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Amid wholesaler consolidation and a tightening market, could alternative distribution methods help small breweries achieve their goals?

Among others to be recognized at the upcoming Craft Brewers Conference, the 10 Barrel brewmaster is set to receive one of the industry’s top honors.

Here’s how software for enterprise resource planning has helped breweries unlock previously invisible insights that can save money and grow sales.

What does it mean to worship at the altar of crisp? For brewers, it means special attention to technique, fermentation, and clarification.

Brewers looking for greater efficiencies and longer-lasting hop aroma, among other things, can find several avenues to explore in recently published studies.

An annual survey of drinking-age adults again finds that many would spend to have beer shipped to their homes from other states—if they could.

Going beyond barley into ancient grains can be a way to form stronger connections with local farmers, promote sustainable agriculture, and produce more distinctive beers.

From incubators to accelerators, a range of business models aims to help would-be breweries overcome barriers and launch their brands.

Beer-drinking habits continue to evolve in unexpected ways, whether it’s adding nonalcoholic drinks to a beer purchase, younger drinkers being more likely to prefer packaged beer over draft—are bottles getting cool again?—or beer consumption itself defying common assumptions, such as the modest increase among our (admittedly self-selected) audience. Here, we plot a few interesting points.

Based on insights from those who’ve done it successfully, we look at how small breweries can set up training programs that both widen and deepen craft beer’s talent pool.