Totally understand that supplier mood/outlook is more germane if you're reporting for a B2B publication. Both of these people (brand & design and draft tech) have been to numerous CBC conventions so I find their judgement to be credible. Did the BA offer an estimate of total attendance this year?
It's just one data point, but I know of a trade show vendor who moved his flight up and went home early. Another exhibitor used the word "crickets."
How many small brewery owners are walking around Philly right now hoping to bump into someone representing a bigger company that's shopping for brands with market penetration and potential?
You make a mess, you clean it up, right? The fossil fuel industry thinks that rule shouldn't apply to them.
Now, federal lawmakers introduced legislation to block communities pursuing accountability for the climate deception and damages fossil fuel products have caused. 🧵⬇️
#MakePollutersPay
A fun read, and not just cuz I'm a Marylander! Beer and baseball go back even further. In the 1880s the Chicago Tribune called the new American Association of Base Ball Clubs the "Beer Ball League" since six teams had brewery owners on their boards. And unlike the National League, they sold beer.
Unfortunately not this year. Have a Prima Pils or three for me!
Wish I could be there to celebrate with a pint or two of Baby Wings!
If you loved Fresher Than Fresh as much as I did last year, find Trap Door Brewing's fantastic new spin off IPA with fresh frozen Mosaic hops.
Interesting article and you make some good points, especially in light of the fact that AI use is likely to increase in the years ahead.
It's always a pleasure and a privilege to judge competitions like @sipmagazine.bsky.social's Best of the Northwest. Late last year, after judging several rounds of beer, the editors asked me to write tasting notes for the platinum medal winners. Track down a copy of the magazine to read all 34.
Hi folks. As part of my reporting, I'd like to talk to middle-class households about their alcohol purchasing. If that's you, please DM. (Your name can be withheld if desired.)
* I'll use the Pew definition of middle class, which is households making $56K-$167K.
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If you see this post a concert photo you took.
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I just left a bar where the guy behind me in line ordered a beer boot filled with a fruited smoothie sour. Wild times.
Extremely.
We'll need to see about five more pints just to be sure. 😁
Double Mountain's definitely scratches the itch. Ferment has a good one too.
I know it's Drink Guinness Day for many people here in the U.S., but I'm curious: What's your favorite Dry Stout that's made by an American brewery?
Well done! What did he choose? I haven't been in many years now, but boy do I want to go back now.
Also, it's a @fortgeorgebeer.bsky.social West Coast IPA and Zootopia 2 kinda night around here. Highly recommend both.
So today it cost over $70 to fill up my car with gas. Meanwhile we've loosened sanctions on Russia and more than 2,000 people (including 11 Americans) have lost their lives while we blunder through yet another war in the Middle East. I'm still waiting for all of this greatness I keep hearing about.
With people going out less frequently and hanging on to their disposable income a little longer these days, breweries are going to want to deliver on quality and value in 2026. Writing for Beer Connoisseur, I explain why tightening your beer lineup makes sense. beerconnoisseur.com/simplify-you...
Planning to make a stop at The Bow Bar when you get back to Edinburgh?
My colleague @brewedculture.org is hosting a fascinating virtual class through Chicago's Newberry Library about Chicago's lager beer riot—its ethnic roots, transatlantic implications, and its citywide legacy. Neat stuff: www.newberry.org/calendar/bee...
The children's section of the library has changed since I was a kid.
There's nothing better!
