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Craft Beer Market Explores New Growth Opportunities By 2025

The global craft beer market is expected to reach USD 502.9 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The market is expected to witness substantial growth over the forecast period on account of the rising demand for low alcohol by volume (ABV) and flavored beer.

The government in countries including Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Mexico, China, and the UK are promoting the production of craft beer and incorporation of new breweries on account of the positive contribution of the industry towards economic development and employment generation coupled with the willingness of the consumer to pay extra for better tasting brews.

Australia, Belgium, Germany, U.S. and New Zealand are the major craft beer producing countries with over 65% of the overall production in terms of value as well as volume. Belgian is the most preferred beer among the major craft beer consuming countries owing to the premium quality, clean taste and rich flavor & aroma of the brews.

Furthermore, the number of brewers in the global market is growing significantly on account of the rising demand for the product. As a result, the demand for grains such as barley, wheat, yeast, sugar, and hops is increasing substantially. However, the alternative applications of the raw materials are expected to lower the bargaining power of the brewers.

The demand for the pale ale, IPA, and amber ale is growing as these three craft products are widely preferred by the consumers owing to the balanced composition of the raw materials in the product including malt, hops, water, and yeast.

Full Research Report On Global Craft Beer Market Analysis: http://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/craft-beer-market

Further key findings from the report suggest:

On-trade distribution of craft beer accounted for over 50% in 2015 of the overall volume share, which is primarily attributed to the high consumption of the product in restaurants, bars, and clubs in developed economies including UK, Australia, and Belgium.

Off-trade distribution of the product is expected to witness significant growth in developing economies as the consumer spending power in these countries is low with high price of the product in on-trade distribution outlets as compared to its counterpart

Europe is expected to account for the largest market share in terms of volume owing to the high consumer preference for flavored beer over other alcoholic spirits. In addition, increasing demand for IPA and pale ale in the region is expected to have a positive impact on the market growth.

Middle East & Africa is expected to grow at a CAGR of 28.9% owing to the increasing penetration in South Africa. The growing consumer awareness about the wide range of flavors and styles of the product is expected to be a crucial factor for market growth in the country.

Key players in the industry include The Boston Beer Company, The Gambrinus Company, D.G. Yuengling and Son, Stone & Wood Brewing Co. and Chimay Beers and Cheeses. These major players compete on the basis of acquiring new markets and increasing their product portfolio.

View more reports of this category by Grand View Research at: http://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry/ready-to-eat-processed-and-frozen-foods

Grand View Research has segmented the craft beer market on the basis of distribution and region:

Craft Beer Market Distribution Outlook (Volume, Billion Liters; Revenue, USD Billion, 2014 - 2025)

On-trade

Off-trade

Craft Beer Market Region Outlook (Volume, Billion Liters; Revenue, USD Billion, 2014 - 2025)

U.S.

Germany

UK

Australia

China

India

Japan

New Zealand

Brazil

South Africa

View press release of this research report by Grand View Research: http://www.grandviewresearch.com/press-release/global-craft-beer-market

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Grand View Research, Inc. is a U.S. based market research and consulting company, registered in the State of California and headquartered in San Francisco. The company provides syndicated research reports, customized research reports, and consulting services. To help clients make informed business decisions, we offer market intelligence studies ensuring relevant and fact-based research across a range of industries, from technology to chemicals, materials and healthcare.

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Global Craft Beer Industry 2018 Market Research Report

In 2018, the global Craft Beer market size was xx million US$ and is forecast to xx million US in 2025, growing at a CAGR of xx% from 2018. In this study, 2017 has been considered as the base year and 2018 to 2025 as the forecast period to estimate the market size for Craft Beer.

This study researches the market size of Craft Beer, presents the global Craft Beer sales and revenue by companies, regions, type and application, history breakdown data from 2013 to 2018, and forecast to 2025.

This report focuses on the key data information of Craft Beer in key regions like North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Central & South America, and Middle East & Africa, presents sales, revenue, market share, growth rate of Craft Beer for each region and countries in each region.

For top companies, this report checks and analyzes data from sales, revenue, market share and growth rates for top players, from 2013 to 2018.

This report also conducts a study of global market conditions, competition scenarios, market share, growth rates, future trends, market drivers, opportunities and challenges, sales channels, distributors and Porter's five reward analyzes.

This report includes the following producers; We can also add other companies you want.

