Beer Champion is an awesome title. The Beer Institute just bestowed it to U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) as one of the Beer Institute’s 2018 Beer Champions. The senator was… Read More

Labor Day. A day off to reflect on labor. Well, for some people. Others needed to keep on laboring for those of us who ran out of paper towels. Boy… Read More

Coming off one of the worst seasons in NFL/sports history, Browns players and fans clearly need a drink. Since their 1999 resurrection, the franchise has easily been the worst team… Read More

Kary Shumway is one of the big brains that makes Craft Brewing Business one of the best trade sites in brewing. His articles are some of the most read on… Read More

Odyssey Beerwerks has named Jeff Griffith as its new director of brewery operations. Griffith comes to Odyssey with more than 13 years of professional brewing experience, most recently as head… Read More

You may recall us mentioning NuLeaf, a startup company with an innovative wastewater treatment system for breweries called NuTree, last month. At that time, NuLeaf was a semi-finalist for clean… Read More

The struggle is real. Both big and small beer makers are feeling the severe competitiveness of 6,600 plus breweries currently in operation and an overall declining beer market. Let’s revisit… Read More

The Hop Breeding Company (HBC), a joint venture between John I. Haas, Inc. and Yakima Chief Ranches LLC, announced the official release of its first high-alpha bittering hop, Pahto. Many… Read More

Texas-based Vista Brewing is launching a new barrel program led by award-winning brewer Josh Watterson, focusing on Lambic-style and Brettanomyces beers that utilize local ingredients and are fermented in freshly… Read More

If we’re going to call out global beer conglomerates when they hurt small, independent businesses, it’s only fair to note when that size works to the advantage of the disadvantaged.… Read More