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Dogfish Head piles on the low-alcohol year-round release trend
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Yep, Namaste is going year-round. Dogfish will transition Namaste, the company’s 4.8 percent, Belgian-style white beer — previously available only in 750 mL champagne-style bottles on a limited basis — into regularly...
NPR has more on craft vs. “crafty”
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This is the probably the best primer I've seen so far about "crafty" beer distorting consumer understanding. Small breweries are transforming into big ones, while big breweries are masquerading as small brands, selli...
Founders Brewing’s Dave Engbers talks swinging for the fences
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Paste has a short interview with Dave about how they really turned it around with Dirty Bastard. Dirty Bastard was really the beer that got us on the right path where we broke out of our shell. It gave us the confide...
College Beer Playoffs
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CraftBeer.com started what I hope will be a grand tradition: a college craft beer playoff. I examined the top ten college football teams according to five beer-related areas: Number of craft breweries 2015 Grea...
The history of beer prohibition in Iceland
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BBC has a good historical write-up on a uniquely Icelandic phenomenon. Real beer was largely off-limits until March 1st 1989. A century ago, Iceland banned all alcoholic drinks. Within a decade, red wine had been l...
Ben & Jerry are making a beer? What?!
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No I'm not kidding. Yes, that Ben & Jerry. The ice cream and beer giants continue to finalize plans for the beer, but we know it will be a sweet, cocoa-laced brew available this fall. And according to a relea...
Jim Koch’s bonus structure makes no sense
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Jim Koch (of Sam Adams fame) is truly wealthy these days, but his bonus reflects a more humble business approach. BusinessWeek has the full break-down. But the bonus formula devised by the company’s board rewards Ko...
A bottle that plays music?
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Check out this mind-blowing video of a beer bottle etched with playable music, just like a vinyl record (or more precisely, an Edison cylinder).
Tiny homebrew appliance PicoBrew Zymatic rakes in over $600k on kickstarter
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Not a bad haul for a $150k goal. Why can't we brew beer at home as easily as we can make a loaf of bread with a bread-maker, or a shot of espresso with an automatic espresso machine? Making quality beer this easily:...
First Beer of the Weekend – 5/1/2015
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Today's Required-Unwinder is "The Calling" DIPA from Boulevard. Got this in the growler at our local filling station. It pours a bit more orange than last week's offering, but still well within the standard IPA sp...