by Enrico Villamaino
The Crescent City recently celebrated its largest ever beer festival at the New Orleans City Park Festival Grounds – an unofficial start to the region’s Oktoberfest and a chance for brewers both large and small to exchange ideas and innovations while raising money for worthwhile causes. (more…)
by Courtney Llewellyn
One visit to the Lassiter Distilling Company’s Facebook page might tell you a good bit about the business. The banner across the top of the site reads “Greatness and mischief and damn fine character.” It’s a bold statement, and a blunt one, and it totally encompasses the spirit cofounder Rebecca Lassiter brings to the brand. (more…)
LOUISVILLE, KY – Craft Beverage Expo (CBE) 2018, the only show dedicated to independent beverage producers, recently announced a newly enhanced format to their one-of-a-kind conference and tradeshow for alcoholic and non-alcoholic craft beverages. (more…)
by Brandon Fralic
Beer festivals abound throughout the United States. For the consumer, these fests are all about fun and discovery: sampling new brews is a great way to spend a Saturday with friends. Breweries get in on the fun too, often going all out in their booth decor and hype. (more…)
by Greg Hitchcock
Ben Applegate is the apple orchard manager for Eden Specialty Ciders of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom region. He has worked in cider production since 2009. (more…)
by Courtney Llewellyn
A canned beverage in the United States is almost always a perfectly hand-sized cylinder that holds 12 ounces of a cool, refreshing drink, be it made of sugar and water or hops and water. (more…)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The third annual Drink Outside the Grape competition took place in Charlottesville, VA, on Aug. 8, resulting in 83 medals for fruit wines, meads, ciders and fruit brandies; 21 golds, 33 silvers and 27 bronze medals in addition to the five “Best of Category” winners. (more…)
NEW YORK – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced the results of the second annual New York State Craft Beer Competition, which featured 642 New York State-brewed beers. For the second straight year, Brooklyn-based Threes Brewing took home top honors, winning the Governor’s Excelsior Cup. Gold medals were awarded to 23 beers from breweries across the state. (more…)
Hop Disease: Viruses and Viroids
Hops are fruit, and plants are susceptible to four diseases in the United States. Three of these belong to the same family – American hop latent virus, hop latent virus and hop mosaic virus. The fourth and most important is apple mosaic virus. (more…)
When it comes to evaluating your business, are you more of a numbers cruncher or an introspective learner? Can you be both? Should you be both? (more…)