While fruity, juicy, hazy and tart flavors have dominated taprooms, a bolder, divisive flavor—smoke—has billowed its way into porters, lagers and ales. As uncommon as the beer made with smoked wheat or malt is, it’s likely been around since humanity’s first pour.
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Supply Chain Issues Killing Brewers’ Buzz
Business owners who weathered the pandemic are nursing a new headache: kinks in the supply chain. Read on to see how some have overcome the supply chain shortage.
When Bobby Ball decided pursue his dream of opening a brewery in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, he had no idea what was coming. Check out how a new brewery survived COVID and how they're focusing on craft beer as well as homebrewing to continue to grow.
Of all the adjustments that occurred over the pandemic—masks, social distancing, Zoom meetings—new liquor laws are the most welcome. State legislators across the country made exceptions to longstanding regulations to give restaurants, breweries and bars some relief from the strenuous pinch of the shutdown. But like telemedicine and work-from-home offices, some temporary changes may be here to stay.
COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the way we eat and drink—that’s obvious. From rules dictating what must be served to staying at home and finding beers to go with your at-home meals, there’s a new opportunity to think about how beer and food go together.
You might have seen Nordic-style beers on the shelves of your local bottle shop or sneaking into your favorite brewery’s lineup. Although Scandinavia’s influence on craft beer is now apparent, just a few years ago, that wasn’t the case. Much of the country’s beer brewing happened behind the scenes: in farmhouses untouched by the passing tides of macro-beer trends.
Hop creep happens, but there are ways to avoid it. Take a read at this blog article from Lead Scientist, Emily Wang of Fermly as she explains all you need to know about hop creep and some brewing acronyms you'll sound cool using.
For all your homebrew cleaning and sanitizing needs, we've developed this Homebrew Cleaning Chart!
The secret is out, we love chemicals. They can provide safe and effective solutions to our every day life and hobbies. Because of this, however, people tend to forget that chemicals can also be dangerous. While most of us have the common sense to not take shots of Star San, there are a lot of accidents that happen in a brewery (both commercially and in your garage).
How much does it cost to clean a distributor’s truck after a six pack of beer decides that aluminum was too restrictive for its unexpected new friend, Lactobacillus? Not much really. Hunting down and recalling every case of beer from accounts? That is going to hurt a bit making those calls, drives, and dealing with the invoices. Not to mention shake up you brewing schedule…