VinePair

MAY 31, 2024

With brands like Montana’s Montucky Cold Snacks on the rise , we’re left wondering if beer consumers are still thirsting for high-ABV juice bombs like they have been in recent years. That said, given the style’s inherent focus on drinkability and mild flavor, how much better-tasting can these craft iterations really be?

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

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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Advanced Mixology

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Craft beer is more than just a drink. For craft beer enthusiasts, tasting notes are a way of appreciating and sharing the complex and diverse experiences associated with different brews. Tasting notes are also useful for learning more about beer styles, ingredients, and brewing techniques.

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VinePair

JANUARY 6, 2025

For folks in NYC, Queue Beer in Carroll Gardens famously uses side-pull faucets to serve Miller High Life a drink the craft beer bar calls Canal Champagne. Image retrieved from Love the wind via stock.adobe.com The article How the Lukr Side-Pull Faucet Serves the Best Pour of Pilsner appeared first on VinePair.

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VinePair

APRIL 30, 2024

In the dawn of the post-Covid landscape, the beer industry was poised to see what its new normal would shape up to be. Craft beer sales have been slipping, and the tried-and-true path of “instant profit ahead” by cranking out IPAs isn’t working like it used to. Unfortunately, thus far, it’s been a whole lot of nothing.

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Cheers

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Spoiled for choice Across all three tiers, the Hilton Managed Beverage Program includes domestic and import beers, as well as craft breweries from 11 U.S. regions, representing dozens of different styles and over 100 possible craft beers in total.

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VinePair

JANUARY 27, 2025

Naming beer is an integral part of any brewerys marketing. Its the first thing a potential customer sees when eyeing a taplist or browsing the beer aisle, and therefore can make or break a potential sale. Regardless of whether or not this tactic works, weve encountered some delightfully bizarre beer names along the way.

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VinePair

JANUARY 27, 2025

At a craft beer bar in Brooklyn called Queue Beer , all of the 24 taps feature premium and hard-to-find beers but one tap faucet stands apart from the rest. The article Miller High Life: The Big, Corporate Beer That Won the Industrys Heart appeared first on VinePair. Just pop it, drink it, call it a day.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 6, 2023

By some metrics, Blue Moon is the best-selling craft beer of all time. But is it actually a craft beer? When the orange-garnished witbier started booming in the early aughts, terms like “crafty” and “phantom craft” were tossed around as ways to describe premium beers coming out of mega macrobreweries, much like Blue Moon.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

United embraces its Midwest roots with cans of the cult-favorite craft beer Two Hearted IPA from Michigan brewery Bell’s. British carrier Virgin Atlantic doubles down on zero-proof cocktails by curating a menu with the NA spirit Seedlip. Even the flight route can play a factor.

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VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

While the closing rate of craft breweries increased to 4 percent (up from 3 percent in 2022) the BA remains relatively unconcerned. When it comes to which states are the best for enjoying a pint of craft beer, Vermont wins out with 14.7 Rank State Craft Breweries Craft Breweries Per Capita 1 Vermont 74 14.70

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VinePair

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As craft beer boomed, location had scant bearing on a brewery producing directional IPAs, reducing geographic callouts to shorthand for aroma and flavor. The article Midwest, Mountain, and Northleft: Meet the Latest Regional IPA Styles appeared first on VinePair.

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VinePair

JUNE 5, 2024

Pastry stouts — sweet, saccharine, indulgent beers built on flavors more common to a bakery than a brewery — emerged toward the end of last decade as a coveted, if occasionally maligned, pseudo-style of craft beer. Tune in for more.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 12, 2024

Tørst Curating one of the better beer selections in Brooklyn for more than a decade, Tørst appeals to both connoisseurs and casual drinkers. Their 21 rotating taps essentially offer a guide to “what’s cool in craft beer” at any given time, from farmhouse ales made in rural Oregon to a crisp kölsch from Germany or cider from Spain.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Coffee Stouts at Covenhoven Although craft beer bars may be a slowly dying breed in the modern metropolitan landscape, its nice to see that some institutions have managed to navigate the rough seas and perpetuate excitement around craft beer in 2025. Brooklyns Covenhoven is, without a doubt, one of those spots.

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2024

These days, BA (barrel-aged) is a well-established acronym in the craft beer vernacular, but 30 years ago, that wasn’t the case. In the early ‘90s, the American craft beer boom was in its infancy, and for the most part, brewers still vehemently followed the beer purity rules of the Reinheitsgebot. Tune in for more.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 24, 2024

Beer festivals, bars, and shops arose to meet the nation’s quickly fermenting curiosity, home brewers commandeering basements and kitchens. Craft beer steadily spread nationwide and wrapped its tendrils around new subcultures, and taprooms in time welcomed fans of heavy metal, drag performances, knitting, hip-hop, and more.

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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

DECEMBER 13, 2023

However, in the decades following Prohibition, a handful of non-alcoholic beers continued to hit the market. Things changed in the mid-2010s, though, as the craft beer boom spread across the country. With the boom came a flock of brewers seeking to redefine the NA beer space. The pioneers of this movement?

