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Welcome to This Week in Rauchbier for April 1, 2024.

I’m old enough to have a firm grasp on the former monoculture of beer. I’m also old enough to have my breath taken away by the pace of today’s change in the world of beer. Not too long ago beer preferences were much like car preferences, built around some point where loyalty to a brand

There is something surreal about Sunday morning at the Denver airport after four days of the Great American Beer Festival. The bright, stark light of the Colorado plains has replaced the muted hues of the festival interior. Gone are the roars of the crowds, the beer talks, the presentations, replaced by the dampened tones of

The final phase of my Charlotte weekend occurred after the Pints for Prostates first annual board meeting. The Pints for Prostates' board meeting went for quite some time as the board worked through some of the guiding principles of the organization and the future plans. It was some heavy lifting by a group of passionate

Sometimes everything works out so well you just stand there grinning. Such was the case with the first Denver Rare Beer Tasting held at the Wynkoop Brewery during Great American Beer Festival week. Twenty-four breweries each presented one rare beer to the 450 lucky ticket holders. There were about 60 brewery reps on hand to