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Cider’s New Path: Winning Over Health-Conscious & Younger Drinkers

With alcohol consumption declining, particularly among younger Millennials and older members of Generation Z, cideries are adapting strategies to stay relevant in a changing market. Some are shifting their positioning, while others are leaning into [...]
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How This Brewery Chooses to Empower Employees in Management Ideals

For Blackrocks Brewery, the management philosophy intentionally defies corporate norms, and founders David Manson & Andy Langlois worked to foster an environment where autonomy, versatility, and empowerment drive the business while looking to increase employee [...]
Brew Review

How Stevens Point is Leveraging this Band’s Fan Base for Subsidiary’s Growth

A partnership between the renowned Celtic band Gaelic Storm and the Stevens Point Brewery has been years in the making and is now a reality. The brewery’s Ciderboys Hard Cider brand has been a longtime [...]
Brewer Mag Q&A

The Advice that Resident Culture’s Jordan Would Give to New Head Brewers

This is a part of a continuing series of Q&As with members of the brewing community from across the US. Brewer Magazine will share business and personal insights from Brewmasters, Head Brewers, Brewing Managers, Sales [...]
Cider Business

The Business Strategy Behind Milk & Honey Cider’s Vermouth Line

As the craft cider industry continues to evolve, finding ways to venture into new categories means the need to have a forward-thinking approach to expanding your brand while staying true to your roots. By leveraging [...]

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The 3 Pressing Topics for Any Brewery — Brewer Mag’s 2025 Expert Outlook

As closures or consolidations mount heading into the new year, there are still bright spots across the country for craft breweries. The industry has shown upheaval but it doesn’t dim the light of the entire [...]
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The Lessons That Helped Lohse Build Presidential Back Up

It took some tough situations, but Jake Lohse feels it has helped shape his brewery for the better. Founded in 2019, Presidential Brewing faced a rocky start. The brewery opened its doors at an inopportune [...]
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Dig Into A Brewer’s Spice Rack

Spices are often the unsung heroes of the brewhouse in which what you pick can transform beers to have subtle depth or bold character. Spices can go beyond traditional ingredients and many breweries open up [...]
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Ways to Power Up Your Brewing Water Profiles

Understanding your brewery’s water and finding the best way to express a quality profile is essential to brewing your best beer. Water influences nearly every aspect of the final product — from flavor and bitterness [...]
Brew Talk

It Always Starts with a Clean Brewery

Drew Wiles of Solace Brewing has a pretty simple philosophy on brewing great beer, and he’s not shy about sharing it. “A clean brewery makes clean beer. Clean beer tastes good,” he said. “Beer that [...]