Expert Topic Big Brewer Technology Solutions for the Small Brewer
There are times when it might seem that small breweries do not have much in common with larger, international breweries outside of making beer. However there are a lot of shared goals, practices, and technologies. The resources and processes used by larger breweries can be implemented into smaller facilities, giving employees better working conditions and consumers a better product.
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News TTB Exempts 24 Brewing Ingredients from Formula and Approval Requirements
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is expanding its list of exemptions from the formula requirements for brewery products made with certain ingredients by exempting 24 additional ingredients. The exemption of was in responds to two petitions filed by the Brewers Association (BA) requesting further exemptions from formula requirements.
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News Craft Beer Leads the Way in On-Premise Analysis
A detailed analysis of draft beer sales over a 12-month period through March of this year shows that draft beer handles are continuing to increase in the on-premise across the US despite a continued slowdown in overall on-premise beer sales.
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News Brewers Association Announces 2024 Board of Directors Election Results
The Brewers Association today announced the three candidates elected to the Board of Directors. They include Bill Butcher, Port City Brewing Co., Leah Cheston, Right Proper Brewing Co. and Tomme Arthur, The Lost Abbey.
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Expert Topic Innovation in Brewing: A Conversation with Tomme Arthur
Tomme Arthur has been innovating so long in the craft space that he has innovated on his innovations. The brewer behind The Lost Abbey, he has inspired countless brewers and drinkers with his ales of note. Constantly pushing the envelope of flavor, time, and creativity, while staying rooted in history, his beer continue to win awards and the hearts of customers.
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News BA Cuts Staff – Restructures Organization
The Brewers Association announced today that they will cut six staff members, which is 11% of the BA workforce, effective today. Additionally, the organization will restructure the senior management by “reducing the number of CEO direct reports,” according to statement today by BA President & CEO Bob Pease.
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News Retirement Triggers Closure of a Pioneer Brewery and Merger of Coronado Breweries
Chris and Judi Wright, founders of Pikes Peak, are retiring from brewing and have sold their 13-year-old business to Goat Patch in Colorado Springs. The acquisition will allow Goat Patch, which operates a 3,000-bbl capacity brewery, to increase their capacity significantly with the addition of the Pikes Peak 10,000-bbl production facility in Monument, just about 20 miles north Colorado Springs.
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Expert Topic Sam Richardson Of Other Half Brewing On Innovation
At Other Half Brewing in Brooklyn, New York, Brewmaster Sam Richardson and his team are constantly thinking about innovation and applying it in a thoughtful way. “When it comes to beer and beer brands, we’re always trying to innovate. We look at it from the perspective of, is it an add on for the customer? Is it something that’s going to change their experience? Is it making the beer better?”
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News ABInBev to Shutdown Elysian Brewery in Seattle
Anheuser-Busch InBev has announced that they will close the Elysian Brewing Company Georgetown brewery in Seattle, WA. The brewery employs about 90 people and is the largest brewery in Washington state. It is yet another sign that global brewers have a waning interest in the craft beer category.
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News Registration for the World Beer Cup Now Open
Registration for the World Beer Cup (WBC) is now open through December 13, 2024. Organized by the Brewers Association, the World Beer Cup takes place alongside the Craft Brewers Conference which is being held in Indianapolis April 28-May1, 2025.
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Expert Topic Ashleigh Carter of Bierstadt Lagerhaus On Innovation
Innovation in beer meant throwing every possible ingredient into a brew kettle or conditioning tank and seeing what resulted. Breakfast cereal, marshmallows, lobsters, smoked goat brains, all have been tried, probably more than once. After decades of kitchen-sink and all style experimentation, the nature of innovation in craft beer today takes shapes beyond pushing the ingredient envelope.
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News Domestic Beer Shipments Down 8.3% in September – Beer Sales Down 3% YTD
Another tough month for domestic beer production as the Beer Institute (BI) published its estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by brewers which shows a decrease of 8.3% compared to September 2023. Year-to-date beer shipments through September is now down 3.8% compared to the same time last year.
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News BA Provides Post-Election Outlook and Possible Impacts on Craft Brewers
It’s behind us. And although it is impossible to forecast the impact of a new president and shakeup in Congress, the Brewers Association (BA) has a few thoughts on some likely impacts that craft brewers and the alcohol beverage industry can look out for.
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News Molson Coors to Close Historic Leinenkugel Brewery in Chippewa Falls
Molson Coors has said it will close both its historic Leinenkugel’s Brewery in Chippewa Falls and Leinenkugel’s 10th Street Brewery in Milwaukee early next year. The Chippewa Falls brewery has been in operation for 157 years.
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News BI Package Mix Report Shows Draft and Cans Rebounding
The Beer Institute released its updated Packaging Mix Report showing the distribution of beer volume by aluminum cans, glass bottles, and keg by state. The report shows that cans have made a gain in 2023 after showing a decline in 2022, and draft continues a slow upward trend since the pandemic.
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Beverage packages, be it cans, bottles, kegs, or even tanks and totes can experience increasing internal pressures when the temperature warms up. While vendors have specifications on the maximum pressure they can withstand, it becomes the responsibility of the beverage manufacturer to ensure that once the package is filled, the internal pressures never rise above the maximum safe levels specified by the supplier for the maximum temperatures that the package experiences during its journey through the distribution chain. For pasteurized beverage products, the maximum temperature the beverage experiences is likely the pasteurization temperature.
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