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Sponsored Diversification 101: Can a Brewery Make Hard Seltzer?
As the demand for “healthy” alcoholic beverages grows, breweries are looking to diversify their product offerings. Many have their eyes on low-calorie, light-tasting drinks like hard seltzer. But can a brewery make hard seltzer? As it turns out, yes! Most breweries are in an excellent position to add hard seltzer to their existing product line. Learn from Jim Weatherwax at Oskar Blues Brewing Co. how the company built on their long history of innovation to launch the first national craft hard seltzer with Wild Basin Boozy Sparkling Water. Case Study: How Oskar Blues Brewing Co. Started Making Hard Seltzer
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Sponsored Add Wine Making Equipment to Your Beer Brewing Business – A Case Study: Odell Brewing Adds Wine Making Equipment to their Brewery
Odell Brewing is now the 23rd largest independent craft brewery in the country, distributing beer to 19 states. The company is 100% employee-owned. Odell has its roots in innovation and creativity that meets balance, consistency, and quality in each brew. This balance is not just a philosophy for the beers Odell Brewing crafts. It’s a foundation for the company as a whole. Odell Brewing recently announced the introduction of a winery in 2020 to its portfolio. Learn why they decided to diversify the brewery and find out about some of their challenges and opportunities in the process of adding wine making equipment to their beer brewing business.
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Sponsored How Energy Costs Can Drain your Craft Brewing Profits
Let’s face it. Craft brewing is super cool. I mean, where else can you roll up your sleeves and create something tasty, bubbly and so socially accepted? But as sexy as this artisan world is, it comes complete with its energy-sucking demons that not only cost you a pile of money but are also bad for the environment. And you know who’s not going to appreciate that? The Gen Zers and millennials who make up the lion’s share of your craft beer drinking target market.
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Sponsored Alternatives to Supply Chain Bottleneck for Imported Brewery Equipment
Our team at MARKS Design and Metalworks have been asking the same questions about the import supply chain that beverage producers are struggling with. For years, we’ve offered a line of value-priced import tanks to provide our customers with options for lower price-points. But recently we concluded that the import option from overseas was becoming increasingly unsustainable.
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