·         Ferrel Brewing

·         Pirate Life

·         Stone & Wood

·         Bridge Road Brewers

·         Little Creatures

·         James Squire

·         BoatRocker

·         Balter

·         Moon Dog

·         Mountain Goat

Market Segment by Product Type

·         Ale

·         Stout

·         Wheat Beer

·         Lagers

·         Porter

·         Sour Beer

·         Barley Wine

·         Saison

·         Pilsners

Market Segment by Application

·         Online

·         Offline

Market size split by Region

·         North America

·         United States

·         Canada

·         Mexico

·         Asia-Pacific

·         China

·         India

·         Japan

·         South Korea

·         Australia

·         Indonesia

·         Malaysia

·         Philippines

·         Thailand

·         Vietnam

·         Europe

·         Germany

·         France

·         UK

·         Italy

·         Russia

·         Central & South America

·         Brazil

·         Rest of Central & South America

·         Middle East & Africa

·         GCC Countries

·         Egypt

·         South Africa

The study objectives are:

·         Analysis and research of world craft bears and prediction of future forecast including capacity, production, value, consumption, growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.

·         The main handicraft is presenting a recent development for beer manufacturers, capacity, production, revenue, market and important players.

·         To break the breakdown data by department, type, companies and applications.

·         To analyze market potential and profit, opportunities and challenges, patience and risks in the global and major sectors.

·         To identify important influences, drivers, impact factors in global and regions.

·         Analyzing competitive developments like market expansion, agreement, new product launches and acquisitions.

In this study, the years considered to estimate the market size of Craft Beer are as follows:

·         History Year: 2013-2018

·         Base Year: 2017

·         Estimated Year: 2018

·         Forecast Year 2018 to 2025.

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·         Global Growth Trends

·         Market Share by Manufacturers

·         Market Size by Type

·         Market Size by Application

·         North America

·         Europe

·         Asia Pacific

·         Central & South America

·         Middle East and Africa

·         Company Profiles

·         Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis

·         Market Forecast

·         Research Findings and Conclusion

·         Appendix

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A Beer with Dieter Foerstner of Angel City Brewery

As the kick off for AMERICAN CRAFT BEER WEEK, I scheduled some quality Q&A time with the head brewer of Angel City Brewery, Dieter Foerstner.

  Located in the historic, arts district of skyscraped downtown Los Angeles, Angel City had originally begun in Torrence, CA in 1997. Starting modestly, the brewery eventually grew to be a leader in the Los Angeles craft beer scene. Capitalizing on their prosperity, AC increased their production size by purchasing an 8,000 German-made barrel brewery in Alpine Village on Ebay! After restoring the equipment and facility, AC decided to move again in late 2010 to its current location, the historic John A. Roebling Building, a large, two-story warehouse factory that was once used to make wire rope.

    Tides changed for AC on January 5, 2012 when Alchemy & Science, a craft beer collaboration led by Alan Newman and Stacey Steinmetz (formerly of Magic Hat Brewing Company) acquired the brewery as their second venture in the industry. With a fresh investment and new ownership direction, AC went under massive, dire renovations to the building and brand. Breathing new life into the façade of Angel City created the perfect platform for a reinvented beer portfolio. 

    Enter, Dieter Foerstner, an Arizona-native with years of brewing experience and a strong German heritage that influences his craft. To say that this guy has hit the head brewing jackpot is an understatement: he joined the AC team just as they started the overhaul of the entire brand, allowing him the opportunity to create a whole new lineup of beers. With owners who foster creativity working in his favor, Dieter has designed a novel arrangement of brews fit for a brewery renewing their imprint on the LA craft scene.

I met two of the reps at LA Beer fest who were incredibly receptive to inviting me over for an interview with Dieter. To experience great tastings at the festival along with the genuine hospitality, I couldn’t wait to set up a time to come in and check out AC in person.

The day was hot, so by the time I reached the historic, industrial brewery, I was ready for a cold one (or five). With free parking in a small lot out back, the entrance opens up into their massive Public House, equipped with a full bar, padded stools and picnic tables in a several thousand feet that rivals any large club space. The décor is noticeably 1920s Art Deco style, obviously influenced by the neighborhood and prohibition roots. While a lot of the remaining fixtures, support beams and a spiral barrel shoot were left intact, the space’s original architecture and branded renovation is a true marriage of the modern outlook on traditional artistry. The bartender was one of the reps I had met at the festival and was truly excited to have me back for a visit. While I waited for Dieter, I ordered a pint of their Social IPA, noticeably hoppy with a fruity, citrus aroma that is more drinkable for those with a lower bitter tolerance.

