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Flying Embers, a leading line of hard kombucha, is the first product line launched by Fermented Sciences, an innovator in better-for-you, probiotic alcoholic beverages. Flying Embers offers a great-tasting core line of USDA-certified organic, low calorie, alcoholic kombucha with a refreshing 4.5% ABV and zero grams of sugar or carbohydrates, in addition to its higher ABV and seasonal flavors. Fermented Sciences was founded by beverage entrepreneur Bill Moses, the former founder and CEO of leading kombucha brand KeVita, which sold to PepsiCo in 2016. Products can be found in retailers such as Whole Foods Market, Total Wine, BevMo, Costco, and more.
Flying Embers
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- January 19, 2022 - Forbes
Hard Kombucha Brand Flying Embers Lands $20 Million Investment Led By Beam Suntory
Flying Embers, a line of hard kombuchas and premium hard seltzers with a better-for-you lean, has raised $20 million in a Series C funding round led by Beam Suntory, one of the world’s leading spirits portfolios. Other investors in the funding round include PowerPlant Partners (a strong supporter of plant-based tech, including Beyond Meat), Quadrant Capital, Monogram Cap and Beechwood Capital.
Read More - January 19, 2022 - PR Newswire
FLYING EMBERS CLOSES SERIES C TO ACCELERATE PORTFOLIO GROWTH AND CONTINUE TO DISRUPT TRADITIONAL ALCOHOL CATEGORIES
Flying Embers, the alcohol innovation platform with leading organic Hard Kombucha and Hard Seltzer products, announced today the successful closing of its $20M Series C round, led by Beam Suntory, a global leader in premium spirits. The funding round also includes follow-on investments from Power Plant Ventures, Quadrant Capital, Monogram Capital Partners, and Beechwood Capital.
Read More - October 22, 2021
Brands to Keep an Eye on Going Into 2022
US Magazine named Flying Embers one of 10 buzzy brands primed for immense growth going into 2022.
Read More - July 27, 2021 - Dave Asprey
Bill Moses discusses taking alcohol in natural direction (Includes Podcast)
Bill Moses joins Dave Asprey to introduce you to Flying Embers, an innovation lab that makes hard kombucha, hard seltzers and other fermented botanical brews - hoping to change the existing alcohol paradigm. During the podcast, Bill discusses how Flying Embers diligently manages what goes in and the fermentation process of their beverages and the science behind drink development.
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- June 7, 2021
Flying Embers to Open Tap Room in Boston
With hard seltzer soaring in popularity and hard kombucha on the rise, Roxbury’s newest brewery, Flying Embers, is poised to fit right in. Scheduled to open in late June, the Ventura, California-based hard kombucha brand will open its Boston brewery in the former Backlash Brewery space at 152 Hampden St. Fermentation is a driving force at Flying Embers: The brewery has made a name for itself by focusing on hard kombucha, hard seltzer, and experimental beers, with taprooms in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.
Read More - BevAlc Insights - February 24, 2021
Hard Alternatives: A Category on the Rise
Despite making up a small percentage of Drizly’s overall beer sales, hard alternatives are among some of the platform’s fastest-growing beer subcategories year-over-year. Combined sales of hard kombucha, hard lemonade, and hard iced tea accounted for less than three percent of Drizly’s 2020 beer sales, but the products are making big relative gains.
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In 2020, hard kombucha sales grew 2,134 percent over the previous year and sales were similarly impressive in the wider off-premise market. For the 52-week period ending Dec. 26, 2020, Nielsen data shows that off-premise hard kombucha dollar sales surged more than 128 percent. - goop - January 4, 2021
Hard Kombucha: What goop Staffers Are Talking about This Month
Some of the only positive things to come out of 2020, for me, involved an embrace of low-ABV hard seltzers and also a surprising but deserved watermelon renaissance. So I was thrilled to try Flying Embers, which crafts both hard seltzers and hard kombuchas in the watermelon variety (along with an impressive array of compelling flavor combinations). I’m usually suspicious of any packaged product that advertises that it’s ‘keto-friendly’ because through informal anecdotal research I have found that typically corresponds with it tasting bad. But these are the rare exception: They taste, perhaps dangerously, incredible. Beyond the immediate lovely somatic effect of a light buzz, there are other details to feel good about: They’re made with organic ingredients, adaptogens, and botanicals, and most importantly, the brand donates a portion of every purchase to firefighters and first responders.
Read More - Forbes - September 9, 2020
Hard Kombucha Entrepreneur Bill Moses Talks Innovation, Growth Opportunities
Bill Moses – who previously co-founded and later sold sparkling probiotic beverage company KeVita to PepsiCo PEP -1.7% for over $250 million — shared insights into the emerging hard kombucha category and explained why he believes Fermented Sciences is poised disrupt the entire alcoholic beverage industry. To help bring attention to the hard kombucha segment, and build additional offerings under the Flying Embers banner, Fermented Sciences has raised $35 million as it works to become a national leader in shelf-stable probiotic products that also give back.
Read More - Brewbound - August 2, 2020
Flying Embers Announces First Probiotic-Powered Hard Seltzer Line
Flying Embers, the better-for-you alcohol brand, announced the launch of its new hard seltzer line – Flying Embers Hard Seltzer, the world’s first probiotic-powered hard seltzer with antioxidants and all USDA organic ingredients. This new entry to the fast-growing category will feature delicious and unique new flavor combinations, and will deliver on the consumer need for healthier options with only 95 calories, 0 sugar, 0 carbs, USDA organic ingredients, live probiotics, and the antioxidant Vitamin C.
Read More - Brewbound - August 1, 2020
Santo Domingo Group Investment Vehicles Lead New Funding for Flying Embers
The leading “better-for-you” alcohol company, Fermented Sciences, Inc. DBA Flying Embers (“Flying Embers”), announced that it has closed $10-million of new funding, bringing the Company’s Series B total raised to $35 million. The new funding was led by investment vehicles of the Santo Domingo Group, advised by Quadrant Capital Advisors (“Quadrant”), and included participation from existing Flying Embers’ investors.
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