Category: ProBrewer News

Top news stories from the brewing industry

News Welcome to the new ProBrewer site

Posted by Jeff Scott

After many months of hard work, we present to you the new ProBrewer site design. And since it’s the thing to do these days, I asked ChatGPT to write the post for me. (more…)

News Six Individuals Earn Prestigious Title of Master Cicerone

Posted by Tom McCormick

The Cicerone Certification Program has announced that six individuals have earned the title of Master Cicerone, joining a group of only 22 other individuals worldwide to earn the title. Candidates earned the certification after completing two days of intense written and oral exams, testing knowledge of beer styles, draft systems, beer evaluation, brewing technology, and beer and food pairings.
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News BA Adds a Few New Twists to GABF 2023

Posted by Tom McCormick

The 2023 Great American Beer Festival kicks-off today with over 2,000 beers from nearly 500 breweries being poured at the Colorado Convention Center along with a couple of new twists being introduced by the Brewers Association this year.
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News MJF Announces Seven New Scholarship Recipients

Posted by Tom McCormick

The Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing & Distilling (MJF) recently announced that seven individuals are the recipients of its scholarship awards, bringing its total scholarship beneficiaries to 36 since its establishment in 2020.
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News Sales of Spirits Fall by 4.2% in First Half of 2023

Posted by Tom McCormick

A report from the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) shows that sales of spirits in the US fell by 4.2% during the first six months of 2023. Sales of premium spirits took the biggest hit with products over $100 per bottle falling by two digits.
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News Follow New Jobs and Classified Ads on Twitter

Posted by Jeff Scott

In an effort to promote the the classified ads and jobs posted on ProBrewer in a wider manner, we’ve started new automated Twitter feeds for each.
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News ProBrewer News: Enhancements to Classified Ads

Posted by Jeff Scott

We know that thousands of people depend on the ProBrewer classified ads system every week. And with the goal of making the system even better, ProBrewer is proud to have launched some updates to our classified ads system and we think you’ll like them.
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News ProBrewer Launches Partnership with Beer Edge

Posted by Tom McCormick

ProBrewer is proud to announce a new partnership with veteran industry journalists John Holl and Andy Crouch of Beer Edge. As part of this exciting new partnership, Beer Edge will be providing regular, original content on the ProBrewer site.
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News Craft Spirits Forecast to Double Market Share in Next Four Years

Posted by Tom McCormick

Craft spirits continue to outpace all spirits and are predicted to grow by 21% CAGR through 2025 according to ISWR. With a 5% market share in 2020, craft spirits are expected to reach 10% by 2025.
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News California Expecting Low Yield But Good Quality Grape Harvest

Posted by Tom McCormick

With the 2021 harvest in full swing in California, winemakers are reporting a high quality but low yielding vintage after an extended period of drought.
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News In-Person Craft Brewers Conference Registration Opens May 4th

Posted by Tom McCormick

The Craft Brewers Conference & Brew Expo America will return to Denver, Colorado, on Sept. 9-12 after a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic. Registration for the 38th annual event opens May 4th.
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News Michael Jackson Foundation Announces Five Scholarship Awardees

Posted by Tom McCormick

The Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing and Distilling (MJF) has received a $35,000 donation from the American Institute of Wine & Food. The donation will allow the MJF to award BIPOC scholarship opportunities to further their education in the brewing and distilling industries.
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News ProBrewer News: Single Sign-On Now Active for All Sites

Posted by Jeff Scott

In the past it was a bit of a headache for our members and for us to manage logins to different ProBrewer sites — but no longer!
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News Single Sign-on Coming To ProBrewer Soon

Posted by Jeff Scott

In the coming weeks we will be moving all ProBrewer users to a single sign on (SSO) for the classified ads site (probrewer.com) and the discussion board / job ads site (discussions.probrewer.com). There are a couple things you can do to help this go smoothly for your accounts.
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News Help us take ProBrewer to the next level — join our beta and get first access

Posted by Jeff Scott

ProBrewer has been serving the brewing community for a quarter century. Since 1994 we’ve helped tens of thousands of brewers and brewery owners find talent, equipment and knowledge for the greater good of brewing.
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News Improvements to ProBrewer Classified Ads and Supplier Directory

Posted by Jeff Scott

About a year ago we made a tough transition when we moved the classified ads from our discussion board to a dedicated system. It was a change that needed to be done, but was not without growing pains. Some of the feedback we got was expected, some was not. We’ve worked over the last year to ease the transition and we continue to do so today.
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