National Beer News
Introducing the Craft Malt Seal
For most craft beer fans, words like sustainable, local, independent, and small matter and help direct buying decisions. A couple years ago the Brewers Association introduced the Independent…
Anheuser-Busch agrees to pay $5 million for trade practice violations
Anheuser-Busch has agreed to pay $5 million in an Offer In Compromise (OIC) reached with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB),…
Washington breweries join in the Black is Beautiful beer project
Weathered Souls Brewing of San Antonio, Texas is currently spearheading the Black is Beautiful initiative, a new nationwide collaborative beer effort. To date, over…
Breweries begin reporting increased optimism about surviving 2020
The Brewers Association (BA), which represents the interests of the nation’s small and independent brewers, conducted a survey at the beginning of April to understand the impact…
Great American Beer Festival announces plans, or lack thereof, for 2020
I am getting tired of hearing the word canceled. Not just tired of the fact that everything is getting canceled, but tired of hearing the word….
Craft Beer Annual Growth Report for 2019
Remember 2019? It seems like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it? But alas, we’re now into the second quarter of 2020, a year none of us…
Craft Brewers Conference starts tomorrow – ONLINE!
This year’s Craft Brewers Conference in San Antonio was canceled just like everything else this spring, but the organizers have adapted and are taking the show…
Portland’s Cascade Brewing has been sold
Long revered as a leader in the sour, barrel-aged beer arena, Cascade Brewing announced today that it has been sold. Nothing against the new…
Elysian Brewing releases the first co-branded Rolling Stone beer
For more than 50 years, Rolling Stone has chronicled the passage of time, the turning of trends, and the evolution of popular music and culture in…






























