Hey there, loyal CBB reader. As we approach our fourth year in operation, we just wanted to say thanks for continuing to come to the site — your continued readership… Read More

I live in a foggy outpost that some might call a craft beer nirvana — Seattle. In fact there are at least five craft breweries just a stone’s throw from… Read More

Santa certainly looks like a beer drinker — that exquisite pot belly, those rosy cheeks, his tendency to see elves and command flying animals — all manifestations of a beer-loving… Read More

While German beer makers were the first brewers to start using wild hops in the early 8th century, it’s been American innovators who have taken both hop production and hop-infused… Read More

While we can’t seem to zero in on whom exactly these brewers are and aren’t (which just adds to the mystery!), reports are floating around the internet that a lawsuit… Read More

As we wrapped up the harvest season at Rogue Farms, the last of the crops to come in from the field just happen to be the ones that taught us… Read More

Sustainability is an integral narrative within the craft beer industry’s story, and many of these initiatives make for great headlines, but one of the most impactful sustainable attributes of the… Read More

Does your craft brewery need marketing or branding first? We hear this question every now and then from startup breweries and even from folks with a well-developed business plan. There… Read More

We identify with pilgrims — reckless religious journeymen risking everything to find fulfillment in undiscovered countries. We’ve met more than a few pilgrims on our beer adventures — wild-eyed warriors… Read More

Coffee beer is nothing new, but the majority of the industry does seem to stick to the norms of how to use coffee — using a dark roast in a… Read More