Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 2, 2024

It sure feels like the first Monday of the year, so I thought I’d put a whole mess of beer news in your inboxes today. We’re also looking out for anything from Suncatcher Brewing, who dropped an introductory batch of the beers they brewed at Hill Farmstead around Chicago and then went radio silent. You’re welcome.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Not only is Octopi going to start brewing Asahi Ultra Dry for this continent, but per the press release they’ll also apparently be brewing beer for a Czech brand owned by Asahi called Kozel, at a time when Czech-style beers are still in their ascendancy. The Mad Tap , a self-pour beer bar in Tipton, is now open.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Yes, for years we delivered preview coverage of the annual BCBS lineup, and in 2021 we were taken off the invite list for those yearly media-invite events, which also happened to be the year we expressed support for the stymied union organization attempts by Goose Island employees in 2020. I spent money on Bourbon County Stout. Crazy, right?

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

AUGUST 9, 2024

I can’t believe beer and spirits makers are still doing s**t like this. But apparently Spirit Water - the brewery and distillery in suburban Cary owned and operated by Tim Kovac , the creator of Not Your Father’s Root Beer — thinks it’s perfectly fine to promote a vodka called … Panty Dropper. Anyone else?

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

We’ll also talk more next week about the USAToday Readers Choice 10Best beer-related award voting going on, but while we’re here, both Funkytown Brewing and Turner Haus Brewing were also nominated this week as one of the Best New Breweries in America — so that’s pretty cool. Y’all are the best.

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VinePair

JUNE 23, 2024

But beer tourism? Even then, taking a vacation devoted to beer is a harder thing to justify. Nonetheless, there are stellar breweries around the country that bring beer nerds to their taprooms every year to score their most coveted releases. Wine tourism is a bonafide industry. Curating such a list is no small feat.

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VinePair

MAY 31, 2024

On Friday, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Suntory, owner of Jim Beam , has entered early talks to purchase Boston Beer Company (BBC). beer market will expand significantly. The article Suntory In Talks to Acquire Boston Beer Company appeared first on VinePair.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Since the dawn of craft beer, bars have played a pivotal role in the boom of American brewing. Nowhere is this more true than at the more specialized spots: the beer bars, as we know them, with their thoughtful selections across tap lines and bottle lists, and their dedication to service, atmosphere, and education.

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VinePair

JULY 30, 2024

If you’re like most drinkers, you’re likely starting to see a lot more non-alcoholic beer around. Last fall, The Wall Street Journal reported a jump of 32 percent in sales of non-alcoholic beer from a year earlier and an average of 31 percent growth over the previous four years, citing data from NielsenIQ. The TL;DR: a solid maybe.

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Imbibe Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Scion Cider Bar Opened in late 2021 by husband-and-wife Matthew Ostrander (a certified pommelier, or cider expert) and Elisabeth Osmeloski, Scion Cider Bar is leading the charge for the category, not just in the state but nationwide. “You They are one of our favorite breweries in the state,” adds Gardner. It’s just a classic, cozy spot.”

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 29, 2024

In June 2021, she founded Denise Soto With Flair LLC and launched La Chingona Miks, a line of drink mixers. Additionally, the restaurant offers a collection of agave-based spirits, craft beer, and a portfolio of Latin American wines curated by Jean Banchet Award-nominated sommelier Richie Ribando (Smyth, The Loyalist, Next).

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

His intimate Los Angeles bar, Alma’s Cider & Beer , which opened in 2021, is a 558-square-foot jewel box bathed in three shades of blue, decorated with quirky dioramas and a chandelier evoking flying saucers. Alma’s Cider & Beer in Los Angeles: Anxo Imperial Cider (left). Craft beer distorts the concept of locality.

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Booze Business

JULY 9, 2024

This shift is reflected in the market with beer sales stagnating, wine offering alcohol-free alternatives, and spirits brands introducing non-alcohol versions of cocktails. Overall, 33% of Americans said they had spent $50 or more on a bottle of alcohol in 2022, against just 24% in 2021. Premiumization is most notable in spirits.

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VinePair

JANUARY 30, 2024

This pub, reopened in November last year, is run by Dubliner Oisín Rogers and Guinness has quickly become a central part of its appeal: More than 60 percent of the beer sold here is Ireland’s famous stout. Now it’s the most fashionable beer in the country, a social-media staple, a key part of many young drinkers’ online personalities.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Teams could register at their leisure, maybe over morning coffees or evening beers. Photos by Tim Robison Sports and beer have long occupied intersections of perspiration and spectatorship. Beer is a reward for exertion, or what fans grip and sip while rooting for home teams and underdogs. notably owned the St.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Most beer historians will tell you that the American brewing industry began to take shape when Germans and Austrians came to the New World, bringing their techniques and ingredients with them. Beer became a way to expand on my culinary interests, so we like to incorporate local indigenous ingredients when we can.”

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2024

5000 List of the fastest growing private companies in America for four consecutive years – 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, as well as receiving the 2022 Shanken Communications’ Impact Hot Brand Award, the 2023 Growth Brand Awards from Beverage Information Group, and the 2023 PR%F the Magazine Distillery of the Year award.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Take, for example, the Russian imperial stout — a beer style synonymous with the ominous jet-black, velvety, and rich brews that break through the double-digit ABV threshold. Along with sours and IPAs , Russian imperial stouts (RIS) have become one of the most coveted styles on the American craft beer market.

