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Five Unique Places to Drink a Beer
What’s the appeal of a brewery? Of course, the easy answer is the beer. But that’s just one component of the sum of a brewery’s parts. When you go to enjoy that beer or seltzer, have you taken the time...
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Pursuing a Passion: Mentorship Program Fuels Participants
Maddie Fritz’s camera went dark during a virtual meeting for the Brewers Association’s Mentorship Program. Most would assume, in the age of Zoom meetings, that she might be eating or her internet...
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Transporting Beer Drinkers ‘Back Home’ with Middle Eastern Flair
In a few short years, Zahra Tabatabai has turned a series of homebrewing trials into a brand garnering rave reviews, awards, and national media coverage. The beer industry, restaurant industry, and...
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New Hope For Hops
Hops Once Destined for Beer Have Found a New Role in Other Drinks Since the 8th century, hops and beer have been as intertwined as grapes and wine. Benedictine monks at a Bavarian Abbey were first to...
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Treading Lightly: Breweries Reduce Environmental Impact
As breweries increasingly consider craft beer’s environmental impact, many are turning toward more sustainable ingredients to reduce their footprint. They’ve found that focusing on the earliest steps...
View ArticleBeer Styles for Summer Sipping
When the entire country seems entrenched in the warmest days of the year, many beer enthusiasts run for something lighter and more refreshing to quench their thirst. Just because the weather is warmer...
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The Great Outdoors: Beers to Enjoy while Camping
The traditional camping season might be winding down, but many of us will no doubt still be hitting the trails, pitching tents, and sitting around campfires well into the fall months. When I was a kid,...
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A Great Beer for Greens
Have you ever noticed how climbing bines of emerald hops resemble pea plants? Like hops, peas are botanically fruit, but that doesn’t stop many people from regarding them as green vegetables. Just as...
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10 Reasons to Attend the Great American Beer Festival
Visiting Denver for the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) tops the bucket list of many beer lovers around the world. This annual celebration of American craft beer, innovation, and passion happens in...
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The People Behind Beer Quality
Krysta Boisvert was a new brewery quality manager who had found her groove. Fermentations were to spec, microplate tests were coming back clean, and everything was going swimmingly—until one day, she...
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These 19 Breweries Are on U.S. Islands
The United States is home to more than 18,000 islands, and for travel lovers, many are worth adding to a list of must-see destinations. Luckily for craft beer enthusiasts, there are breweries located...
View ArticleHomebrewing Makes Life More Delicious
Beer teaches us science, art, culinary exploration, innovation, geography, agriculture, and history/herstory. It teaches us about ourselves, and about each other. No wonder the hobby of homebrewing...
View ArticleImperial Beer Takes the Throne
Low- and no-alcohol beer has dominated beer industry headlines for several years. The average craft beer fan is getting older and doesn’t want to derail their day with a drink; Gen Z entered...
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Bingo! Breweries Score on Game Night
Breweries across the country—from California to North Carolina—are using game nights to draw in diverse crowds, welcome new guests, and expand their communities. No matter what the game, many breweries...
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A Salute to Veteran-Owned Breweries
In honor of Veterans Day, we’re highlighting a few veteran-owned breweries from across the United States. These breweries represent just a few of the dozens of veterans who have transitioned from...
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Coffee & Beer: A Dynamic Duo
Coffee has long been a favorite adjunct for brewers, and for good reason. Done right, that familiar, bold, roasty goodness can add complexity to a beer without overpowering it. But the possibilities...
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Sympathy for the Cellar Person
In 1976, The Rolling Stones were the most sought-after live act on the planet. Their performances had surpassed “must-see” status, landing somewhere between “take out a second mortgage on your home to...
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Keeping Kosher in Craft Beer
Around a decade ago, Avrahom Pressburger started losing interest in domestic lager. The insurance broker swapped Budweiser for fragrant Blue Moon and seasonal beers from Sam Adams. He examined cans and...
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Rise and Shine: Brewers Add Coffee & Workspaces
With growing challenges in the beer market and increasing competition from other drink sectors, many breweries are looking for innovative ways to leverage their taprooms and bring in new customers. For...
View ArticleCheers to a Year in Beer
As another year in beer begins to sunset, we thought we’d share some highlights from Craftbeer.com’s year. 2023 sure felt like that old saying: the days are long, but the years are short. We felt that...
View ArticleI’m Autistic, and Beer Helped Me Come Out of My Shell
Imagine this: You wake up one day and feel all of your senses tingling. You aren’t sure what’s wrong, but they’re on fire. No matter what you do, you have no choice but to feel them every moment....
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Cheesecake and Ice Cream and Blueberry, Oh My: The Allure of Smoothie Sours
Since the rise of craft beer back in the 1980s and 90s, we’ve seen trend after trend come and go. And as more and more breweries opened and beers were introduced to the masses, brewers needed to find...
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Bière de Garde: ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’
Bière de garde is a malty style of beer that is undiscovered to many. Translated to “beer for keeping,” the style was traditionally brewed in Northern France. Comparable to a Belgian saison, this beer...
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Three Beer-Filled Days in Austin, Texas
Texas’ fun and funky capital city has a lot to offer for beer lovers. Once a quirky alt-anomaly deep in the heart of Texas, Austin’s mix of art and adventure has lured tourists-turned-residents like...
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France Is Not a Beer Country, but It Could Be
France is not a beer country—that’s a fact. France attracts approximately 75 million international travelers every year. They come for the wine and delicious bread and viennoiseries, not for beers as...
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Bird + Brew: A Culinary Coupling
The worlds of beer and chicken have been aligned for ages, but it wasn’t until 2021 that chimaek, a Korean portmanteau for fried chicken and light beers, was welcomed into the Oxford English...
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Vegas (Beer), Baby!
Luck—or lack thereof—can make or break a visit to Las Vegas, but fortunately that rule need only apply to gamblers. The thousands of brewing industry professionals headed there for the 2024 Craft...
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Foraging For Beer’s Wildest Ingredients
American brewers are known for experimenting with all kinds of wild ingredients, from breakfast cereals to tropical fruit, but “wild” usually isn’t meant to be taken literally. Some brewers, however,...
View ArticleHow Lager Hats Became a Signifier of Beer Cool
I was drinking at a Brooklyn bar last spring when I first saw the navy blue hat stitched with “LAGER LAGER LAGER LAGER” in a gold sans-serif font. “That brewery sells more hats than it does beer,” a...
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Freely Given: Water as a Hospitality Tool in Craft Beer Spaces
“Always offer at least a glass of water to your guests.” As a child of immigrants, I understood this simple maxim to be a baseline for good hosting. I learned secondhand that India was a place where...
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