Next Glass, the ownership group of the beer rating app Untappd and software supplier to beer enthusiasts, breweries, bars and restaurants, announced today that it has acquired assets of BeerAdvocate. BeerAdvocate, the popular beer rating website was founded by Todd Alstrom with his brother Jason in 1996. They expanded into print by publishing the… Read More…
Oregon Brewers Guild Honors Industry Veterans
The Oregon Brewers Guild honored six pioneers of the state’s brewing industry with Lifetime Achievement Awards during its inaugural Awards Ceremony at the Crystal Ballroom Monday. The award recipients pioneered craft beer in Oregon in the early 1980s. “We’re here today, doing the jobs we love, because of them,” said OBG Board member Graham… Read More…
Lagunitas CEO to Step Down
Lagunitas Brewing Co. CEO Maria Stipp will be leaving the company after five years in the leadership position. She will be replaced by Dennis Peek, managing director of Heineken Canada. “Maria has decided to pursue a different challenge in her career. I would like to thank Maria for her leadership over the past… Read More…
Falconer Foundation Offers Brewing Education Scholarships
In collaboration with the Seibel Institute of Technology, the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is offering two full-tuition brewing education scholarships in 2020. The scholarships are full tuition grants and come with travel/lodging stipends. Both scholarships are for the World Brewing Academy (WBA) Concise Course in Brewing Technology in Chicago, November 9-20, 2020. The WBA… Read More…
It’s a Match – Breweries and Cannabis Growers Share CO2
It’s a perfect marriage of sorts. Commercial cannabis growers using the CO2 that brewers emit naturally during fermentation and normally vent into the air, adding a greenhouse gas to the atmosphere.. The State of Colorado and three Colorado business, Earthly Labs, Denver Beer Co., and The Clinic have started a pilot program to establish… Read More…
CBC Early Bird Pricing Ends Tomorrow
If you are going, now is the time to pull the trigger. Early Bird discount registration for the Brewers Association’s Craft Brewers Conference, April 19-22nd in San Antonio ends tomorrow. Register here.
Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day Supports Education Scholarships
The Pink Boots Society, an international non-profit organization dedicated to providing education and opportunities for women in the brewing industry, has partnered with Yakima Chief Hops to create an annual hop blend, Pink Boots Blend, in celebration and support of Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day. Collaboration Brew Day will take place on March 8,… Read More…
What’s One Thing You Would Change About the Industry?
Nothing is perfect. Even the craft brewing industry. Vinepair asked 10 professional craft brewers what was one thing they would like to change about the beer industry. The answers were everything from the role of social media to “innovation without intentionality.” See the full article here.
Molson Coors to Acquire Atwater Brewery
And the 2020 M&A season kicks off. Less than a month into the year, the first acquisition of a craft brewery in 2020 was announced today when Miller Coors disclosed the acquisition of Detroit’s Atwater Brewery Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Atwater sold all of its assets, including its Detroit and… Read More…
Cans Can Do It – Craft in Cans About to Surpass Bottles
Twenty years ago, beer in a can signaled a “cheap” or mass-marketed brand. Craft brewers shuddered at the thought of putting high-flavored, authentically brewed craft beer in a can. Fast forward to today, and cans will likely make up half of all distributed craft beer by the end of this year. It all… Read More…
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