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Should a low-ABV beer be high on your brewing schedule? Here, brewers who are crafting “mid-strength” ales and lagers—in the neighborhood of 3 percent ABV—weigh in on whether they might thrive among stronger and nonalcoholic options.

Bitterness is an important component of most beers, but the ways that we have to measure it are far from perfect. How can brewers effectively test for and quantify it?

Whether you’re upgrading a packaging line or adding contract capabilities, there are good deals to be found on used equipment even if you’re not expanding your own production.

With brands such as RedBridge and Glutenberg no longer widely available, smaller breweries are finding success in a “need state” niche.

To know that acreage is shrinking is only to scratch the surface, as hop growers adjust to a slowing beer market and depend on brewers to communicate their needs.

When it comes to growing sales beyond the taproom, even smaller breweries can professionalize and secure wins.

Now that the days of unregulated hemp beverages are numbered, how is the industry reacting, and what might the next phase look like? While certainty is scarce, optimism remains plentiful.

A Tiny Bomb helped to combust this Memphis stalwart into Tennessee’s largest craft brewery. Now, after they acquired Nashville’s Bearded Iris, both brands are better positioned to blossom in a tough climate.

From pandan to seaweed, there are certain flavors catching on with consumers. For breweries willing to experiment, it might be possible to capture some of that buzz.

Rising costs and geopolitical instability make this another year in which forecasting and procurement demand small breweries’ utmost attention.

Bigger is better… except when it isn’t.

With a looming ban on hemp-derived THC products set to take effect in months, the leading advocate for hemp beverages talks about their future, their similarities to craft beer, and what happens next.

Sensory specialists wonder what to do with a word that means weed to one person, Grandma’s basement to another, and resinous to a third.

Is it true that younger people are drinking less beer? And are there fewer beer drinkers than there used to be? Let’s consider some numbers that might undermine those assumptions.

Much of the real work of selling beer happens at the bar—and it often starts with a question. Here’s how to ready your taproom team with the answers that satisfy customers and promote sales.

Security for your brewery’s staff, guests, and property starts with proper preparation.

Making the harvest trip to the Northwest is nice, if you can swing it, but hop merchants are widening the opportunities for smaller breweries to select lots. First, however, know the profile of the hops you want.

In San Diego’s North County, this brewpub is winning loyal customers and drawing tourists by offering a casual place to enjoy great tacos with medal-winning lagers and IPAs. Perhaps birria was the secret sauce all along.

Once the purview of large-scale production plants, recovering the carbon dioxide produced during fermentation is increasingly viable for smaller craft breweries—and it’s increasingly popular, too.

The most prestigious beer competition in the United States is open to breweries from across the country, but some states tend to win more than others for reasons that include population size (i.e., more breweries) and proximity. Let’s take a closer look.