First off, let’s both learn the difference between an Act and a Bill together. Secondly, we’ve got a couple of good Acts floating around congress, and we feel this is… Read More

When we last left Blue Mountain Brewery, Joseph Beck, brewer at Blue Mountain Brewery, was preparing for a huge holiday bash that launched a special reserve batch — Dark Hollow… Read More

The United States’ hop growers did their part in 2014 to keep up with the increased demand for hops used in craft beer. Growers produced more hops than any time… Read More

Trademarks have, once again, been the talk of the craft beer town. In past articles we have talked about how to obtain a federally registered trademark and only in passing… Read More

Craft beer is often defined by its size, but the size and scope of the industry is quickly changing and so are our definitions. Bloomberg wrote an excellent article the… Read More

Another craft brewery has turned to the deep pockets of Big Beer to help it continue on its journey. Anheuser-Busch announced it has agreed to purchase Elysian Brewing Co., based… Read More

We’ve spent a good deal of time writing about how to name, brand and position a start-up craft brewery. Now let’s discuss something key to that process: finding a design… Read More

Florida must not have got the memo that there is a craft beer revolution going on. As the rest of the country eases regulations to allow these small, independent businesses… Read More

Great branding is essential if a brewery is going to prosper. This might be somewhat depressing: Consider that your business’s success relies just as much on colors, logos, names and… Read More

Early in 2014 we declared quality assurance the issue of the year and posted a bunch of stuff on the topic. But now it is 2015, so time to move… Read More