The Brewers Association (BA)— the not-for-profit trade group dedicated to promoting and protecting America’s small and independent craft brewers— has released its 2019 Beer Style Guidelines. These guidelines serve as a resource for brewers, beer judges and competition organizers including the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup, and are assessed and adjusted annually […]
Boulder, Colo.—The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group representing small and independent craft brewers—today released its annual lists of the top 50 producing craft brewing companies and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on beer sales volume. Of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 40 were small and independent craft brewing companies.1 “Although the market has grown more […]
Our friends over at CODO Design wrote a really smart on design trends for 2018 in Craft Beer. Here is an excerpt: Craft beer in 2018 is off to a fun start: 6,000+ breweries, major trademark infringement lawsuits, more acquisitions and closings, more mixed culture beer, glitter beer(?), and the continued craze that is hazy-juicy-milkshaky-New Englandy IPAs. […]
The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers—announced the results of the 2018 World Beer Cup Awards. The largest competition to date, the awards were presented at the conclusion of the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America® at Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn. View 2018 World Beer Cup Winners List and Fact Sheet [PDF]. […]
Winners were announced this evening for the 2018 World Beer Cup Awards. The largest competition to date, the awards were presented by the Brewers Association at the conclusion of the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America® at Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn. View the awards highlights and stats here. FULL LIST BELOW Category 1: American-Style Wheat Beer […]
The North American Guild of Beer Writers, along with support from the Brewers Association, is now accepting applications for its second Diversity in Beer Writing Grant. The goal of this grant is to highlight the value of stories that can showcase diversity and inclusion – in all its forms and challenges – within beer. To […]
Citing negative volume trends in the U.S. and Canada, Molson Coors reported a 2.1 percent decline in net sales in 2018, according to yesterday’s full-year earnings report. In 2018, Molson Coors posted nearly $10.8 billion in net sales, down from more than $11 billion in 2017. Global brand volumes of Molson Coors products declined 1.9 percent, […]
MadTree Brewing, the first modern Ohio craft brewery to can their beer, is rolling out redesigned cans beginning in early March. The new cans are part of a branding evolution that focuses on the brewery’s purpose, vision and values. The cans still retain original illustrations created by local artists and feature some unifying designs that […]
So many beer festivals. So many beers. Whats an aspiring beer company to do? Do you attend/pour at many or just a few? Local or regional or national? Those deeper questions will be for another deep dive article. But for now these are 5 really excellent beer festivals you should attend or better yet pour […]
Craft Beer growth is still doing well despite some rumbles, stumbles and bumbles. According to the Brewers Association overall U.S. beer volume sales were down 1% in 2017, whereas craft brewer sales continued to grow at a rate of 5% by volume, reaching 12.7% of the U.S. beer market by volume. Craft production grew the […]
