Tag: brewers_association
Defining beer styles – the Brewers Association release new Style Guidelines
The Brewers Association just announced the release of the revised Beer Style Guidelines for 2016. We outline some of the changes and additions below. It’s…
After 37 Years, Charlie Papazian Steps Down as President of the Brewers Association
When Charlie Papazian became president of the Brewers Association, Jimmy Carter was President of the United States. Papazian has held the position ever since. Yesterday…
Craft beer growth – sales numbers up, now over 3,700 breweries
None of this should come as a surprise, but the craft beer industry continued to grow in the first half of 2015. Sales numbers continue…
Dick Cantwell named Quality Ambassador for the Brewers Association
When Anheuser-Busch acquired Elysian Brewing last winter, the writing was on the wall. Two months following that devastating news, nobody with half a clue was surprised…
When is a beer festival too big? GABF announces expansion
News today from the Brewers Association has me wondering if a beer festival can actually get too big. This year they’re making the biggest beer…
Beer industry unites on excise tax releif issue
In the past, this blog has discussed the Small BREW Act, a proposal to reduce the federal excise tax paid by craft breweries. That legislation…
