The Culture of Craft Beer

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Creating Safer Spaces in Craft Beer, Part Ten — Why We Wrote 16,000 Words for This Series

Part ten of ten.
I stood on the top of a shipping container as the rain cascade down on me. A million thoughts poured through my head as I ...
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Necromancer Brewing: Breathing New Life Into Craft Beer

Scary good.
Rotbier, English golden, extra special bitter, cream ale, black pilsner, altbier, English dark mild, lichtenhainer (smoked, fruited sour), maibock, grisette, Scotch wee heavy, Czech-style dark ...
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Creating Safer Spaces in Craft Beer, Part Nine — It’s Okay to Make Mistakes, Just Don’t Tick Boxes

Part nine of ten.
If you’re trying to create a safer, more equitable brewery, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach. You will make mistakes. And that’s okay. “People are fearful ...
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A Hazy by Any Other Name Would Still Smell As Juicy

We ❤️ hazy beer!
When star-crossed lover Juliet proclaims, “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” in William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and ...
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Creating Safer Spaces in Craft Beer, Part Eight — How Consumers Can Champion Underrepresented Breweries

Part eight of ten.
The industry needs allies. And you can be one of them. More breweries speaking out and doing the work is great, but craft beer also ...
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Three New Black-Owned Breweries Diversifying the Texas Beer Scene

Turning up the heat in Texas.
Can you guess which state has the largest Black population in the U.S.? You might not immediately think of Texas, but with 3,936,669 Black people, ...
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Top 3 Awesome Australian Hops: Discover the Hops Reshaping Craft Beer

Galaxy, Vic Secret, Enigma, oh my!
Galaxy®, Vic Secret™, Eclipse®, Enigma®, Ella®, and Topaz™. What do all these hop varieties have in common? Not only are they some of the hottest ...
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All Hops, No Hate: How Cerebral Brewing Drives Inclusivity in Craft Beer

A neighborhood brewery at heart.
We’ve always known the award-winning Cerebral in Denver’s Congress Park neighborhood for its methodical scientific approach to brewing. Started by co-founders Sean Buchan and Dan ...
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O-I and F.X. Matt Brewing Disrupt the Beverage Industry With New Partnership

Why glass is world class.
In the beverage industry, shelves have become a sea of similarity. How does a brand stand out in a crowd of consistent uniformity? According to ...
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Creating Safer Spaces in Craft Beer, Part Seven — Brewing Beers That Make a Difference

Part seven of ten.
At the end of the day, what do breweries do best? It’s a bit of a rhetorical question: breweries brew beer. Of all the ways ...
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Goldspot Brewing: The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow

One hundred percent Queer- and Woman-owned.
It’s noon on a Thursday, and a group of white straight cis-men gathers in a low-ceilinged taproom in the Northwest corner of Denver, CO. They’re ...
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The 11 Top Tequilas to Try in 2023

With lime, on the rocks, in a Paloma.
Beer before liquor, never been sicker; liquor before beer, you’re in the clear. We’re not sure whether the age-old adage we prophetically learned in college ...
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Creating Safer Spaces in Craft Beer, Part Six — Crafting Inclusive Events for Your Community

Part six of ten.
Imagine the last beer you drank. What did it taste like? Maybe it was a bitter West Coast IPA with bold, bright notes of citrus. ...
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The Whole Truth: How Lady Justice Brewing Balances the Scales of Beer

All rise.
In 2009, Lady Justice Brewing Co-Founders Betsy Lay, Jen Cuesta, and Kate Power served in the AmeriCorps VISTA program, living at the poverty level while ...
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Brand New Vine Street Brewing Brings Beer to Historic Jazz District

Hitting all the right notes.
When Vine Street Brewing Co. celebrated its grand opening on June 30th, it became Missouri’s first Black-owned brewery, bringing beer to Kansas City’s famous jazz ...
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Creating Safer Spaces in Craft Beer, Part Five — Start a Vocational Program

Part five of ten.
Three months ago, Women of the Vine & Spirits, a global organization for the alcoholic beverage industry, released a study in tandem with Deloitte called ...
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