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Craft Beer Conglomerates: The New Middle Tier Reshaping American Craft Brewing
As someone who monitors the pulse of the beer-news world every day, I’ve witnessed many unexpected changes in the last…
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The “Stone Age” Tech Holding Back Modern Brewing
There is a compelling case to be made that 2026 is the year sustainability shifts from a talking point to…
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Getting Over Your Fear of Commitment: Why We Should Be More Loyal to the Beers We Love
Spend any amount of time at a bar, restaurant, or bottle shop in Western Washington and you’re bound to notice…
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What Role (if any) Did Hazy IPAs Play in the Current Craft Beer Downturn?
Every craft beer drinker in America knows the vibe right now: craft beer’s in a slump. Profits are sinking, breweries…
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The State of Craft 2026
Looking back on 2025, the rather dreary numbers about a steady decline in the consumption of craft beer, as well…
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Top Emerging Beer Style Trends for 2026
As 2025 comes to a close, brewers, bar managers, and beer drinkers alike are looking back at the past year.…
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The Best Breweries of 2025
Each year, we acknowledge the breweries that collectively produced the highest-rated beers as evaluated in our Official Review. 2025 was…
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Top 100 Beers of 2025
Each year, we collect the highest-scoring beers evaluated in the Official Review and compile them into a definitive list of…
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2026 Beer and Beverage Trends
In the beer land, the only constant is change. Things undoubtedly changed in 2025. The ranks of craft beer brands…
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Notes on American Beer From an Englishman
There was a time when I was almost entirely dismissive of what one might loosely call “the beer scene” in…
