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The World’s Top 10 Beer Destinations for 2024

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It’s safe to say that the craft beer boom has now reached nearly every corner of the globe. This year’s list of the best beer destinations recognizes cities with up-and-coming craft scenes, many of which have exploded in recent years. Next up, and just a short walk from the Acropolis, is Strange Brew.

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On Non-Alc and the Decline of Craft Beer

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By Mike Gurr, Vice President of Operations at Gruvi For 15 years, I was deeply immersed in the world of craft beer. My trajectory in the beer industry—marked first by unbridled enthusiasm, a period of stagnation, and then great uncertainty—in many ways mirrors the industry’s own evolution.

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Staying Anchored: Why Homage Beers Are Everywhere Right Now

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Days before Thanksgiving, Cloudburst announced its nostalgic winter warmer with a self-deprecating Instagram post (it’s a “beer you can drink one can of [and] leave a second can in the back of your fridge”) that became a potent sales pitch. Credit: Samuel Adams No beer is immune from vanishing or evolving. The outcry was as expected.

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Craft Beer on the Decline, Non-Alc on the Ups

Dry Atlas

By Mike Gurr, Vice President of Operations at Gruvi For 15 years, I was deeply immersed in the world of craft beer. My trajectory in the beer industry—marked first by unbridled enthusiasm, a period of stagnation, and then great uncertainty—in many ways mirrors the industry’s own evolution.

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Bring Back Stewart’s Mountain Brew, the Beloved Budget Beer of the Adirondacks

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Not to be confused with Stewart’s Root Beer and restaurant chain, Stewart’s Shops is a regional gas station-convenience store hybrid akin to Wawa or Sheetz, with 350-plus locations across the Adirondacks and surrounding counties. The Best Deal in Beer In 2010, Stewart’s Shops rolled out the original Mountain Brew Beer Ice.

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Better Together: Why Craft Breweries Are Sharing Taprooms and Brewing Systems

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Since founding Primitive Beer in Longmont, Colo., As the couple planned to have another child, they weighed their options for continuing production of lambic-style beer. “We Primitive shares New Image’s brewing equipment, stores its barrels inside the building, and hosts a monthly pop-up for bottle sales and serving beer. “I

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When Brewers Enforce Non-Competes, Everybody Loses

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Keith Greggor during one such legal tangle between the San Francisco brewery and Boston Beer Company (BBC) in 2011. But the initial reaction to BBC’s, ah, zealous enforcement effort by Anchor’s then-CEO echoes in beer-industry eternity. Anchor finds it ironic that Boston Beer feels its training is so special and unique.

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