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Using Tap-Handle Design as a Sales Lever

Cool aesthetics are one thing. The best tap handles, though, do strategic work beyond just looking good on the tower.

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Photo: Courtesy Elgin Park
Photo: Courtesy Elgin Park

Revolution’s tap handles are so iconic, some Chicago drinkers can identify “the fist beer” without even knowing the name of the brewery behind it. Such is the power of a well-designed tap handle.

“If they say they haven't heard of Revolution Brewing, and we say, ‘Oh, we’re the brewery with the green fist,’ they’re like ‘Oh, okay, yes!’ And they get it,” says marketing director Katie McNulty.

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