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    How The Local Beer Scene Grew During A Pandemic

    Feb 23, 2021

    When the pandemic began last March, drinking spots all over the state were forced to close their doors, leaving the stat

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    A Craft Beer Movement Is Brewing In Las Vegas

    Nov 01, 2019

    Las Vegas is one of America’s booziest cities. And beer has played a big part in developing that reputation.

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    Jim Koch (left) and Sam Calagione with their flagship beers.
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    Makers Of Sam Adams And Dogfish Head Beer Announce Merger Deal

    May 10, 2019
    The companies' founders say the merger is going to help the craft brewers compete in an industry that is seeing rapid consolidation.
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    The Salt
    After starting a brewery in Seoul, Booth Brewery co-founders Heeyoon Kim (left) and Sunghoo Yang moved their operations to California to make Korean beer and ship it back.
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    Why A South Korean Brewery Moved To California To Make Korean Beer

    Apr 09, 2019
    The craft beer scene in Korea is still new, and while shipping beer back there is expensive, the company gained better access to hops and brewer talent in America, as well as a significant tax break.
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    The Salt
    At Odell Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colo., Scott Dorsch pulls down a box of hops from the Yakima Valley in Washington, the state that grows the most hops in the nation. "We would buy more hops than what Colorado could produce," he says.
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    The Bitter Boom-And-Bust Tale Of Colorado's Bet On Local Beer Hops

    Dec 13, 2018
    Even with the backing of state-based beer giant Coors, small farmers just couldn't compete with the Pacific Northwest. And with more people choosing wine and spirits, some craft brewers are closing.
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    Allagash employees Salim Raal, left, and Brendan McKay stack bottles of Golden Brett, a limited release beer fermented with a house strain of Brettanomyces yeast. The Maine brewery recently installed solar panels as part of its sustainability initiatives
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    Good News For 'Green' Brews: Consumers Say They'll Pay More For Sustainable Beer

    Oct 13, 2018
    More than 1,000 U.S. beer drinkers surveyed say they would pay about $1.30 more for a six-pack of beer if it was produced at a brewery that invests in water conservation or solar power.
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    The Salt
    Fresh Fest co-founders Day Bracey (left) and Mike Potter (right) visit with Chris Harris, owner of Black Frog Brewery in Holland, Ohio, near Toledo.
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    African-American Craft Beer Brewers Unite To Host A Festival Of Their Own

    Aug 10, 2018
    Craft beer is booming, but it is not very popular in the African-American community and there are few black brewers. The first craft beer festival for African-American brewers aims to change that.
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    The Salt
    Some beer makers are excited about the possibility of using modified yeast to flavor beer instead of hops, which require a lot of water to grow.
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    GMO Yeast Mimics Flavors Of Hops, But Will Craft Brewers Bite?

    Apr 04, 2018
    Some beer-brewing scientists have developed a genetically modified yeast that produces the same hoppy aromas and flavors beer drinkers like, without the hops. But some craft brewers are skeptical.
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    Andrea Stanley of Valley Malt in Hadley, Mass., steeps small amounts of malt as part of the international Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day, an event meant to highlight women's growing influence on the beer industry.
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    Not Just The Boys' Beer Club: Female Crafters Tap Their Skills For Brew Day

    Mar 13, 2018
    Women around the U.S. joined forces to make batches of beer last week. The event is part of a global initiative to highlight women's growing influence on a traditionally male-dominated industry.
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    Tracey Somerfeld at Les' Bar drafts a pint of local craft beer. He still farms barley when he's not helping his son run the bar.
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    Montana Barley Fields Become Front Line For Climate Change And Beer

    Jan 11, 2018
    Barley, the "king of malt," needs a precise recipe of water and sunshine to thrive — too much of either will cause it to wither and die. And amid a changing climate, that's exactly what's happening.
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    One near-beer pioneer is Heineken, which launched alcohol-free Heineken 0.0 this summer in Europe and Israel.
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    Pioneers Of High-Quality Near Beer Are Banking On Non-Drinking Binges

    Nov 15, 2017

    Even if you're staying sober, sometimes you might just miss the taste of a really good beer. But the market for high-end booze-free brews has gone largely untapped. That's starting to change.

