The global hop shortage could mean that it is malt’s time to shine. The shortage will drive further varietal exploration of beer’s other key ingredients, an American brewer has predicted, and boutique malts may be the new trend. Read the Full Story Here: Malt’s time to shine, says brewer
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Craft Brewing for Sale? Is craft brewing for sale? You’d be hard-pressed to find a more divisive issue in the craft beer community than Big Beer’s shopping spree for small brewers. The list of small brewers selling themselves to big beer is growing. In fact, there has been more than one craft beer deal per…
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Oskar Blues chooses a different path than Ballast Point and some other craft brewers that have recently sold out to big beer. The craft brewer resists the lure of easy money and discovers that it can expand and thrive on its own terms. Photograph courtesy of Oskar Blues Brewing Read What Oskar Blues Founder Dale…
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Fuller’s , a traditional English brewery known for its cask ales and one of my favorite breweries, is getting behind the booming popularity of US-style craft beers and craft ciders in Britain. Fuller’s is pushing its Frontier lager in trendy cans and says the distribution rights for US beer Sierra Nevada are helping to open…
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Georgia bureaucrats gutted Georgia’s craft brewing law. Now, brewers must change their tasting room policies or face suspension. Emails obtained under Open Records requests indicated the Georgia Department of Revenue officials showed political favoritism toward distributors. Read the Full Story in Atlanta Magazine – Emails: Georgia officials catered to distributors’ wishes over those of craft…
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On Saturday, the Cali UNCORKED Festival delivered on all counts for about 7500 lovers of food, beer, wine, music, and fun. This inaugural event, held at Southern California’s Oak Canyon Park, also contributed part of the proceeds to the 3631 Fallen Firefighters Foundation. The weather was perfect and the festival grounds were beautiful Local, off-duty…
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