Ah, the Pepsi Challenge of yore brings back the sweet nostalgia of mass marketing with misdirection. The actual Pepsi … Read More
Hire Secret Hopper and let an outsider evaluate your brewery’s atmosphere, customer service and destination worthiness
Success doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Especially considering the increasingly competitive landscape of the beer industry, … Read More
Rub hops with Stone Brewing (Loral and Centennial varieties)
The humble little hop cone has a long and complex story that is ever changing. Although the beer drinker will change and … Read More
Watch: Maine Malt House talks Mapleton pale two-row with Shipyard Brewing
Maine Malt House is the malting arm of the third-generation, family-run Buck Farms in Mapleton, Maine. The company grows … Read More
Would a Trump aluminum tax make cans more expensive? Will it also make you buy American?
If you don’t know, China is our largest trading partner. In 2016, the total amount of trade back and forth between … Read More
Cool loot we get in the mail: Rogue Farms sends ultimate baby-survival kit, vies for godparent status
It takes a village to raise, well, anything really, and the folks at Rogue Farms and Rogue Ales and Spirits have long … Read More
Stone Brewing has 158 touch points to ensure quality control and fresh beer
The Brewers Association says to picture quality control like a pyramid. The base levels are: 1) good manufacturing … Read More
Anheuser-Busch InBev acquires minority stake in RateBeer.com (Dogfish Head asks to be taken off the site)
Beer Voltron continues to grab new attachments and evolve in its capabilities. Over the last few years, Anheuser-Busch … Read More
Utica, N.Y., announces American Craft Beer and Innovation Center as cornerstone of new U District
Beer culture is richer than it’s maybe ever been in America. With 5,300+ breweries operating across the United States … Read More
Oskar Blues and Thinfilm create cool beer coasters that interact with smartphones
It’s probably not the future you expected. You were patiently waiting for flying cars, teleportation, robots and those … Read More