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    Luther's wife, Katharina, was the brewer of the family.
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    The Other Reformation: How Martin Luther Changed Our Beer, Too

    Oct 31, 2017
    The protest movement Luther launched 500 years ago revamped not only how Europe worshipped but how it drank. We'd call him the patron saint of beer except, well, he wouldn't like the "saint" part.
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    Souring yeast are more resistant to alcohol and hops, allowing for stronger, hoppier beers.
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    The Taming Of The Brew: How Sour Beer Is Driving A Microbial Gold Rush

    Oct 02, 2017
    As the popularity of sour beers burgeons in America, scientists are going back to the drawing board in a quest to discover the perfect mix of new brewing microbes.
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    The Medusa Brewing Company sells a hundred percent more beer than it did when it opened just over two years ago.
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    The Next Big Thing In Beer Is Being A Small Taproom

    Sep 27, 2017
    The explosion of these cozy craft breweries has happened as states relax laws to allow them direct-to-consumer retail rights, meaning the majority of their revenue no longer has to come from food.
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    The Pico C is an automated beer-brewing device, or "beerbot," that can be monitored remotely from a smartphone or tablet.
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    Rise Of The Beerbots: Is Tech Taking The Craft Out Of Homebrewing?

    Sep 19, 2017

    Automated systems have turned the messy, ancient art of brewing into a tidy hobby requiring fairly minimal skill, and of course, a smartphone or tablet. Critics ask: Where's the craft in that?

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    At the Portsmouth Brewery in New Hampshire, the kelp beer "Selkie" is sold both on tap and in bottles.
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    From Ocean To Potion: Kelp Finds A Niche In The Craft Beer Market

    Sep 08, 2017
    Kelp isn't a new flavor enhancer for brewers. For hundreds of years, coastal farmers in Scotland grew grains in seaweed beds. But briny brews have been slow to catch on in the United States.
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    Can you spot the microbrews? Craft beer brands purchased by larger companies now almost dominate many supermarket and liquor store shelves.
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    Craft Beer, Brought To You By Big Beer

    Jul 28, 2017
    More than a dozen of America's most popular craft breweries have been bought by global beverage companies in recent years. Craft beer brewers say they're under attack by what they call "Big Beer."
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    From left, Von Humbolt's Natur wasser, named after the German explorer and naturalist; Blood & Sand, inspired by silent movie star Rudolph Valentino; and a single malt by Macallan in collaboration with artist Steven Klein.
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    From Film Stars To Naturalists, These Lives Have Become Boozy Inspirations

    Jun 27, 2017
    Breweries and distilleries are collaborating with artists and fashioning their drinks after influential people to try to better connect with customers or bring attention to the drink's origin.
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    Craft breweries now account for 5,234 of 5,301 U.S. beer makers, according to an industry group's annual tally. Here, Danielle Coons, the tasting room ambassador at D.L. Geary Brewing Co.<strong> </strong>serves a beer in Portland, Maine, last November.
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    U.S. Breweries Top 5,300 As Craft Beer Makers Ride Double-Digit Gains

    Mar 28, 2017
    Just five years ago, there were only about 2,000 U.S. craft brewers. More than 800 opened for business in 2016 — and they're finding a changing market.
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    Kadabra beer, in the brewery warehouse in León, northern Spain. This brewery was founded two years ago by a group of friends who grew up in Spain's tiny hops-growing region.
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    No Bitterness Here: Craft Beer Boom Boosts Spain's Hops Growers

    Dec 15, 2016
    When Germany halted exports in WWII, Spanish brewers asked farmers in a town in northern Spain to plant hops. Now, the town produces 99 percent of the country's hops used by the craft beer industry.
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    Snazzy beer taps on display at the AJS offices.
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    Arts And Craft Beers: Brewers Draw Drinkers' Eyes With Snazzy Tap Handles

    Sep 26, 2016
    As craft brewers try to make their brews stand out in an increasingly crowded field, they're driving the expansion of a singular business: custom-made beer taps.
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    Craft Beer Scene Expands in Southern Nevada

    Sep 19, 2016

    Craft beer showed up on the Las Vegas scene a few years ago, and it’s still growing. Breweries are popping up, as are festivals that celebrate it.

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    The spike in demand for small-batch beers has infused new life into small, family owned hop farms that were teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
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    Hop Growers Cheer Craft Brewers For Saving An Ailing Industry

    Aug 02, 2016
    The spike in demand for small-batch beers has infused new life into small, family-owned hop farms that were teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
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    New tavern OWL turns heads

    Jul 12, 2016

    There's no smoking, no gaming, no DJ, no jukebox in this joint. But newish tavern OWL has other charms.

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    The Salt
    "If you're getting into brewing specifically to make money," says Mike Katrivanos, "I'd advise against it." Katrivanos is a co-founder of New District Brewing.
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    Amid Craft Brewery Boom, Some Worry About A Bubble — But Most Just Fear Foam

    Jul 01, 2016
    Fueled by customers' unquenchable thirst for the next great flavor note, the craft beer industry has exploded like a poorly fermented bottle of home brew.
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