For These Brewers, Craft Beer Requires a Full Rebrand
PUNCH
AUGUST 20, 2024
Craft beer brewers like Stillwater Artisanal are making “postmodern”beers brewed for flavor instead of specific styles like lager or IPA.
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Was June 2014 Chicago's Craft Beer High Water Mark? (+Events & Socials)
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
JUNE 7, 2024
The amount of 10th anniversary events emerging over the last few weeks have made me wonder: Was May-June 2014 the busiest time in Chicago craft beer history? Waypost Brewing is hosting an evening of kolsch service in their beer garden on June 14.
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This Week's Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 22, 2024
Since we mentioned a bird-related event up top, it seems fitting to pass along this new Hidden Hand beer announcement, for a foeder lager called Waterfowl. We mentioned the Untappd awards on Monday, but Mikerphone brought home some hardware from the Best Of Craft Beer awards this week as well, taking Gold for their Sir Blends-A-Lot stout.
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The 10 Best-Selling Craft Beer Brands of 2024
VinePair
MAY 5, 2024
This may sound like a backhanded compliment, but while craft beer sales continue to slow, the situation isn’t nearly as grim as it was this time last year. craft beer sales totalled $4.7 Circana compiled the sales data into a list revealing the top 10 best-selling craft beer brands going into 2024.
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N/A Beer, Why So Secretive?
PUNCH
JANUARY 25, 2024
Craft beer was built on the open sharing of ideas among brewers. Nonalcoholic craft beer is taking the opposite tack—to the detriment of innovation.
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Lost in a haze: North American craft beer searches for mojo
Just Drinks
MAY 14, 2024
The once-dynamic North American craft beer market is now stagnant. A lack of innovation in a sector awash with hazy IPAs has been blamed.
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Effingut launches craft beers in cans
Spiritz
JULY 23, 2024
Effingut, a trailblazer in India's craft brewing industry, has announced the release of its renowned craft beers in cans. Known for its brewing excellence and innovation, Effingut’s new venture into canned beers aligns with its mission to make craft beer a staple for all occasions.
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No Longer Just For Macro Lagers, Craft Beer Is Finally Embracing Rice
VinePair
JANUARY 29, 2024
Rice beer has roots in civilization’s earliest fermented beverages, and is a key part of some of the world’s top-selling beer brands. ( But despite — and in part because of — its mass-market appeal, rice has largely been overlooked by the craft beer industry. His Rice Kolsch is one of the brewery’s flagship beers.
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12th Man Brewing launches canned craft beer
Spiritz
MAY 20, 2024
12th Man Brewing has introduced its first canned craft beer in Maharashtra. The brewery endeavours to merge the passion for sports with the craft of brewing and claims to offer the state’s first canned craft beer.
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The VinePair Podcast: Has Craft Beer Gotten Boring?
VinePair
JUNE 11, 2024
With nearly every conceivable IPA variant, from cold to milkshake to hoppy absurdity , and stouts barrel-aged and pastrified to the nth degree, it seems that craft beer has reached a point of all-time stagnation. This grim state of affairs begs the question: Has craft beer gotten boring? appeared first on VinePair.
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The Who’s Who of Beer Cool
PUNCH
APRIL 4, 2024
The best craft beer breweries in 2024, from a minimalist operation serving lagers to the brewers making IPAs that spotlight regional flavors.
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Are Beer Flights Passé? The Debate Captures Craft Beer’s Growing Pains.
PUNCH
MARCH 21, 2024
Beer flights are a divisive debate in craft beer. For some, they are unnecessary holdovers. For others, they're a key to accessibility.
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More Than Just IPA: Across America, Craft Beer Has Surprising Pockets of Regionality
VinePair
AUGUST 29, 2024
Although the dominance of India Pale Ale has led to memes, rants, and Reddit posts about craft beer’s homogeneity, the U.S. craft beer scene is a lot more varied than it might appear. Occasionally, they even represent the best-selling craft beer on the market. It’s great for the style.
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When Did Taprooms Start to Look So… Nice?
PUNCH
JANUARY 26, 2024
Craft beer taprooms, once only industrial extensions of breweries, have gotten a makeover. Here's why they're now bright, airy and sleek.
