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Call It a Comeback: Breweries Revive Historic Lagers for the 21st Century

Driven by nostalgia, hometown connections, and the chance to sell some beer at volume, a handful of independent breweries are successfully reviving long-lost local lager brands.

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How to Move More Merch

Pulling double-duty in terms of revenue and marketing, merchandise can be a lucrative source of extra cash for small breweries. Here are five strategies to sell swag that drinkers can’t wait to buy.

Cape May Brewing Has No Secret Sauce

With careful planning and carefree beers, the New Jersey brewery took itself from a Shore town taproom to a three-state powerhouse.

Phil Markowski Wants to Keep It Real with Hard Seltzer

Two Roads cofounder and brewmaster Phil Markowski has embraced hard seltzer as a beverage that has its time and place. Here, he discusses the development of their groundbreaking H2Roads hard seltzer.

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Beyond Beer: Le Squawk Takes Flight for Green Cheek

After initially underestimating the challenge of brewing hard seltzer as well as its sales potential, Evan Price and his team at Green Cheek are taking the Le Squawk brand in new and more flavorful directions.

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Beyond Beer: Phase Three Goes for Irreverence with Lulz

Our latest in a series on small breweries going beyond beer: From a young brewery built to anticipate the latest trends, the Lulz brand of seltzers finds success by embracing big flavor while shedding all beery pretensions.

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Marketing Trends: Augmented-Reality Packaging for Small Breweries

Tech that can bring beer labels to life—with animation, music, information, stories, and more—may soon be affordable to even the smallest breweries.

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Q&A: Firestone Walker’s David Walker

Firestone Walker has experienced rapid growth over the past decade, and a driving force in that success has been the vision of cofounder David Walker. In this conversation with Jamie Bogner, he offers advice to brewers following their own trajectories.

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Increasingly Crowded: Navigating Craft-Beer Trademarks

In the last of a three-part series on trademark law for craft brewers, attorney John S. Miranda explains the unique challenges of researching and claiming trademarks in the field of brewing.

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Defend Your Mark: Dealing with Objections and Challenges

In the second part of a three-part series on trademark law for craft brewers, attorney John S. Miranda explains how to deal with government objections and the dreaded cease-and-desist.