Decades ago, in a very different world, we called the beer made by small breweries "craft." It seemed to reflect the reality we saw in the marketplace. Thirty years on, it creates more confusion than clarity. beervanablog.com/beervana/2024/…

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Tilray may not be the cuddly, half-baked owner 10 Barrel thought it was getting when the cannabis firm took ownership from Anheuser-Busch last year. Today we learned Tiltay had fired 10 Barrel's entire, award-winning brewing team. beervanablog.com/beervana/2024/…

Firing the entire team at once is a good way to provoke the creation of a new rival business that has experience and the phone numbers of all your customers.

Hard hop water? Have we gone through the looking glass here? No: Great Notion's latest offering works because it’s flavored solely by Citra and Mosaic hops. It’s bright, effervescent, dry, and lightly hop-scented. What’s not to like? beervanablog.com/beervana/2024/…

Nice....a list of events from @beervana for beer-lovers to keep on their radar: buff.ly/3X9UtJE

If you found a new organization to promote Oregon beer, you gotta throw a party, am I right? Later this month, Celebrate Oregon Beer is delighted to partner with TrueWest on the Rose City Fresh Hops Fest. beervanablog.com/beervana/2024/…

I guess it was just a matter of time...someone was bound to release one of these! buff.ly/3z6GzjK

Two recent news items point to a phenomenon that will reshape the beer industry over the next decade. Call it the reset, when the perceived value of breweries comes in line with their actual sales. beervanablog.com/beervana/2024/…

A solid read. Lots of great points, and I can see some of the breweries I know who are headed the way of Anderson Valley here in Ontario...

If you own a brewery or involved in sales and marketing, this is a fantastic little mini-seminar about how to get and use real-world data.

A rivalry is developing in the world of fresh hop beer. Proponent of one team believe the best character comes from use on the cold side, others on the hot side. It's time to get to the bottom of the debate. beervanablog.com/beervana/2024/…

Good beer but a tough location for their no frills dental office vibe taproom. Sadly probably just the beginning of a list of taproom/brewery closures still to come this year. craftbeerscribe.com/2024/09/17/chu…

One of the big fights of the 2025 legislature is already heating up: whether to make Oregon's beer tax by far the highest in the nation. Unfortunately, we may not have an honest discussion about what that actually means. beervanablog.com/beervana/2024/…

Excellent reporting by Jeff Alworth on anti-alcohol activists trying to put Oregon brewers out of business: beervanablog.com/beervana/2024/… Because of extremely high state and local taxes, a $2 can of beer in Oregon is 39% taxes ($0.78), when the national average is just 34% ($0.68). #Facts