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Imbibe 75 Person to Watch: Morgan Owle-Crisp
Imbibe Magazine
DECEMBER 29, 2023
She names the craft beer scene in Asheville as inspiration: With fewer than 100,000 people, the town has welcomed more than 50 breweries over the past two decades. Craft beer, she realized, offers inventive ways to use natural ingredients. Importantly, beer need not be a poison. Everything is medicine,” she says.
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This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
APRIL 12, 2024
I know in my head that it was just last Friday because we have these poll results to look at…but it doesn’t feel like it: A majority of “I’ll get there at some point” kinda sums up a lot about craft beer at the current moment, doesn’t it?
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Rice Isn’t Just For Big Beer Anymore
PUNCH
JULY 18, 2024
Craft beer breweries once looked down on Budweiser and Coors for using rice in their beers. Today, craft rice lager is trending. Here's why.
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This Week's Pre-Paddy's Day Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 15, 2024
Revolution Brewing is now the official craft beer sponsor of the Chicago Sky…and they’re not time outs any more, they’re Cold Time outs. 😉 Whiskey Hill is also hiring for their Westmont location , so it sounds like they’re getting close to opening as well.
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This Week's Chicago-ish Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 8, 2024
Hi, all — Sharing this one with you a little early as I’m currently on the way to Kalamazoo, where I’ll be attending a pre-Oberon Day media event at Bell’s. Will keep you posted via Instagram stories. Also, any/all important news that comes from this little gathering will go to Premium Subscribers first.
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What Even Is “American IPA”?
PUNCH
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Craft beer experts and brewers weigh in on the substyle and how it differs from West Coast– or New England–style. What is “American IPA”?
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This Week's "It's Not A Relocation" Craft Beer Events & Socials:
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
First up: A quick correction. Monday’s email incorrectly stated that Byron’s Hairy Cow Brewing was relocating to Box Elder, South Dakota. This was incorrect. They are opening a second location in South Dakota, as one does.
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Drink of the Week: Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale
Imbibe Magazine
MAY 10, 2024
In the ever-innovative realm of craft beer, staying on top of trends, styles, and new releases is practically a full-time job (just ask our contributing editor Josh Bernstein ). I was reminded of this recently as we tasted through a lineup of rice beers, most of which were newer releases from smaller craft breweries.
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This Week's Circus-y & Chicago-y Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MAY 17, 2024
Facebook Memories reminded us that the Lagunitas Beer Circus — perhaps the most bizarre beer event we’ve ever attended — kicked off in Chicago a decade ago. Happy Friday, friends! Hey, remember when Lagunitas was fun?
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Welcome Demo! Welcome Industry! This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 29, 2024
With their Grand Opening today, we’d like to officially welcome Demo to the Chicagoland beer scene! For a few years, this was all the info we had about Demo Brewing in Ravenswood: A logo, a window, and a bunch of brick. Today, they open up the doors and welcome us all inside.
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This Week's Chicago-ish Craft Beer Events & Socials: Complimentary Meat Cart Monday
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 1, 2024
That beer comes out one week from today, March 8, on International Women’s Day. Remember when we chatted with SOB’s Charolette Converse about the Vibes Since 1920 project ?
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The VinePair Podcast: Can Craft Beer Enter the Light Lager Conversation?
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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Craft Breweries Are Simplifying to Broaden Interest
Imbibe Magazine
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Sometime in the 2010s, consuming craft beer turned into a personality trait. Acquiring, drinking, and discussing beer in granular detail became an all-consuming hobby. We’re trying to make craft beer less intimidating for anybody who wants to participate in the craft beer space,” he says.
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One Brand Enters, WLL Leaves: This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MAY 10, 2024
They started out in CDMX in 2015 and have had a couple collabs with Pilot Project’s Brewers Kitchen brand in the last year, but now they’re rolling out some beers stateside with the PP team. Happy Friday, friends!
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This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials: Live from the West Coast
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
APRIL 26, 2024
The World Beer Cup awards were announced Wednesday night and I’m always thrilled when the most competitive award goes to a Midwestern brewery — even more so when it’s one of my favorites in Chicago. Old Irving Brewery’s Beezer beat out 325 other beers to earn the Gold Medal for Juicy/Hazy IPA.
