Brewbound.com ran a story today about a “powerful” speech delivered by Craft Brew Alliances’ CEO, Andy Thomas, at the 2014 Beer Industry Summit being held in Scottsdale, AZ. Check out the full story at the link above. It will provide better context for what follows. In his 45 minute speech, Thomas reportedly took shots at…
When we look back on 2012, no story will better define the year-in-beer from a big picture perspective better than the “craft versus crafty” debate. Though it reached a full boil in December, the story has been bubbling steadily throughout the year. In a nutshell, it is a story about distinctions. About distinguishing between craft…
I thought I was done with statistics for a while until an article titled The Geography of Craft Beer crossed my path. You might recall I recently mentioned I wasn’t too impressed with the “craft breweries per capita” statistic that now has Montana as No. 2 in the U.S. It’s one of those statistics that…
Craft beer has finally hit the big time. The great keepers of the English language, Merriam-Webster, have added “craft beer” to the 2012 version of their Collegiate Dictionary. Man cave, gastropub, and f-bomb were also added. So now, thanks to Merriam-Webster, we know that craft beer is: noun: a specialty beer produced in limited quantities:…