House (and soon Winter House), Kyle  Cooke and COO Nick Califano join Harry and the gang to talk about their hard iced tea line, Loverboy.  ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 intro - aimless banter 00:50 can you take dogs anywhere now?  niet  01:30 jenn going to vermont to bank some marriage points with hubs. 02:35 pre-gaming the loverboy hard tea and summer house story 05:45 kyle and nick join us with loverboy 06:00 summer house spared by storm 07:10...
Published 08/25/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by bbd editors Jenn and Jordan. ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - bts talking canna-beverages coverage 01:40 harry is dressed like a rodeo clown, and we don't know why. 02:30 bts: jenn interviews bill newlands of constellation.  03:13 upside for modelo especial 03:40 jenn describes modelo as top brand in many non-california markets. 04:10 modelo is so big now, how much runway could it have?  05:30 modelo 50/50 hispanic vs general market, jim sabia...
Published 08/17/21
Harry is joined by Bump Williams of Bump Williams Consulting, Jenn, and Jordan. ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - talkin' trash. 02:00 grokking boston/pepsi implications 02:50 bump not a fan of hard sodas, but... 03:25 boston and pep folks are "wicked smaht" 04:10 mtn dew was the right brand to pic for alc test. 05:20 continued blurring of lines in beverages 05:50 long-term play -- how big? 06:20 lotsa ruffled feathers with boston distribs, more than anticipated 07:25 bump settles a...
Published 08/13/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by CM Profit Group's Tom Fox, along with Jenn and Jordan, to talk about all things chain sales. ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 intro - hard mtn dew not very similar to soft version. 00:50 will it compete more with 4 loko or twisted tea? 02:05 why low abv? likely due to issues of crossover from non-alc to alc. 02:50 it's a big deal and small deal: small in that it's one brand, big in that it brings a new big distrib competitor to the cold box.  03:30 jordan:...
Published 08/11/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by Jenn Litz-Kirk, Sarah Barrett, and Jordan Driggers ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - Gopuff model 02:00 They have the capital to win the prize. 02:15 Harry takes us down milkman and diaper delivery lane 03:35 So many models: tip of the iceberg 04:45 It will all end up being Amazon in the end 05:45 Favor was Harry's first delivery app experience, at Jenn's wedding in 2014 07:00 Jordan doesn't think tobacco is healthy.  07:40 Harry disagrees.  08:20...
Published 08/10/21
--- Panel --- Harry is joined by Jenn Litz and Jordan Driggers ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - Harry irritated with people who stable checks to invoices.  01:30 Biscuit watches new Nick Cage movie, Pig, and is traumatized.  03:20 International Beer Day.  04:10 Harry speaks with Nuno Teles of Diageo Beer Co., which is growing at twice the industry in beer and FMBs.  04:40 Smirnoff Ice at 20 years old is still a hit among Gen Z, and "icing" is still a thing, says Jordan.  04:55...
Published 08/08/21
 --- Panel --- Harry is joined by Paul Rene, Business Director for Geloso Beverage, and editors Jenn Litz-Kirk and Jordan Driggers.  ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - Talk with Geloso's Paul Rene.  Of course we have tech issues. 01:45 Getting back to traveling.  02:02 "We're not plug and play". It's vital for Paul and Geloso to be out there. 02:35 On-premise return hurt business? 03:05 Number 2 supplier in higher alc fmbs.  04:00 Keeping ahead of capacity constraints -- family...
Published 08/05/21
A brief chat with the staff re travel plans.   ---Time-Stamped Contents --- 00:00 Intro - Harry covid scare 00:50 Delta variant reactions of staff - Jenn wary. 01:45 Jessica doesn't go out, Gulf Coast masks up.  02:15 Gulf Coast heading up to Saratoga for Hall of Fame induction for her cousin, Todd Pletcher.  02:40 She hopes to meet @stoolpresidente there. 04:40 Pod devolves into poop jokes, again.  ---About--- Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and other...
Published 08/04/21