Press Release: ** APPLY NOW FOR FALCONER FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP TO AMERICAN BREWERS GUILD ** In collaboration with the American Brewers Guild, we are offering a full-tuition scholarship to the Guild’s Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering program. The Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering course is a 22-week distance education program with a final week of residential… Read More…
Effects of Tariffs on US Brewers
If you are planning buy equipment manufactured abroad or export beer to other countries, you should become familiar with the potential risks of price fluctuations and supply chain disruptions. “Section 232” tariffs are focused on steel and aluminum products. Even though 98% of aluminum cans used in the United States are produced in the… Read More…
Global Hop Production Estimated to be Up 2.6% in 2019
World wide hop production is estimated to be up by 2.6% in 2019 over last year according to a report issued at the International Hop Growers convention in Zalec, Slovenia earlier this month. The report estimates that US production will be close to equal as last year while total acreage of hop production in… Read More…
MI – free seminars on draft system maintenance from your brewers guild
The Michigan Brewers Guild, in partnership with the Michigan Department of Agricultural and Rural Development, is presenting a series of free seminars this fall throughout the state geared toward effective draft line system cleaning and maintenance. Any brewery, microbrewery, brewpub or retail establishment serving draft beer (including front line staff, managers and owners) is encouraged… Read More…
Ambitious New York Brewery Project Closes after Three Years
There are more brewery closings across the landscape than ever before, so it’s not a headline story when most breweries close their doors. But some are more notable than others. The Farm Brewery in Upstate New York filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with more than $10 million in debts, according to an article… Read More…
Hard Seltzer Gets Its Own Festival
How big is hard seltzer? Industry analysts say it comprises about a 1-2% market share of overall beer sales. Big enough to have its own festival. And in Denver none-the-less, home of the original craft beer festival the GABF. Fizz Fight, billed as “America’s first hard seltzer festival and tasting competition” will take place on… Read More…
BA Releases New Sustainability Benchmarking Tool
Since 2015 the Brewers Association has tracking from its members their resource use on a voluntary online data collection portal. The data collected has since been used to develop industry benchmarking reports, which allow brewers to compare their efficiency with other breweries in their region and with breweries of similar production volume around the U.S…. Read More…
‘Work to Be Done’ – BA Releases Diversity Study
The Brewers Association has released their first diversity study, the result of an optional poll of the membership intended to give “a pulse on where craft breweries fall tied to a variety of topics including financials, packaging and distribution, human resources, salaries and…. the diversity among the people who work at craft breweries.” “Anyone… Read More…
‘Hardest Seltzer in the Universe’ from Four Loko
The hard seltzer craze has taken off, with breweries of all sizes jumping into the category. One of the allures of this new beverage is that it seems to satisfy a growing desire by drinkers to consume less alcohol. Most hard seltzers are weighing in at 4-5% abv. Four Loko is looking the… Read More…
To Buy or Not to Buy – ABInBev Faces Deadline on CBA
When Anheuser-Busch InBev partnered with Craft Brew Alliance in 2016, they were given a deadline of August 23rd, 2019 to make a qualifying offer of $24.50 per share, which would amount to about $475 million, or else it has to pay Craft Brew $20 million. The clock is ticking as the deadline nears, and the… Read More…
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