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The Beer Institute published their monthly unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for January 2021.
The January 2021 estimate is 12,725,000 barrels, an increase of 2.4% vs. January 2020 removals of 12,423,000.
Details here.
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A collaboration beer project has been initiated to shed light on mental health issues.
The project is spearheaded by Eagle Park Brewing, Malteurop Malting Company and Hollingbery & Son, Inc. Hop Company to promote Hope For The Day which is inviting the craft beer community to “smash the stigma surrounding mental health” with the release of a collaboration beer called Things We Don’t Say IPA.
The project was created to “help shift how we approach mental health by encouraging people to talk about their experiences and feelings, both good and bad, and to demonstrate the importance of asking for help when we need it,” according to the Hope For The Day website. It is a “call to empower breweries from around the globe to use their platforms to stand up for those who suffer in silence with their mental health, be it with anxiety, depression, or other mental illness.”
Named after Hope For The Day’s flagship mental health education curriculum, the beer is a 6% IPA being released in May 2021, in conjunction with Hope For The Day’s Shake The Stigma awareness campaign for Mental Health Month 2021.
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Beer! A Love Story, is a new full-length documentary that includes interviews with industry members across six countries to provide a current viewpoint of the modern state of beer.
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Over the last 10 years or so, some breweries have incorporated the concept of members-only clubs into their business strategies as a way to pre-sell exclusive brands within the portfolio. But these limited-access clubs typically represented only a portion of the brewery’s overall production.
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The Brewers Association has released its Beer Style Guidelines for 2021. Reviewed and revised annually by the BA, these guidelines serve as a model resource for brewers, beer judges, and competition organizers.
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It has been a grueling, long hard challenge for many in the hospitality and alcohol beverage industry just to stay alive over the last year. With declining Covid cases and deaths and the vaccine slowly but surely rolling out, many in the industry are asking “what’s next” for the industry and the economy.
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Julie Verratti, owner and operator of Denizens Brewing Co. in Maryland, was appointed to serve as an associate administrator of field operations for the U.S. Small Business Administration under President Joe Biden. She will oversee nearly 80 offices responsible for providing services to the country’s small businesses starting March 1.
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The Beer Spa by Snug, a “wellness spa offering therapeutic beer bath treatments” has opened its doors in Denver, Colorado. The spa includes four private beer therapy rooms and a high-tech relaxation lounge, alongside a ten-tap self-pour taproom. Each therapy room features a cedar hot tub for hops, barley, and herb-infused hydrotherapy treatments, as well as an infrared sauna, rain shower, and relaxation deck.
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Beer prices vary wildly around the world as does consumption in each country. The financial website Expensivity conducted an unscientific survey to determine the price of a beer in 58 countries. The study reveals both the cost and consumption of beer around the world.
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2021 was the first time the Craft Maltsters Guild has hosted their annual conference virtually, and the first year the guild opened up the awards competition to international malthouses. 28 malthouses from seven countries, 17 states, and one province submitted a total of 46 entries spanned 29 different malt barley varieties.
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Ancient remnants of a brewery, possibly the oldest ever uncovered, have been discovered in Abydos – an ancient burial ground in the desert.
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In collaboration with the Siebel Institute of Technology, the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is offering two full-tuition brewing education scholarships in 2021. The scholarships are full tuition grants and come with travel/lodging stipends.
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Beer Marketer’s Insights estimated that total craft beer sales were down by 8.3% last year, a drop of 2.25 million barrels.
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Well-known industry veteran Julia Herz has set up her own consulting firm, HerzMuses Enterprises to provide media and communications consultation, motivational speaking and marketplace analysis. Julia was a longtime employee of the Brewers Association before the BA let go 17% of its workforce in June after an initial workforce reduction of 23% in April.
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Grupo Modelo, a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev has filed a lawsuit against Constellation Brands claiming that Constellation’s use of Corona Seltzer has breached their deal on the use of the Corona brand name by applying it to a product other than beer.
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A U.S. District Judge has issued a temporary restraining ordering Anheuser-Busch to halt Michelob ULTRA Hard Seltzer ads that claim the seltzer is “the only” or “the first national USDA certified organic hard seltzer.”
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Ballast Point Brewing Co. announced its inaugural Brewing for Diversity scholarship program in conjunction with the UC San Diego Extension Brewing Program.
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In yet another indication that the industry is betting big on hard seltzers, San Francisco Bay-area based 21st Amendment Brewery is rolling out their SOMA Hard Seltzer brand nationwide.
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Even before the pandemic, alcohol beverage manufacturers of all sizes have learned that a diversified business model provides some amount of additional security. And like their brewer counterparts, many winemaking operations are turning to distilling spirits.
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Pittsburgh Brewing Co. has announced that it will move production of its Iron City Beer to its own brewery, which it plans to build in a shuttered Pittsburgh glass plant. The new brewery will be capable of producing 150,000 barrels a year when it opens in 2022.
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The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) released the Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) for January 2021. The total BPI for the month is at 66.4, about where it was in January 2020, showing signs that the beer industry may be returning to normal.
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Late to the game but expecting big growth in its hard seltzer brands, Anheuser-Busch InBev plans to invest over $1B in its U.S. manufacturing facilities over the next two years to meet expected demand.
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It has been a little over one year since employees at Anchor Brewing overwhelmingly voted to ratify a contract to unionize. It was a rare step taken by very few – if any – craft brewers across the country. But as the industry matures and continues to grow, other brewery employee groups may be looking to do the same.
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Although overall U.S. hop production was down in 2020 (see ProBrewer News story here), proprietary varieties continue to grab market share at an accelerating rate, according to a review of the 2020 hop harvest by Crosby Hops.
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Production for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in 2020 totaled 104 million pounds, down 7% from the 2019 crop of 112 million pounds, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The report also said that the 2020 value of production for the United States totaled $619 million, down 3% from the previous year.
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CiderCon will kick off a virtual rendition of its annual conference this Wednesday. The conference will take place online February 3-5, with a variety of education seminars and discussions, a digital trade show and even a digital “after hours” party.
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The Beer Institute published their monthly unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for December 2020 which showed a slight decrease for the month of 0.2%.
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The annual Russian River Brewing Company’s Pliny the Younger release, which normally draws hundreds of people to the Santa Rosa, CA brewery to wait in long lines to buy a pint, went digital this year.
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Boulevard Brewing Company’s president and two other top executives have stepped down after accusations that the company ignored claims of sexual harassment.
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Continuing our series on trends for the new year, there are some common themes showing up. Business will not go “back to normal” for craft brewers as the pandemic subsides. Certain trends that helped keep breweries alive in the past 12 months have been adopted by consumers, maybe for good.
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Craft Beer Marketing Awards announced Megan Stone as the recipient of the first-ever 2020 ‘Woman of the Year’ Award.
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For the first time in almost 40 years, there will not be a Budweiser ad during the Super Bowl.
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