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A Salt Shed Open Date + This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
APRIL 5, 2024
If you want to drink craft beer at its source and play some video slots, good news: Will County Brewing’s Channahon location now has gaming. Okay, we’re almost done with eclipse content but this poster from downstate IL’s Big Muddy Brewing is very fun.
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This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials: A Closure and an (Imminent?) Opening
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
APRIL 19, 2024
If you enjoyed their beers, good news — they already have plans to keep popping up around town. It’s been a while since we had one of these ( that we immediately believed , anyways) but we’re starting today’s email with a closure announcement.
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Western Australia launches ten-year craft beer roadmap
Just Drinks
AUGUST 14, 2024
The local government of Western Australia has launched a decade-long strategy to grow craft beer production in the region.
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On Non-Alc and the Decline of Craft Beer
Dry Atlas
JULY 31, 2024
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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The Mount Rushmore of Craft Breweries, According to 8 Beer Experts
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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This Week's New Habanero-Pineapple Beer Labels (and Haymarket News)
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
… “It has been an amazing 15 years across two states creating and enjoying delicious craft beer and food. While this is a heavy decision and pulls at my heart, I know Haymarket will continue making great beer and food for its ever-growing fanbase,” said Crowley. and distribution across Illinois and Michigan.
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The Return of Honkers: This Week's Beer News
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
OCTOBER 7, 2024
One of Chicago’s original craft beers is coming back. We broke the news of its discontinuation back in early 2019 , calling it “the end of an era” as Goose was pivoting to beers like Old Man Grumpy and Next Coast IPA. Earlier today, Goose Island made it official : Honkers Ale is returning to package format.
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Brooklyn Brewery CEO talks grain, category “blurring” and the future of US craft beer
Just Drinks
MAY 20, 2024
Brooklyn Brewery CEO Eric Ottaway talks to Just Drinks about the west African grain fonio, the commoditisation of IPAs and NPD.
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The 5 Best Wheat Beers to Drink Right Now
Chilled Magazine
JULY 17, 2024
Keep scrolling to see the best wheat beers to stock up this summer. Add these beers to your fridge and you’re guaranteed to have an epic summer. 3 Floyds Gumballhead Indiana’s 3 Floyds is a big name in the craft beer world. While the brewery’s Zombie Dust Pale Ale is a must-try beer, Gumballhead is also a summer staple.
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This Week's Beer News: Weed Edition + ICBW Pint Glass Preview
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Today, we’re bringing you an exclusive first look at this year’s Craft Beer Week pint glass, courtesy of the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild. The biggest story in Midwestern craft beer this week?
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Elayne Duff Appointed by Heaven Hill Brands as Global Director of Advocacy
Chilled Magazine
AUGUST 1, 2024
Duff’s impressive career includes serving as the Global Manager of experiential events and education at Ab-InBev’s Craft Beer Division, Z.X. She has also showcased her talents on the popular TV show, Bar Rescue, and achieved notable milestones such as graduating from the rigorous W.S.E.T. Level 3 & B.A.R 5 Day program.
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Denisse Soto’s Latin American Cocktail Program at Chicago’s Cariño
Chilled Magazine
JULY 29, 2024
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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A Taproom, a Tease and a Deal: This Week's Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
JULY 19, 2024
This year’s Ravenswood On Tap craft beer and music fest takes place tomorrow and Sunday, and the poster for this year’s event is awesome. Goldfinger’s Fourth Lagerversary is running now through Sunday, featuring two cool collab beers (made with Live Oak & Bierstadt Lagerhaus ). Like craft beer?
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The VinePair Podcast: Is Craft Beer’s Optimistic Tone Defensible or Delusional?
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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Growing Trend for Experimental Brews
Spiritz
APRIL 30, 2024
People in India are becoming more interested in beer styles beyond traditional lagers, such as India Pale Ales (IPAs), stouts, porters and sour ales. There is also a growing trend for experimental and collaborative brews, which use local ingredients and flavours to create authentic and diverse beer experiences.
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