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.
What Even Is “American IPA”?
PUNCH
OCTOBER 24, 2024
What is “American IPA”? Craft beer experts and brewers weigh in on the substyle and how it differs from West Coast– or New England–style.
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More Than Just IPA: Across America, Craft Beer Has Surprising Pockets of Regionality
VinePair
AUGUST 29, 2024
Most craft brewers couldn’t imagine life without IPA. But at the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas, the vast majority of sales come from a very different beer style. Seven out of every 10 beers we sell is Shiner Bock,” says Nick Weiland, the brewery’s brand director. So how do these regional beer favorites come about?
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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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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. Pilot Project announced their launch of a new NA brand called YEARS.
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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 Highest-Rated IPA in Every State (2024) [MAP]
VinePair
OCTOBER 17, 2024
And while the sheer number of bitter brews on the market right now might be an annoyance to some , the IPA isn’t likely to fall out of favor any time soon. According to the Chicago-based data firm IRI , IPAs are the primary drivers of growth in the craft beer industry and account for 44.37
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Every Voodoo Ranger IPA, Tasted and Ranked
VinePair
OCTOBER 23, 2024
New Belgium has played a major role in shaping the craft beer industry as we know it. Then came the now-infamous Voodoo Ranger, a rebrand of the brand’s Ranger IPA. The original 2017 line consisted of just two beers: the Voodoo Ranger IPA and Imperial IPA. Voodoo Ranger Electric Thunderclap IPA ABV: 7.5%
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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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Midwest, Mountain, and Northleft: Meet the Latest Regional IPA Styles
VinePair
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Today, his legend swims on in another historical artifact, the English-style Commodore Perry IPA from Great Lakes Brewing Co. To attract a broader audience of IPA drinkers, Great Lakes leaned into its geography to create a balanced, subtly sweet, not-too-bitter Midwestern IPA. Bell’s Two Hearted IPA is a bellwether.)
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The Mount Rushmore of IPAs, According to 8 Beer Experts
VinePair
JUNE 25, 2024
For pretty much the last two decades, the IPA has been the No. 1 craft beer style in America, if not the world. There have been black IPAs , white IPAs , red IPAs , cold IPAs , session IPAs , brut IPAs , even glitter IPAs. directive on the upper rim still hits like few others.
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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?
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San Diego Gets A New 9.0% ABV Double IPA Craft Beer
PubClub
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Photo: Original 40 Brewing Company San Diego has a pair of new craft beers, one of them a 9.0 AVB (alcohol-by-volume) double IPA. The Original 40 Brewing Company has released Big Tings West Coast Double IPA, along with a much more modest 5.2 Special beer-pairing or wine-pairing dinners are also available.
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We Asked 7 Brewers: What’s the Most Overrated Hazy IPA?
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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No Longer Just For Macro Lagers, Craft Beer Is Finally Embracing Rice
VinePair
JANUARY 29, 2024
The earliest beers made thousands of years ago were a kind of porridge or beer soup made from cereal grains. So, in collaboration with nearby Intrinsic Brewing , Gutierrez started designing soup-inspired beers. There was a tom kha hazy IPA, based on the Thai coconut soup. I mean, these beers are just interesting.”
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Are You Drinking Your IPAs Too Fresh?
VinePair
JULY 3, 2024
If there’s one guiding law IPA devotees are taught at the beginning of their craft beer journey, it’s to drink their hazies fresh. For many, checking the canned-on dates on the bottom of IPAs is standard practice, and some are quick to pass up an otherwise automatic purchase if it’s more than a few weeks old.
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The Evolution of the IPA, from 19th Century England to Now
VinePair
AUGUST 7, 2024
And though people love to loathe them, IPAs are the current bread and butter of the American craft brewing industry. Part of the style’s success are its numerous substyles, which have allowed IPAs to straddle nearly every major beer category on the market. There’s very little that the IPA hasn’t been able to achieve.
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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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Founders All Day IPA Gets a New Look
Cheers
MAY 22, 2024
Founders All Day IPA, originally launched in 2009 and today one of the leading craft beers , has undergone a rebranding. The beer itself remains unchanged. The post Founders All Day IPA Gets a New Look appeared first on Cheers. This is the product’s first brand refresh since 2011.
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We Asked 6 Brewers: What’s the Most Underrated Hazy IPA?
VinePair
JUNE 20, 2024
The broad category of IPAs contains some of the most popular beers in the United States. Among them are hazy IPAs, the juicy, ultra-hoppy brews that captured the attention of American craft beer drinkers — and may never let go. Keep reading for picks from the beer pros. appeared first on VinePair.
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Craft Breweries Are Simplifying to Broaden Interest
Imbibe Magazine
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Craft brewing is known for maximal flavors and naming conventions—sometimes quirky, sometimes cringe. Beer’d Brewing ’s Check Out My Trapper Keeper IPA and Against the Grain’s Citra Ass Down double IPA exist in the same beverage universe. “It Sometime in the 2010s, consuming craft beer turned into a personality trait.
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This Week's Pre-Paddy's Day Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 15, 2024
” Love these tasting notes for Twisted Hippo’s recently-re-released IPA. Congrats to the Beer Temple , victors of the recent Mild Masters competition with over 400 pints of mild served over one weekend. Banging Gavel’s gotcha. “Chico-in-the-late-90s malt bill attending a grapefruit-pine-cone party.”
