Category: Specialty Industry News
News relating to the craft brewing industry
News Brewer Migration – Moving from ‘Brewing Company’ to ‘Beverage Company’
Almost without doubt, the biggest evolution in the brewing industry over the last 40 years has been the rapid growth and popularity in alternative beer brands. Lead by hard seltzers but also joined by hard teas, kombuchas, FMB’s and others, more brewers are following in the footsteps of Boston Beer Company and the global brewers by shedding their “brewery” hat and becoming a “beverage company.”
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News A Third of Craft Brewers Now Make Non-Beer Beverage
One third of all craft brewers in the US now make some variety of alternative beer beverage, according to Bart Watson, economist with the Brewers Association. The statistic points to the growing popularity of hard seltzers, hard kombucha, flavored malt beverages and other non-beer products.
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News American Craft Beer Week Set for May 10-16
The Brewers Association has announced that the 15th annual American Craft Beer Week will be held May 10-16, 2021. As COVID-19 restrictions ease and breweries across the country reopen their doors, the week-long holiday encourages beer lovers to visit their local taprooms, brewpubs, and breweries to purchase beer and food—whether for on-premise enjoyment, to-go, or delivery.
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News New Realm Brewing to Open Fourth Location in South Carolina
New Realm Brewing Co. has announced it will open its fourth location, a 11,000 square-foot facility on Daniel Island in Charleston, S.C. The new location will have on-site brewing, a restaurant, outdoor patio space and a live music venue.
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News GABF Will Return to In-Person in 2022
The Great American Beer Festival (GABF), the country’s largest ticketed beer festival, will skip its public event in 2021 and return in person to celebrate its 40th anniversary October 6-8, 2022 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Despite vaccination efforts and the gradual reopening of the country, the health and safety concerns for large indoor gatherings, like GABF’s 60,000-attendee event, remain.
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News Virtual CBC Week 5 and Looking Ahead to 2021
The Brewers Association will roll-out week five of the virtual Craft Brewers Conference free seminar series on Monday. Viewers can watch the sessions live or at any time later as each recording will be made available for viewing after the broadcast. See this week’s schedule here.
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News Recipe Formulation For Brewery Made Hand Sanitizer – Via The World Health Organization
Members of our Discussion Board have been discussing methods for making hand sanitizer. Here’s one option, the World Health Organization published a guide to local production of hand sanitizer. It provides a standard recipe for both ethanol and isopropyl alcohol based hand sanitizers. Here’s the standard recipe for ethanol based hand sanitizer:
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News Not Sure How To Take Action on the #MeToo Movement? Start by Making These Four Simple Moves Now
Posted by Tara Nurin
The following article was written by Tara Nurin exclusively for ProBrewer. Visit the ProBrewer Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion resource page here for additional DEI articles and resources.
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