Category: Specialty Industry News
News relating to the craft brewing industry
News Brewers Association 2023 Board of Directors Election Now Open
The 2023 Brewers Association (BA) Board of Directors election will run Oct. 4 through Oct. 31. Voting members of the association will have the option to vote online or by mail-in ballot. Five board positions are open: three for the packaging brewer class, one for the pub brewer class, and one for the taproom brewer class.
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News And The Winner Is – GABF Awards Handed Out in Denver
The Brewers Associations’ Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony was held today with 303 medals awarded to 263 breweries from a total of 9,298 entries. This year there were 99 beer categories across 175 beer styles (including all subcategories).
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News Brewery Creates First Commercial Beer Using All Unmalted Barley
Cool Cousin Brewing in New York had made a beer entirely from unmalted barley, instead creating wort by adding an exogenous enzyme cocktail in the mash. The process is ostensibly to save water and carbon dioxide in the brewing process.
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News Craft Maltsters Guild to Hold 2024 Conference in Davis, Calif. – Seeking Speaker Proposals
The Craft Maltsters Guild has selected the University of California Davis Conference Center in Northern California as the location for the 2024 Craft Malt Conference that will be held on February 23 and 24, 2024.
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News Merger Mania Continues – River Horse Buys DuClaw
DuClaw Brewing Company, the 25-year-old Maryland brewery that is distributed in 21 states has been acquired by River Horse Brewing Company in Ewing, NJ. It is the third acquisition or merger in the craft brewing industry in the last few weeks.
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News Craft Beverage Expo Hosts ‘Women in Craft’ Forum
The Craft Beverage Expo & Conference presents the Women in Craft Forum on March 29, 2023, to encourage female-identifying attendees to activate their most treasured ambitions in craft and in life. The theme of this year’s forum, “It’s Time. You’re Ready. Let’s Go.” illuminates pathways for women who want to ignite their post-pandemic energy and rewrite the old rules in ways that can create a fresh new paradigm for the future.
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News High Country Hop Festival to Celebrate Australian 2023 Hop Harvest
High Country Hop, the annual celebration of the Australian hop harvest is returning in its ninth year with Firestone Walker brewmaster Matt Brynildson joining some of Australia’s top craft brewers. Brynildson will be the keynote speaker at the event’s technical symposium ahead of the festival.
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News Falconer Foundation Offering Full Scholarship to Siebel Institute Concise Course
In collaboration with the Seibel Institute of Technology, the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is offering a full-tuition brewing education scholarship in 2023. The scholarship is a full tuition grant and comes with a travel and lodging stipend.
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News Boston Beer to Air Super Bowl Ad Touting ‘Remastered’ Sam Adams
Boston Beer Company has recently announced the launch of a “remastered” Samuel Adams Boston Lager, which the company will feature in an ad that includes comedian Lenny Clarke and former Celtics player Kevin Garnett. A 30-second version of the ad will air during the Super Bowl broadcast on February 12th.
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News BPI Index Has Lowest Number Ever Signaling Pessimistic Start to 2023
The NBWA’s Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) had its lowest index reading ever in the month of December 2022. The December BPI shows a reading of 30, and the “at-risk” inventory index of 51 marks a very pessimistic outlook for January 2023.
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News What Does 2023 Hold for Hard Seltzer
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Hard seltzer exploded out the gate. Sales grew triple digits in both 2019 and 2020, driven by evolving consumer trends and tastes. Many in the industry predicted a slower, but still robust growth in 2021 of 50-80%. Instead, hard seltzers grew by only 16% in 2021.
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