The People of Craft Beer

The craft beer scene is full of people from diverse backgrounds with their own stories to tell. It’s what helps shape our communities and culture. Discover some of these voices in this collection of content.

10 People to Watch in Craft Beer in 2022

Follow the lead of these folx in the industry.
Looking ahead to 2022, now more than ever, consumers want to know what a brewery stands for and how they’re shaping their communities. That could ...
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The 5 Ways COVID-19 Changed People’s Drinking Habits

The lowdown on lockdown drinking
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything in our lives from the way we drink and eat out to the way we approach personal safety and ...
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15 Questions with Averie Swanson, Founder of Keeping Together and Former Head Brewer at Jester King

Imagine working your way up from volunteer to head brewer at one of the most renowned breweries in the world. A brewery you’ve helped build. ...
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Meet the Single Mom and Brewery Owner Brewing the American Dream

Meet the newest winner of the Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program.
On one of her worst brew days, Kate Russell, Founder and Head Brewer at Hopkinsville Brewing Co. in Hopkinsville, KY received a phone call. “I ...
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20 Questions with the Winner of Untappd’s Scholarship to The Appalachian State Brewing Short Course

Desert island beers, lady brewsters, and a sweet brewing scholarship.
Last month, Untappd announced open applications for a scholarship covering one student’s full tuition to Appalachian State’s Summer Brewing Short Course. Taught from July 25h ...
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5 Questions With Hop Culture’s New Brand Ambassadors

Meet the inaugural cohort!
What do three cats, a photographer wandering her way through California, and a young craft enthusiast sporting some of the rarest beers around have in ...
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The Most Inspiring Beer Art We’ve Seen This Month is From a 26-Year-Old Non-Binary Artist

Get to know the winner of our Pour Out Your Pride queer design contest.
Two months ago, we celebrated the announcement of our inaugural Queer Beer Fest presented by Samuel Adams by asking queer artists to send us their ...
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Hop Culture Stands With Women In Craft Beer

We are stronger standing together.
Meet me and you might mistake me for a man. I’m 5 foot 7 inches with short brown hair that will most likely be tucked ...
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The Hype is Real: Fidens Brewing Co. Is the Best Brewery You’ve Never Heard Of

We discovered one of the best hazy IPA breweries you haven't heard of yet.
Stop the (juice) presses: There’s an emerging talent in the world of hazy IPAs you might not know. Of course, you’ve heard of Monkish, Tree ...
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Meet Iranian and Female-owned Back Home Beer, Brooklyn’s Latest Craft Brewery

Zahra Tabatabai is bringing Iranian beer culture to Brooklyn.
American craft beer enthusiasts take access to beer and the freedom to drink it for granted. Just over 100 years ago, thanks to the tangled ...
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Meet Crowns & Hops, Hop Culture’s Best New Brewery of 2020

Crowns & Hops is changing the craft beer industry for the better.
Crowns & Hops isn’t your ordinary brewery. The founders, Benny Ashburn and Teo Hunter, weren’t homebrewers who turned pro after quitting their day jobs and ...
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Firestone Walker’s Latest Collaboration Beer is Two Decades in the Making

Two brewers. Two friends. Two decades. One collaboration beer.
For the last twenty years, Jennifer Talley and Matt Brynildson have accomplished a lot. Now, for the first time, the two brewers and longtime friends ...
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Craft Beer Scholarships Can Make the Industry More Diverse and Equitable

Scholarships in the craft beer industry are playing a major part in changing the beer scene.
“Many breweries require either relevant experience or relevant training when they consider applicants” says Garrett Oliver, Brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery, and editor-in-chief of ‘The Oxford ...
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How Alfa Laval Is Helping Breweries Make Better Beer

A look at innovative tech that is helping small breweries improve their beer.
The core elements of beer — water, grain, hops, and yeast — haven’t changed much since beer was first brewed, but the way we brew ...
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11 Brewers Share Their New Year’s Resolutions For 2021

What changes are you making in 2021?
Typically, we try to take the last few days of a year to reflect on the past 365 days. But, as we stepped into the ...
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A Pint with Leashless Brewing: How One Brewery is Revolutionizing Organic Craft Beer

From Ocean to Organic.
For most people, their love of beer starts on land. Maybe in a crowded bar or an intimate taproom. For John Gonzales, Founder of organic ...
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