Many breweries have no trouble moving India pale ales. If anything, some breweries have trouble keeping up with production, as crowds line up outside taprooms to purchase limited batches of IPAs as soon as they’re released. It’s a good thing, too, as most agree that IPAs are best consumed fresh, when the hop character is... View Article
On a Friday night at Clouds Brewing in Durham, North Carolina, the bartenders are the epitome of efficiency. With a wave of a wrist and the pull of a tap handle, beer pours into my glass without a word exchanged. The bartenders track how much I’ve consumed down to the tenth of an ounce and... View Article
Ninety-five percent. Since introducing All Day IPA 15-packs in 2014, that has been the volume growth experienced by Founders Brewing Co. out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a rate that earned it the title of the top-growing craft brand in the country in 2016. “It’s just killed it,” said Dave Engbers, co-founder of Founders. “It’s the... View Article
On Saturdays at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza, one can find fresh produce, breads, cheeses, honey, and, in one case, a vendor marked by an all-caps sign for “BEER” hanging above its stand amid the dense crowd of the weekly farmers market by Prospect Park. “New York City is kind of overwhelming. There’s a lot of... View Article
Joe Dinan and Lisa McDonald had one goal when moving from Chicago to North Carolina: buy a small farm to rescue and foster animals. Their love for beer and passion for homebrewing didn’t get left behind, though, and it crept into their aspirations. “We talked about opening a brewery, and how cool if would be... View Article
Gender roles have long played a part in advertising. But in today’s beer branding, most breweries are avoiding the hypersexualization of women, and debates rage against sexist beer names. The use of females in beer advertising goes back decades, with the apex (or, perhaps, nadir) of that marketing approach coming in the 1990s and early... View Article
Editor’s Note: This article appears in the March 2017 issue of All About Beer Magazine, which is now on newsstands. Waiting is a natural part of beer. Brewers wait for their creations to ferment. Customers wait in line to buy the latest releases. Cellars are full of bottles, waiting to be savored. But before any of... View Article
This article appears in the January issue of All About Beer Magazine, in newsstands now. Subscribe today to have the magazine delivered to your mailbox, computer, smartphone or tablet. Thomas Hardy’s Ale has come back from the dead. A famous British barley wine that went out of production in 2009 has been restored as a result... View Article
Just over a year after announcing it, Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B InBev) closed its deal to acquire SABMiller on Oct. 10, 2016. The more than $100 billion deal captured a great deal of the world’s attention on beer during that time as a top-10 (by some counts, top-5) global merger and acquisition transaction of all time.... View Article
