COVER STORY: Cigar City’s Growth Curve

Growth is still out there for Cigar City Brewing. Founder and CEO Joey Redner along with longtime employee and now COO Justin Clark both have seen the Tampa, Florida brewery grow and...

BREW TALK: The Power of a Brewery Safety Plan

Every business needs a safety plan to try to prevent employee injury...

Test Kitchen: California Concentrates Co.

Brewer Magazine possesses the only “Test Kitchen” in the craft beer publishing...

Brew Talk: Common Questions on the Use of Dry Steam

As more craft brewers start a barrel program, the use of dry...

Cans vs Bottles, From Brewers to Consumers

When you’re running a business, margins are important to success in a...

From the Ground Up: New Construction Tips
By Jon Sicotte on February 24, 2020
When your brewery grows faster than expected, speeding up a timetable on production can be a challenge, especially when you are space constrained. Many breweries...
Exploring Keg Leasing Options
By Callie Miller on February 19, 2020
Leasing kegs can be just like leasing a car in terms of rental agreements and buyouts so being strategic is important so your brewery is...
Central Florida’s Craft Beer Growth
By Jon Sicotte on February 4, 2020
Beer growth has moved up, but not always consistently depending on the area of the United States. You can still see vast amounts of growth...
Hill Farmstead’s Consumer Focus
By Jon Sicotte on January 3, 2020
Yes, Hill Farmstead opened in 2010. Yet Shaun Hill points to one date, September 26, 2013, as the point where the northern Vermont brewery saw...
Expert Outlook 2020
By Jon Sicotte on December 31, 2019
Setting goals and accomplishing them are two different tasks, and each year combining the two can be a challenge. Sometimes it comes down to understanding...