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…

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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),…

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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…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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