Despite the uncertainty, breweries are banding together, working with their communities, and implementing creative strategies to traverse this new curb economy.
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The Curb Economy: Craft Breweries Rise to Pandemic Challenge
Taylor Laabs
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Is 2020 the Year of the Low-Cal IPA?
February 7, 2020
2018 may have belonged to the hazy IPA, but 2020 could be the year of the low-cal IPAs.
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Greg Shuff is Building a Chicago Brewpub Empire
November 19, 2019
Greg Shuff is the owner of three Chicago brewpub operations. Writer Taylor Laabs shows you how Shuff is setting each brewery up for success.
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Chicago Brewery’s Wild Trip Down a Hazy IPA Rabbit Hole to GABF Gold
September 23, 2019
Chicago’s Alarmist Brewing won the first-ever GABF gold medal in the Juicy and Hazy IPA category. One year later, the brewery founder talks about success.
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Craft Brewers Share Favorite Tailgate Beers
September 4, 2019
We ask craft brewers to tell us about their favorite tailgate beers just in time or football season.
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Going ‘All In’ Pays Off for Montana’s Lewis & Clark Brewing Co.
June 24, 2019
Lewis and Clark Brewing Co. was named Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year at the 2018 GABF -- but it’s been a long road for founder Max Pigman.
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Light Craft Beers Could Offer Big Opportunity for Small Breweries
June 3, 2019
Light craft beers are becoming a little easier to find as more brewers experiment with lower calorie beers.
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Shared Beer Name Puts Independent Brewer at Odds with Big Beer
May 31, 2019
Goose Island Releases a new beer named “Born and Raised.” The problem? No-Li Brewhouse in Washington state has been making an IPA with the same name since 2012.
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Music to Your Beers: When Breweries and Bands Collaborate
April 12, 2019
From Metallica to the famous music club featured in Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’, breweries and bands collaborate to connect both fans and beer lovers.
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Breweries Flex Creative Muscles Adding Independent Seal to Packaging
April 9, 2019
Craft breweries tell us about their strategy behind the placement of the independent craft brewer seal on their beer packaging.
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