Brewing Industry Guide Staff

Joining All Together IPA and Black Is Beautiful among recent open-invitation collaborations to raise funds and awareness for a cause, a new effort—called Things We Don’t Say IPA—aims to do the same for mental-health issues.

• Collaborations
• Philanthropy
• Charity

The Brewers Association and Sovos ShipCompliant have teamed up on a report that gauges drinkers’ interest in having beer shipped to their homes. Among craft beer drinkers, 84 percent say state laws should be updated to allow it.

• DTC Shipping
• Direct-to-Consumer
• Direct Sales

The major spending package includes additional relief for small businesses—including a provision that indefinitely extends excise-tax cuts for breweries.

• Taxes
• Pandemic
• Congress

Lower excise-tax rates in place since 2018 are set to expire, even as Congress has yet to approve additional pandemic-era economic stimulus for small businesses. The Brewers Association is urging breweries to contact lawmakers on Tuesday, December 1.

• Tax Relief
• Economic Stimulus
• Excise Taxes

The pandemic has sidelined another festival, but the competition for barrel-aged beers will continue, and would-be festgoers can buy mixed sixers to participate from home.

• FoBAB
• Barrel-Aged Beers
• Competition

Chris Colby's book digs into the methods, processes, and recipes that commercial brewers are using to grab a slice of the fastest-growing chunk of the drinks market.

• Books
• Book Review
• Hard Seltzer

From online hops selection and virtual harvest to Craft Malt Week, producers and brewers are finding new ways to connect while travel is limited.

• Hops
• Harvest
• Ingredients

New book on making hard seltzer is aimed at professional brewers as well as enthusiasts.

• Hard Seltzer
• Brewers Publications
• Books

Under criticism for not doing enough to address racism and other forms of discrimination, the trade group is laying the groundwork for possible expulsion of unruly members.

• Brewers Association
• Racism
• Discrimination

Anticipating fewer entries this year, the Great American Beer Festival competition has combined some style categories, reducing them from 107 to 90.

• GABF
• Festivals
• Awards

Fundraising effort supports grants to help breweries in need cover their operational expenses.

• COVID
• Pandemic
• Social Distancing

We're awarding more than $325,000 in advertising to breweries and other businesses in need of a boost.

• Pandemic
• Advertising
• COVID-19