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ACB covers craft beer news, entertainment and lifestyle 24/7, and we’d like to think we do a decent job. But there’s a lot of great craft beer journalism out there – and here some recent beer articles that you might want to check out.
The Cost Of Operating A Craft Brewery Without A Beard
Actions have consequences and so do does operating a craft brewery without a beard according to this Fauxcountry News report we recently came across. If this report is to be believed (and we suggest that you don’t) a Charleston, South Carolina man was arrested and put in custody for “un-crafty” behavior and ordered to make a number of changes including increasing the use of cocoa nibs in his beers. And you can read all the sordid details in Man Arrested for Operating a Craft Brewery without a Beard.
Tapped In
No one does stats like Nielson and they recently released their bi-annual report on the beer biz – who’s buying what and where. And the good news is, that according to them, “you’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger stand-out in the beer category than craft.” They also get deep into the minutia, yet make consumer trends consistently understandable and you can tap this brilliant resource in “Craft and Local Are Powerful Trends in the Beer Aisle.
Are Top 10 Beer Lists A Thing Of the Past?
We think they are…and so does Jason Notte, one of the best beer journalists in the industry. With the number craft breweries now operating in the United States at an all-time high, and the number of new beers heading to retail, Notte suggests that it’s getting increasing difficult to keep up with what’s “the best” on a weekly basis. Retail shelf-space is becoming a fickle platform and he chronicles this brave new world in Is too much choice slowly killing craft beer?