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Tasting Notes for Craft Beer
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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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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Brewing Friendships: Exploring the Dynamics Among Students of Craft Beer Enthusiasts
PubClub
JANUARY 23, 2024
In the bustling landscape of modern hobbies and social gatherings, the world of craft beer stands out as a unique and vibrant community, especially among students. This isn’t just about sipping on hoppy IPAs or exploring the depths of stout flavors; it’s about the friendships that ferment in these shared experiences.
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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
In case you took a break from the internet on April Fools Day, here are a few of the funnier 1 ones we spotted from around the Midwest: The Cicerone Certification Program held a “beer quiz” to see if people could name the Zima Clear IPA. On a similar note, Alarmist announced a “clear hazy IPA.”
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San Diego’s Mike Hess Brewing Introduces Special Craft Beer For City Tacos
PubClub
JULY 10, 2024
The Mike Hess Blessed City Hazy IPA is brewed exclusively for City Tacos. San Diego’s Mike Hess Brewing has created a special beer for City Tacos to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the popular taco restaurant. Named the Blessed City Hazy IPA, it is a 7.0% alcohol-by-volume (ABV) and has flavors of fresh citruses.
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This Week's Chicago-ish Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 8, 2024
<shakes fist at cloud> Back in December we showed Premium Subscribers a label for an “all grey everywhere ipa” from Fair State , which made us remark that they might want to invest in one of those sad lamps. Well, maybe this beer, called Sad Lamp from Modist, could also do the job. Dancing until 1am on a Wednesday?
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Expanding Legends: Greene King Unveils Exciting Craft IPAs
Bar Magazine
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Greene King Brewery is launching two new craft beers, Hazy Day and Prior Life, into the market this month as it looks to grow its craft portfolio further. Launching in February, Hazy Day, a fruity IPA (4.3% ABV), and Prior Life, an All Day IPA (3.4% Launching in February, Hazy Day, a fruity IPA (4.3%
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In a World of Hazy IPAs, These Beers Use No Hops at All
VinePair
OCTOBER 2, 2024
When the American craft beer boom took off in the 1990s, it didn’t take long before we got brews that were hopped to high heaven. But in the grand scheme of beer history, hops are actually a relatively recent addition. When the Bavarian beer purity law (a.k.a. They were trying to be more proper and civilized,” Hunt says.
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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
Should you choose to spend your 4/20 doing 4/20 kind of things, the Marz Brewing Mothership is hosting their Dank Magic Market , where they’ll be launching their hemp-infused Stupid Soda and pouring some dank IPAs as well as hosting some local artists and marketers. See you soon, Caleb. cans of framboise and kriek.
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We Asked 9 Brewers: What’s the Most Overrated Beer Trend?
VinePair
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The most overrated beer trends, according to brewers: Posting negative beer reviews on social media Side-pull faucets Lagers Non-alcoholic beers Hard teas Overly fruited sour beers Triple and quadruple IPAs Cold IPAs Stovepipe cans “Posting negative beer reviews on your social media page is the most overrated trend in craft beer.
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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. Start a brewery, crank out some IPAs , and you, too, could become a millionaire! Their Pale Ale might be the most iconic craft beer ever made; their Celebration IPA one of the most seasonally beloved.
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This Week's "It's Not A Relocation" Craft Beer Events & Socials:
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Almost exactly two years to the day after the fire that destroyed their brewery, Twisted Hippo released a Kokua session IPA whose proceeds will go toward the ongoing Maui wildfire relief efforts, saying “We hope that in doing what we do, we can be of some comfort to others as so many have been to us.” ” Wow.
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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. Leigh’s Brewing Co.
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The Highest-Rated Beer in Every State (2024) [MAP]
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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Welcome Demo! Welcome Industry! This Week's Chicago-Centric Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 29, 2024
Mikerphone had a collab-heavy week, working with the forthcoming Goose Salt Shed on a hazy DDH DIPA , and also on a West Coast style IPA with Torzala and Steel Tank up in Wisconsin. And now, I’ve decided it’s… Wow. That’s a lot of stuff going on.
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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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A Taproom, a Tease and a Deal: This Week's Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
JULY 19, 2024
Get 20% off for 1 year Last night’s birthday beers included a Gnosis Brewing Gnack lager, a Farm Club Schwarzbier and a Hop Butcher Grid IPA. 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. Like craft beer?
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We Asked 12 Brewers: What’s the Next Big Beer Style? (2024)
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. And after the initial boom of West Coast IPA, the cloudy New England style came along to dominate the scene. Ipswich, Mass.
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What’s Driving U.S. Beer Sales in 2024?
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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The ‘Change’ Quotient
Spiritz
APRIL 30, 2024
In fact, even though awareness about the many varieties of beer currently available is quite low across both urban and rural India, there is an increasing percentage of consumers who are no longer content with just one type of beer. These styles are gaining popularity amoung younger, more adventurous consumers.
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5 to Try: Kölsch-Style Ales
Imbibe Magazine
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Where bitter IPAs and rich imperial stouts polarized beer drinkers, an approachable style of ale that originated in Cologne, Germany, is finding fans in beer enthusiasts and casual imbibers alike. Having a low-alcohol beer as your flagship is definitely more desirable [than a double IPA],” says co-owner Jeff Huss.
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The 5 Best Wheat Beers to Drink Right Now
Chilled Magazine
JULY 17, 2024
Summer is a great time for lighter, refreshing beers. And while it’s tough to beat the appeal of a classic pilsner or hoppy, piney IPA, one of the best choices for the summer months is a refreshing, balanced wheat beer. Keep scrolling to see the best wheat beers to stock up this summer.
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