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This Week's Circus-y & Chicago-y Craft Beer Events & Socials

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Here’s our post about our very first visit to the rooftop back in 2012. Farm Bar’s Arriba Rooftop, which many of you may remember fondly as the Fountainhead rooftop, opened on Wednesday. And finally, here’s something I’ve never done before: A full grid screenshot.

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The State of the Booze Business: What Does the Future Hold?

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Non-alcohol beverages growth This shift is strongest among younger generations, with Gen Z (born 1997-2012) drinking over 20% less than other generations did at their age. Craft spirits are seeing growth as consumers seek unique and locally produced options.

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The Mount Rushmore of Craft Breweries, According to 8 Beer Experts

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craft beer has been around so long that it’s experienced several significant booms and several subsequent busts. But through its ups and down, craft beer has proven that it is here to stay, now a part of the culinary and cultural fabric of not just American life, but life all over the world. Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Co.):

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Tilray to Acquire Four Craft Breweries from Molson Coors

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With the pending acquisition of these four breweries from Molson Coors, Tilray’s portfolio will expand across beer markets, adding 30% new beer buying accounts, the company says. Tilray Brands is proud to be driving the most compelling and unique growth story in the craft beer industry,” says Irwin D.

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BrewDog CEO James Watt Steps Down Following Years of Controversy

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As of 2012, the brand established its new headquarters in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. You have inflated egos and fostered a culture within craft beer that deifies founders, and gives weight to sexist and misogynistic brewers who claim to be standing up for free speech,” the letter claimed.

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The Spice Is Right: Why Brewers Are Betting Big on Micheladas

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Tecate debuted America’s first canned Michelada in 2012, while 2014 saw Modelo roll out Chelada Especial, made with tomatoes, salt, and lime. “We The Hispanic community wasn’t too familiar with the craft beer scene, so I was trying to merge those worlds together.”

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The Mount Rushmore of IPAs, According to 8 Beer Experts

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1 craft beer style in America, if not the world. In that time, we’ve seen the beer industry go from malty English IPAs to dank West Coast options — teeth-chatteringly bitter double and then triple and even quadruple IPAs — to softer, fruitier, and hazier New England-style options. Maine Beer Co.

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