Tag: craft
Opinion: How craft beer lost its craft and gained layoffs
The definition of craft beer is as amorphous as it ever was. And that helps no one but the beer industry’s largest brewers. After we…
The Best Beers To Try on Each Continent
For many of us, sampling local drinks is one of the things that we look forward to most about traveling. And if your favorite beverage…
SAMSON v. Goliath
There is something of a Samson-versus-Goliath situation in the beer world. Big Beer – Anheuser-Busch, Miller/Coors, et al – and smaller craft breweries are at…
Fighting big beer: Billionaire Sam Adams founder tells his story in Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN – Craft beer pioneer Jim Koch started Samuel Adams in 1985 after finding his great-great-grandfather’s recipe for “Louis Koch Lager” in his attic.…
Maine’s beer scene starting to tap out
PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Maine’s craft beer industry has been expanding each year. Forbes magazine recently named Portland, Maine, “Beer Capital, USA,” citing the…
Meet the Colorado brewer who turned America sour
FORT COLLINS, COLO. – On a snowy September day 20 years ago, Peter Bouckaert arrived in Fort Collins, Colorado. American craft beer would never be…
Your Keurig will make beer soon, which is pretty genius
HOLD. THE. PHONE. Keurig is working with international beer giants Anheuser-Busch InBev to bring you a home beer brewer machine and this is not a…
Whiskey cocktails dominate US craft bars
Whiskey-based cocktails continue to dominate the US market, with brands “an important factor” for consumers, the latest data from the IWSR has shown. Bourbon- and…
Denver beermakers create pro-women, ‘Making Noise: Pussy Riot’ beer ahead of Trump’s inauguration
Female brewers in Denver, Colo. are taking a stand against oppression, sexism and anti-LGBT sentiments by collaborating to produce a series of craft brews that…
What Is a Farmhouse Ale?
Working on the farm isn’t what it used to be, what with all of the fancy newfangled industrial equipment and commercial-sized plots of land. Drinking…
Craft brews should stand out in China’s stagnating beer market
Riding on a trend towards premiumisation, craft beer, though still a very small market in China, is likely to continue gaining considerable share and should…
Upstate NY’s best brewery: And the winners are…
From double-hopped IPAs to barrel-aged sours, we tasted lots of beers on our hunt for Upstate New York’s Best Brewery. Our contest featured two of…
The Evolution of Barley, Malt, and Beer Flavor
Something extraordinary is happening in the brewery supply chain. The malting barley industry is evolving in exciting ways, albeit at a slower pace than the…
Opinion: You’ll be drinking brewers’ ‘safe’ craft beer in 2017
This isn’t a dead time of year for the beer industry by any stretch: If anything, it’s when things just get interesting. Last year, on…
SanTan Brewing Company Releasing 24 oz. Craft Beer Cans
Chandler, AZ — Houston, we’ve solved a problem! A size problem, that is. For the first time ever, SanTan Brewing Company will offer HUGE 24…
