Most people today have never known a world without Oktoberfest — the festival draws millions of revelers to Munich, Germany every September. But next month, there will be no lederhosen and dirndl-clad crowds; no cheery oompah music booming from tents; no steins spilling over with amber-hued brews. For the first time since World War II,…
Every summer, craft beer festivals pop up all over the country like dandelions. Fans flock to these boozy bastions to try specialty brews and sample beers from far-off states. Brewers attend the festivals to chat with other brewers and see what’s happening at the cutting edge of the industry. But with COVID-19 still looming, summer…
Wilmington, North Carolina is what CraftBeer.com calls one of “America’s Beeriest Beach Towns.” It wasn’t always this way. When John and Michelle Savard moved back to their hometown in 2012, the local beer scene consisted of one small brewery, a few bars, and whatever the grocery stores were stocking. So in 2012, they launched a home…
Glamping, Grovestand, Double Orange StarFish. These aren’t just highlights from your summer road trip. They’re also the names of craft beers that fans in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) wait in lines for upwards of four hours to snag! Locals will tell you that, before Aslin opened their first brewery five years ago, if you…
Fair Isle Brewing — the first dedicated Wild Ale brewery in Seattle — opened their doors at the end of January, 2020. And on March 15th, COVID-19 closed them again. That’s a setback that would spell the end for many small businesses, but for Fair Isle founders Geoffery Barker and Andrew Pogue, it just meant…
Beer has been bringing people together for decades. And now, since the start of COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders, beer lovers haven’t been visiting their favorite breweries as much, if at all — and they’re feeling the void. Breweries like Colorado’s WeldWerks are turning to online retailer Tavour to help bring the community together virtually, even in…
As the craft beer movement grows ever stronger, beer is becoming increasingly local. Beers from some of the nation’s best breweries can only be found in their home cities, or, at most, a handful of surrounding states. But, some small breweries — like North Carolina’s Burial Beer Company — have fans spread across the country….
During a time when the beer industry is hurting financially from restaurant closures almost as badly as the laid-off restaurant employees themselves, a group of 500+ breweries world-wide have joined forces to help. The collaboration is called All Together Beer, and it’s led by some of the highest-rated independent breweries in the U.S., including New…
According to a recent survey by the Brewers Association, thousands of breweries are on the brink of closure due to social distancing measures. To weather the storm, some, like the internationally renowned Mikkeller, have teamed up with online retailer Tavour to deliver their craft beers straight to fans. With delivery available across much of the…
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