Craft beer is not the only alcoholic craft beverage on the climb these days. Craft spirits have been on the rise too, the only problem is you never seem to… Read More

Minnesota is well known for producing foods like wild rice, sweet corn and Honeycrisp apples, but lately, it’s the state’s drinkable crops that are making headlines. Home to only a… Read More

This is an excerpt from the newly published Craft Beer Branding Guide. CODO Design has spent years working with startup craft breweries on naming, branding and positioning, responsive web design… Read More

“Forties at 4” was a time-honored Friday tradition among my engineering classmates in college. After our last class, several of them would purchase Miller (if we could find it in… Read More

Sometimes this life is just so goddamn beautiful, and yes, this is the story that made me write that lead: Banned from pouring beers at a local Oktoberfest because Molson… Read More

Picture this: A brewery has 5,000 barrels of a limited-edition brew aging in wine barrels. They’ve invested in the barrels, the beer and the design for the labels, and they… Read More

For us members of the craft beer media, the Great American Beer Fest starts with a professional presentation on the state of the craft beer industry and ends with us… Read More

With craft consumption enjoying double digit growth, breweries are so prevalent that 75 percent of drinking-age adults have a brewery within 10 miles of home. New beer styles are created… Read More

The pumpkin beer story starts back in 1985 with Buffalo Bill’s Brewery of Hayward, Calif., brewers of the first commercially released Pumpkin Ale in America. It was inspired by a… Read More

A fisherman, construction worker, dentist and insurance salesman. I can’t quite remember their names (I’ve been drinking), but their occupations make an impression. These people come from all walks of… Read More