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Plus: Will there be tie-ins with Mike Ditka’s restaurant group?!

Editor’s note: Welcome to The Fingers Weekender, a Sunday digest exclusively for paying Friends of Fingers featuring the independent journalism about drinking in America you love, optimized for hungover scrolling. In today’s edition:

• Monster’s brewing division was down again in Q3;

• Can American drinkers save sake?;

• SipSource sees another tough year ahead for US liquor sales;

And much more. If someone forwarded this to you, buy a subscription to get next Sunday’s edition straight in your inbox.—Dave.

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