We ran that same headline last year. Apparently, the facts haven’t changed: 70% of consumers choose their beer at time of purchase. It’s still insane, right? It’s a factoid via… Read More

It’s no secret that monstrously large, multinational beverage and brewing corporations pretty much bully around American wholesalers — and then some of those wholesalers bully around smaller, independent brewers. The… Read More

Demand projections look promising for craft brewery owners. The industry is expected to grow by nearly 14 percent in both 2017 and 2018. Even so, building a successful craft brewery… Read More

One day, a payroll accounting employee at Scotty’s Brewhouse in Indianapolis received an email from the company’s CEO. The email requested the employee send all 4,000 of the company’s employee… Read More

We went to Sweetwater Brewing 420 Fest as serious beer industry journalists — we swear. This video is the proof. The fact that we filmed it on April 22 and… Read More

Craft beer operations often start as a labor of love, with owners and founders working tirelessly to bring their vision into fruition. Offers of assistance and unpaid labor may come… Read More

Running a successful small business takes a team effort. Building and maintaining a well-rounded troop in the competitive brewing industry requires the right mix of smart and high-spirited employees who… Read More

Tropical fruits (pineapple, blood orange, grapefruit, tangerine, mango, peach and ever onward) have been growing on beer drinkers. Craft breweries have responded — Ballast Point’s Grapefruit Sculpin, New Belgium’s Citradelic… Read More

Within 17 seconds of meeting Erik Jensen, brewmaster of Green Flash Brewing Co., he grabbed a sleek new GFB golden ale can off a pallet we walked by, put it… Read More

In an unprecedented growth rate of U.S. hop acreage, hops continue to be on the rise in the United States and across the globe as consumer tastes and demand for… Read More