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We spoke with small brewers along the spectrum, from single-fill manual packaging (crowlers, growlers) to mobile canning to owned canning lines, for this guide to getting the most from your packaging program.

One of the most common causes of brewery change of control or bankruptcy is mismanaging debt. Kary Shumway, CFO of Wormtown Brewery, spoke with Jamie Bogner about ways that breweries can use debt constructively without letting that debt run the business.

A made-up word, a popular red ale, a community-minded brewery that is expanding. The Vikings behind Drekker Brewing Company in Fargo, North Dakota, are coming for you. Don’t be scared. Get excited.

Not all bottle caps are made the same, and the difference in quality could mean a spoiled run of beer that was otherwise destined for greatness.

Jamie Bogner, the Cofounder & Editorial Director the Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine® Brewing Industry Guide welcomes you to the Summer 2019 issue.

Imperial Western Beer Company, inside Union Station, has restored the space to its former glory and is encouraging commuters to take a little time to stop for a beer and slow down from the hectic pace of commuting life.

Other Half Brewing, long the sought-after IPA and stout maker in Brooklyn, New York, is expanding operations, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is getting bigger.

Rather than making the surroundings conform to the brewery, the team behind Lake Anne Brew House in Reston, Virginia, went back to a planned community’s roots and offer a glimpse of how things were and in turn give visitors a period experience.

Sarah Howat examines one Southern California brewery’s closing and what it could mean for the larger craft-beer industry.

Brian R. Iverson and Matthew D. Zapadka cover the ins and outs of trademarks and brand protection for craft breweries.

The cash and stock transaction, valued at approximately $300 million, combines two award-winning craft beer pioneers with unrivaled brewing expertise and portfolios of leading beer and “beyond beer” brands.

If constant change is the new normal, brewers must learn to continuously flex and adapt by developing fine-tuned abilities to sense, shape, and respond to each key consumer trend and market development.

In Asheville, where creativity is praised and there’s no shortage of IPA, Zebulon Artisan Ales is certainly alone and dancing to its own beat. From riffs on historical styles to how it serves beer, this small brewery isn’t what people expect.

Seventh Son Brewing Co. in Ohio built a strong reputation on traditional recipes. When it came time to embrace the new, currently in-fashion styles, they opened a second location—in a former antiques shop.

While the liquid itself will ultimately decide whether customers come back for a second pint, it’s often the style of beer and its name that first get a drinker’s attention.

Jamie Bogner welcomes you to the Brewing Industry Guide for the second quarter of 2019.

When one craft-beer bar realized that it was losing more than $175,000 on mismanaged beer, the owner turned to technology and training to help right the ship.

Being one of the first craft breweries in South Dakota helped Fernson Brewing Co. make inroads into the market, but it was listening to local customers and not necessarily the national trends that helped them succeed and create award-winning beers

All things considered, ESOPs present a very compelling tax-effective exit strategy that can balance the change of ownership while maintaining control, but ESOPs are not without pitfalls. Here are seven of them that you should avoid at all cost.

Nathan Sanborn of Rising Tide Brewing Co. looks back at his decade of brewing to see the future. From changes in packaging to walking the line between core beers and fads, above all else, he cares about quality and sees it as the driver of his success.