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The 10 Best-Selling Craft Beer Brands of 2024

VinePair

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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No Longer Just For Macro Lagers, Craft Beer Is Finally Embracing Rice

VinePair

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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Beer Events & Social Updates: A Busy Superb Owl Weekend

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

moorsbeer A post shared by @moorsbeer They’ve been added to our Chicagoland Craft Beer Map. Definitely didn’t catch all of the events out there, but we’re still looking at a ton of stuff to do this week. On February 15, the newly created American Craft Beer Hall of Fame will announce their inaugural inductees.

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

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

With all that going on, I’d definitely still be opting for Hopewell’s “Day in the UK” ( also on Saturday ) with their new Belly Up pub ale being served alongside some classic English ales and pub fare. If you haven’t yet visited Sundial Brewing + Blending , you can check out their Sundial Spring Fest tomorrow.

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This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials: A Closure and an (Imminent?) Opening

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

I know most of us aren’t in Vegas for CBC but if I were, I would definitely be checking out this special Lukr pop-up event with Brienne Allan of Sacred Profane Brewing and Eric Larkin of Cohesion Brewing , two of the leaders of Czech beer service in America.

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5 to Try: Kölsch-Style Ales

Imbibe Magazine

Originally created as a light and easy alternative to high-ABV IPAs, the slightly sweet KSA has become the preferred beer for those who want to extend the night with several beers versus committing to one high-octane brew.

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Midwest, Mountain, and Northleft: Meet the Latest Regional IPA Styles

VinePair

As craft beer boomed, location had scant bearing on a brewery producing directional IPAs, reducing geographic callouts to shorthand for aroma and flavor. Staking fresh stylistic turf can give brewers a first crack at definition. We eventually became a nation of New England IPAs , our smooth highways paved with Citra hops.

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