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Why Craft Brewers Are Migrating From Cities to Suburbs

Imbibe Magazine

Living in suburban Collierville, Tennessee, some 30 minutes southeast of Memphis, Maggie Emerson was used to traveling for locally brewed beer. Emerson, who swapped the software industry for brewing, resolved to shorten the commute for cold beer by opening a hometown brewery. ” Maroon Brew Co. ” Maroon Brew Co.

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Before 2011, the Russian Government Treated Beer as a ‘Soft Drink’

VinePair

This is not to say that Russians themselves considered beer to be the same thing as soda, but the classification did allow for the sale and consumption of beer to be treated as such. The first measure, a 200 percent tax hike on beer, went into effect in 2010. The laws all went into effect at the start of 2013.

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The 10 Most Iconic Beer Cans and Innovations of All Time — and How They Changed Packaging Forever

VinePair

Please consider the beer can. The aluminum cylinder is one of beer drinking’s greatest inventions, equally a standard accessory at bars, concerts, and backyard BBQs, and a status symbol for drinkers seeking out the latest aromatic double IPA. By year’s end, 18 breweries were canning beer, according to Maxwell’s paper.

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Celebrating 15 years of Baba Au Rum with 15 questions for founder Thanos Prunarus

The Cocktail Lovers

For example, if you’re a 20 year old with a younger palate you can have a light rum and ginger beer. And 2013 was our first time on the World’s 50 Best Bars list. I love whiskey as well, but rum is more fun. And I think you can serve rum to any person. Gin is not for anyone. Whiskey is not for everyone.

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Christmas Tree Bonfires Are Coming to a Brewery Near You

VinePair

On New Years Eve, customers can bring back used trees, stripped of tinsel, lights and ornaments, and receive an Indian Ladder beer or cider in return. The brewery eventually started making steinbiers with fire-heated stone and, inspired by Zillicoah Beer Company s own Christmas tree burn, began hosting its own B.Y.O.T.

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Bart Watson Appointed as President and CEO of the Brewers Association

VinePair

Watson joined the BA in 2013 following a tenure in the world of academia, where he served as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Iowa Department of Political Science, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Berkeley Roundtable on the international economy, and a University of California Berkeley School of Public Health lecturer.

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Social Media Sucks. What if Craft Breweries Left It Behind?

VinePair

In 2013, I used an app called Foursquare to check-in to a dive bar in Greenpoint every weekend via the geotargeting on my phone so I could get free tater tots,” recalled Ryan Broderick in a 2023 column at Garbage Day. 📈 Ups… Alamo Beer Co. (Which was different from Klout , another app that endeavored to measure your clout online.