The years-long saga between Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) and Constellation over the definition of beer continues.
On Monday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a jury’s March 2023 ruling that hard seltzer is beer. That decision dictates that Constellation — which exclusively owns the licensing rights to distribute Corona and Modelo in the U.S. — did not violate the 2012 licensing agreements outlined by ABI-owned Grupo Modelo with its releases of Corona Hard Seltzer and Modelo Ranch Water.