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 10, 2024

Monkey Club From the beer-and-shot specials at Bob & Barbara’s in Rittenhouse Square, to the 75-cent hot dogs at McGlinchey’s , Philadelphia dive bars are legendary. You can get cheap beer and even fancy craft beers for under $7,” he says. Monkey Club is Ducos’ go-to in Fishtown. It’s a true neighborhood dive.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the ‘70s and ‘80s, imported beers like Heineken , Stella, and Newcastle took the American market by storm, virtually the only available alternatives to the light adjunct lagers of the time. Tune in for more. Zach is drinking: 1994 Columbia Winery Red Willow Vineyard Syrah Joanna is drinking: E.

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VinePair

AUGUST 16, 2024

This week, Canadian cannabis company turned global consumer goods conglomerate Tilray Brands acquired four craft breweries from Molson Coors, bringing Tilray’s total brewery count to 20. Needless to say, the company is very bullish on craft beer, but it’s also very bullish on its original focus: cannabis.

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VinePair

JULY 29, 2024

As demand for craft beer spiked throughout the 2010s, breweries expanded to slake drinkers’ seemingly endless thirst for IPAs. “We Now the taproom, restaurant, and beers are all beneath the Marlowe banner, no constraints. “We We try to do one new beer every week now, and we have the tank space to achieve that,” Ross says.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 27, 2023

If you compiled all of the headlines covering craft beer over the past 12 months and gave your summation on the state of the industry, you might grumble something about a Bob Dylan song in between sips of your Flavortown spiked fruit punch. ” —Joe Stange, managing editor at Craft Beer & Brewing Blindhouse Beer Roanoke, Va.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Craft beer distorts the concept of locality. We want to live in the craft beer NA section.” Benny Farber, Benny Boy Brewing Aligning beer with cider can encourage trial. Fast-growing regional cideries now account for the majority of cider sales, signifying a shift to taste with a sense of place.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The beer business is constantly evolving. It long ago departed from European styles to the great American lager, and then again straight into the craft beer era. But these days, the beer consumer has a more varied palate. The article We Asked 12 Brewers: What’s the Next Big Beer Style?

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VinePair

OCTOBER 10, 2024

So, we consulted Beer Advocate’s list of top-rated beers from breweries in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., As a baseline, the only beers that were considered were those with over 100 ratings on the platform. In what will likely come as no surprise, IPAs — the most popular craft beer style — claim the top spot in 21 states.

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VinePair

JULY 31, 2024

Before craft beer, decades of consolidation, and even before Prohibition, every city had its own brewery — and odds are that brewery made a lager. Listen Online Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Watch on YouTube The article Taplines: Saving Narragansett, New England’s Beloved Legacy Lager appeared first on VinePair.

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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. Athens, Greece Credit: Athineo / Constantinos Kollias via Unsplash Beer production in Athens dates back to 3300 B.C. The five-hour Craft Beer Brewery Tour includes three stops, an interactive brewery tour, and 13 tastings.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A slew of celebs started investing big bucks in the project, and with the American craft beer boom sitting pretty on the horizon, Eureka’s future was looking bright. However, once Eureka’s beer left the brewpub to be distributed to local retailers, one small production oversight blossomed into some big monetary repercussions.

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Cheers

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Craft beer sales have slowed with the rise of too many breweries, consumers not drinking as much beer, and those that do drink beer opting for less-expensive brews. And with all the great beers out there, it is fun to try different ones and enjoy a variety, especially those that complement our food menu,” he says.

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VinePair

MAY 7, 2024

Much like craft beer, there’s something to be said about a wine brand that never hits the big-time distribution chain. Tune in for more. appeared first on VinePair.

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VinePair

AUGUST 13, 2024

This acquisition will bring Tilray’s craft brewery count up to 20. “We are excited to welcome the employees and distributors behind these craft beer brands which will play a pivotal role in the growth of Tilray Beverages,” president of Tilray Beverages North America Ty Gilmore said in the release.

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VinePair

JANUARY 30, 2024

ShitLondonGuinness’s success also reflects a mild nerdiness about the beer — encouraged and reinforced by decades of Guinness marketing — that puts it somewhere between “stack it up, sell it cheap” macro lager and the fussier end of the craft-beer market. Could Guinness get even more popular? “I It’s already bananas.”

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VinePair

MAY 14, 2024

Sure, competitions like the World Beer Cup may have had a huge impact in the heyday of craft beer, but now even consumers have a voice that some may deem more trustworthy via community-driven rating systems like BeerAdvocate and Untappd. Tune in for more. appeared first on VinePair.

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VinePair

JUNE 6, 2024

Hazy IPAs have been the headliner of American craft beer since the early 2000s. These New England-style brews redefined what craft beer means in the United States, spurring the popularity of a plethora of new hop varieties and breweries across the nation to conjure the dankest, juiciest ales they can.

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VinePair

JANUARY 30, 2024

The best macro beers, according to brewers: Miller High Life Modelo Especial Narragansett Presidente Pacifico Coors Banquet Budweiser Guinness “It’s always going to be a (very cold!) After drinking craft beer exclusively for many years, I’ve realized that High Life is one of the most flavorful, crispy macro beers out there.

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