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Craft Beer Is Changing Everything (Obviously)
After a decade or so of super-growth, craft beer is changing everything. Brewers, brands and politicians are trying to get a handle on how the industry will look going forward now that craft growth is leveling off. But craft beer already has changed the food industry in fundamental ways and not everyone is thrilled. In this episode we tackle some of the stories that trace where craft beer was and where it’s going.
Changes at GABF
The Great American Beer festival has changed the way people approach beer festivals. Beer festivals used to be an invitation to get people to be more enthusiastic about craft beer, now it’s just as much about brand building, not that there’s anything wrong with that. In the below story, the author talks about how regional and national brands are (among other things) taking the opportunity to remind people about their flagship beers.
3 Takeaways from the 2018 Great American Beer Festival | Brewbound.com
Last week’s Great American Beer Festival was the largest in history, as a record 62,000 attendees turned out to sample over 4,000 beers from more than 800 breweries that were set up across 584,000 sq. ft. space inside the Denver Convention Center. Here are three takeaways from the 2018 GABF.
Mad, Lazy and Unoriginal
What’s tough about a lot of the anti-brewery laws all over the country is that restaurants seem to participate. It makes sense that distributors do, they’re clearly getting clobbered because people increasingly are buying beer from the source, but restaurants only are helped by the craft beer industry. It’s revived the notion that you can have great beer with your dinner.
Food trucks, though, hang around breweries meaning that in some places people can skip the restaurant altogether while getting a solid meal and a fresh pint. Of course, rather than whine about breweries eating their lunch, restaurants are in a great position to just get into the beer business.
Once you’ve got the building, menu and clientele, adding a brewery only makes sense. But it does take a lot more work than complaining about being outcompeted. If craft beer is changing everything about the restaurant business, there’s no reason they shouldn’t go along for the ride.
Brewery owners and craft beer lovers react to microbrewery ruling
CLOSE In the wake of a ruling that limits the events that New Jersey microbreweries can hold and solidifies rules on previously ambiguous items like take-out menus and sports on TV, brewery owners and beer fans’ reactions have been mixed.
‘The Grossest Beer I’ve Ever Had’
Craft beer used to be scary to new drinkers (like me). I remember thinking that Dead Guy Ale was not only bad tasting but might have something wrong with it. That, of course, has changes considerably over the last 20 years. I’ve gotten to the point where I have to make an effort not to grab one every time I write about it.
Changing tastes and My First Dead Guy Ale
In the late 90s my uncle and I started having beer tastings. Craft beer was just catching hold in Jersey and he had some access to some really esoteric beers. To be honest, though, it mostly was about the drinking. We (for example) included Zima once because we felt as if it were important to know what it tasted like.
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By Tony RussoAfter a decade or so of super-growth, craft beer is changing everything. Brewers, brands and politicians are trying to get a handle on how the industry will look going forward now that craft growth is leveling off. But craft beer already has changed the food industry in fundamental ways and not everyone is thrilled. In this episode we tackle some of the stories that trace where craft beer was and where it’s going.
Changes at GABF
The Great American Beer festival has changed the way people approach beer festivals. Beer festivals used to be an invitation to get people to be more enthusiastic about craft beer, now it’s just as much about brand building, not that there’s anything wrong with that. In the below story, the author talks about how regional and national brands are (among other things) taking the opportunity to remind people about their flagship beers.
3 Takeaways from the 2018 Great American Beer Festival | Brewbound.com
Last week’s Great American Beer Festival was the largest in history, as a record 62,000 attendees turned out to sample over 4,000 beers from more than 800 breweries that were set up across 584,000 sq. ft. space inside the Denver Convention Center. Here are three takeaways from the 2018 GABF.
Mad, Lazy and Unoriginal
What’s tough about a lot of the anti-brewery laws all over the country is that restaurants seem to participate. It makes sense that distributors do, they’re clearly getting clobbered because people increasingly are buying beer from the source, but restaurants only are helped by the craft beer industry. It’s revived the notion that you can have great beer with your dinner.
Food trucks, though, hang around breweries meaning that in some places people can skip the restaurant altogether while getting a solid meal and a fresh pint. Of course, rather than whine about breweries eating their lunch, restaurants are in a great position to just get into the beer business.
Once you’ve got the building, menu and clientele, adding a brewery only makes sense. But it does take a lot more work than complaining about being outcompeted. If craft beer is changing everything about the restaurant business, there’s no reason they shouldn’t go along for the ride.
Brewery owners and craft beer lovers react to microbrewery ruling
CLOSE In the wake of a ruling that limits the events that New Jersey microbreweries can hold and solidifies rules on previously ambiguous items like take-out menus and sports on TV, brewery owners and beer fans’ reactions have been mixed.
‘The Grossest Beer I’ve Ever Had’
Craft beer used to be scary to new drinkers (like me). I remember thinking that Dead Guy Ale was not only bad tasting but might have something wrong with it. That, of course, has changes considerably over the last 20 years. I’ve gotten to the point where I have to make an effort not to grab one every time I write about it.
Changing tastes and My First Dead Guy Ale
In the late 90s my uncle and I started having beer tastings. Craft beer was just catching hold in Jersey and he had some access to some really esoteric beers. To be honest, though, it mostly was about the drinking. We (for example) included Zima once because we felt as if it were important to know what it tasted like.