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Arkansas brewers saw production rise in 2021 to an all-time high despite supply chain snags and inflation increasing their operating costs.

US sales of hard seltzer have declined 5.5% in the last year, according to data from NielsenIQ.

Three people working in the craft beer space are working to make the industry more diverse through internship and incubation programs.

Prestonrose Farm and Brewing Co. is now able to make more beer than ever before.

The pint glass is either half full or half empty for craft brewers—which it is depends entirely on how individual operations plan to navigate a doubly disruptive suite of consumer changes.

Brewers are dumping their blow-off buckets and reusing precious carbon dioxide rather than releasing it into the atmosphere. The benefits include cost savings, reducing greenhouse emissions—and, some say, better beer.

The brewery industry, which is celebrating American Craft Beer Week, is rebounding from the pandemic, growing 8% in the last year, according to the Brewer’s Association.

Rising costs, COVID-19 and competing beverages are putting a stress on the craft beer industry, but industry experts say there’s room for growth.

The grandfather of the modern microbrewery movement, Fritz Maytag, once mused that “one day, there will be a brewery in every town in America,” recalled Steve Hindy, co-founder of Brooklyn

The malt company announced at this weeks Craft Brewers Conference in Minneapolis its committing $100,000 to fund the Harriet Baskerville Incubation Programs first year.