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VinePair

JANUARY 18, 2024

As a general editorial principle, I try to avoid telling America’s craft brewers what to do with their businesses. I make my bones writing about beer, not making it, and I make an effort to respect the very real boundaries between the two. That being said, brewers, I have a gentle suggestion to submit for your consideration.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JUNE 28, 2024

In business since 2017, Short Fuse has won GABF awards for their Tropical Hurt Locker and Vocal Jam beers, which helped them earn a Brewery of the Year award (2001-5000 Barrels) in 2021. Nick Teague is the owner and founder of the brewery, who got into craft beer while working in California.

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VinePair

MARCH 12, 2024

Earlier this year, as Keith Wedeking began building a garage at his house in Cedar Falls, Iowa, he resolved to drink a rare beer upon completing the project. In summer of 2021, Busch Light Apple, a.k.a. The move “greatly expanded the beer’s fandom,” Stowe writes, as well as the disappointment when the beer was scrapped.

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VinePair

MAY 8, 2024

BrewDog, started by Watt and Martin Dickie in a garage in Fraserburgh, was founded on anti-establishment ideals before rising to become one of the biggest names in the modern beer landscape. In June 2021, an open letter signed by over 100 former employees accused Watt of creating a “culture of fear” in the workplace.

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VinePair

MARCH 4, 2024

But new data from Secret Hopper — a shopping service for craft beer businesses — suggests that age plays a major role in how much guests are tipping at taprooms. 1, 2021 to Nov. When the bill comes at bars and restaurants, most Americans know that an 18 percent tip is standard.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The original suit was filed against the Wisconsin brewery — famous for its Spotted Cow Farmhouse Ale — in August 2021. “My goal is to make world-class beer and take care of our people. A devastating lawsuit against New Glarus Brewing Company filed by three of its minority shareholders was dismissed on Friday.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 9, 2024

The Jameson range includes the original blend, double-charred and beer-seasoned cask expressions, alongside flavored whiskies, and even canned cocktails. million cases globally in 2021, leading Jameson to be named World Whisky Brand Champion 2022. Where is Jameson whiskey produced? Midleton Distillery, Cork. Is Jameson whiskey good?

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VinePair

JANUARY 19, 2024

Beer has arguably pulled off the NA feat best, cracking the zero proof code and producing genuinely drinkable options that resemble real styles. But craft beer didn’t pull off the miracle overnight and we probably shouldn’t expect the same from wine. The Quest Catherine Diao and Dorothy Munholland started Studio Null in 2021.

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VinePair

JUNE 28, 2024

Dogfish Head Cocktails Vodka Mule Dogfish Head is obviously known for its craft beers, but the Delaware-based brewery broke onto the canned cocktail scene in 2021. The ginger beer is lifting without being overly spicy, and acts as the perfect counterpart for the palate’s tropical fruit.

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VinePair

JULY 17, 2024

Of course, the term hipster would endure for years after the zeitgeist proclaimed the subculture dead, mainly to denote the consumer choices that came to represent it: fixed-gear bikes, checked shirts, American Spirit cigarettes, and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, to name a few. That is over; ergo hipster beer is over. What Even Is a Hipster?

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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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VinePair

JANUARY 21, 2024

The establishment was purchased in 1914 by Louis Glur and renamed, and is now known for its straightforward burger-and-beer offerings and laid-back dining experience. Pennsylvania: McGillin’s Olde Ale House (1860) While the Stockyard Inn was Pennsylvania’s oldest restaurant for a long time, it sadly closed its doors in 2021.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 7, 2023

China’s thirst for American craft beer hasn’t yet peaked (unlike Americans’ own) and its drinkers’ interest is piqued. craft brewers (as defined by the BA) shipped some 12,000 barrels of beer to China in 2022, according to data assembled by the trade group. Chinese craft beer imports from the U.S.

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VinePair

MARCH 7, 2024

As one Twitter user put it recently , “When you see Brewdog trending it’s never because they’ve made a lovely new beer, is it?” According to Alex Myers, Manifest founder and CEO, the brief was simple: “Redefine beer in the U.K., The strategy was to make everyone as passionate about craft beer as we are,” he adds.

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VinePair

JANUARY 5, 2024

Hop Take’s first full calendar year is in the books, and the beer industry is worse off than it was 12 months prior. Sure, the American beer business got it from all directions in 2023 , and I think there’s more trouble ahead. Boston Beer Co.’s I blame myself, I really do. Anheuser-Busch InBev’s progress on the comeback trail.

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VinePair

JANUARY 11, 2024

For all its vagaries and complexity, the United States is the most lucrative and influential beer market in the world, and Japan’s rice-lager leviathans have wanted in for quite some time. Suntory, which despite its full-proof reputation is a top Japanese beer supplier, tied up with distiller Beam in 2014; Sapporo acquired Anchor Brewing Co.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

That said, when it comes to the United States’ brewing industry, comparing the way things are to The Way Things Were is a tried-and-true method for assessing beer’s rapidly shifting place in the national zeitgeist. And Super Bowl beer ads were pretty terrific. “A Hackneyed columnists’ crutches aside, it’s time to face reality.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

But if ever there was a time for the American craft beer business to root against a marriage, it’d be this one, and right now. But in the meantime, let’s talk a bit about what Kroger-Albertsons merger means for the American beer industry — or, to put it another way, what its annulment would forestall.

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