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Beer industry report: cautious first steps on the road to recovery

Brewers Association releases its Annual Craft Brewing Industry Production Report. Highlights: Overall, good news. Growth, but don’t get too excited. Now over 9,100 breweries in…

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Brew this beer to help those impacted by the war in Ukraine

RESIST Ukrainian Anti-Imperial Stout, a campaign to help the people of Ukraine. Until now, the only news stories I’ve seen involving beer and the Russian…

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U.S. Treasury report focuses on leveling the playing field for small brewers

Treasury Releases Competition Report for Alcohol Market, Recommends Boosting Opportunity for Small Businesses. Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report that assesses…

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Introducing Pahto™, a new high-alpha hop gaining favor

Pahto, a “new” hop variety. Here’s what beer lovers need to know about this high-alpha hop variety that is gaining popularity.

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The Year in Beer – Brewers Association’s Year End Report

The Brewers Association just released its 2021 retrospective, an analysis of the year in beer. In general, the news was all good in 2021, given…

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Icicle Brewing’s Pamela Brulotte earns national recognition

Pamela Brulotte Honored as the 2021 F.X. Matt, Defense of the Industry Award In addition to being one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet,…

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YCH introduces Frozen Fresh Hops to its global customer base

Several months ago, I shared a story about a new hop product from Yakima Cheif Hops (YCH). Basically, fresh-frozen hops. At that time, it was…

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How a drop in beer sales is actually good news for craft brewers

Things are not always as they appear I don’t suspect a lot of you read press releases about things like beer scan data. That’s why…

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Brewers Association releases annual craft beer production report

Not surprising, but here it is In 2020, small and independent brewers (craft brewers) collectively produced 23.1 million barrels of beer and realized a 9%…

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