  With a sunglasses, a head of curly strawberry-blonde hair, and a dark beer in hand, Dieter is a classic definition of a Los Angeles brewer. My first remark was, “You’re a fellow ginger! We’re going to get along great!” With a cheers to German last names and the mutual-belief that redheads are a rare breed, Dieter welcomed me to Angel City with the beginning of what was a full access experience.

    To start the interview, I had to assess Dieter’s credibility:

GL: What kind of hops are these?

DF: Those ones… I’m not sure

GL: Can you discern what hop it is by smelling it?

DF: I should be able to!

GL: You’re like, “that’s my job right!?”

[Takes the hop pellets and rubs and crushes them in the palms of his hands]

DF: These are Hallertau, yep. You break them up, really get the aroma compounds out.

GL: Where are they grown?

DF: They’re grown in Hallertau region of Germany. Good noble hops.

GL: So tell me how you got your start in the craft beer industry?

DF: I got the head brewer position in Gordon Biersch in Tempe, Arizona.

GL: Is that where you’re from? Born and raised in Tempe?

DF: Born and raised in Mesa, Arizona, which just won the distinction of being the number ten most redneck city in the US.

GL: Oh really, well I’m from Indiana, so I probably come from a disputable area. Is this something that you always wanted to do?

DF: No, I kind of just stumbled upon this.

GL: Was any part of your family into brewing?

DF: My great grandfather used to brew in downtown LA, for Acme and the Los Angeles Brewing Company.

GL: Those don’t exist anymore, but I’ve heard of them. But they’re part of the fabric history and culture here, although it’s fairly new.

DF: There used to be a bustling brewing culture here in downtown LA. Unfortunately, factories closed and moved out, then prohibition happened. My great grandfather brewed before and after prohibition, specifically Acme and LABC after prohibition. It’s died down here, but its starting to pick up, starting to gain some toeholds and starting to grow here. It’s really cool, with breweries like ourselves, Eagle Rock, Golden Road, Beachwood BBQ, there are a lot of breweries popping up around LA and LA county. It’s cool to see that people of LA are embracing this. I love it because I get to do what I love, I get a paycheck for it and I get to do it in a really cool city.

GL: It’s really exciting to be in LA at this time: you’ve got Seattle, San Francisco, Orange County and Portland – those are all huge brewing towns but population-wise, they’re so much smaller than LA. It’s kind of ironic that it’s really new here and it’s starting to get some steam. I’m sure it’s a really exciting time.

DF: Oh, For sure.

GL: You’re on the cusp of it getting really big.

DF: We hope so. It’s up to the people of LA, hopefully we’ll put out beers that the folks of LA love, enjoy and embrace, and if not, we’ll keep brewing more and more and more until we finally get ‘em.

GL: One of the things I was looking at is your line up. The Angeleno IPA I had at the LA Beer Fest, and I loved it. And I looked at how it was created. It has 4 to 7 hops styles in it, and I thought, no wonder I loved it so much. I have a high tolerance for bitterness. Now I’m drinking the Social IPA, which is a more approachable IPA. Do you as a brewer, do you try to bring to the table, a portfolio of beers that anyone can enjoy? Is that something you try to keep in mind when you’re developing a recipe? Or if you’re bringing a new beer to the line up?

GL: I look for balance. For the most part, that’s really what I shoot for. There are beers out there that are out of balance. I think the Social IPA is out of balance, it’s definitely more hoppy than sweet and malty. It’s more hop forward but yet alcohol content is lower, BUs, even though the perceived bitterness is higher, BUs are actually lower than that of Angeleno. It’s a great social beer. It’s a beer you can sit down and have a few of. It’s not going to rip the enamel off your teeth. It’s going to make it so that you can enjoy other foods and beers and keep on going and have a good time.

GL: When you create a recipe, what do you start with first? The hops, malt or yeast?

DF: For me, my inspiration typically comes with a name first.

GL: I saw the Night Ryeder. You’re a Doors fan, you bring inspiration from music in general or just a Doors fan?

DF: I’m a big Doors fan. Really, life inspires me. My different experiences and interactions with people, that gets my juices flowing, my imagination going, and from there, suddenly a name will pop into my head. And I try to develop a recipe that brings that name to life.

GL: I feel like that is rare to go from a name backwards.

DF: I think it’s the easiest way for me. People tell me the other way is to develop a recipe and then come up with a name that fits the recipe. For me that seems ass-backwards. I’m like, how do you do that? That makes no sense to me whatsoever!

GL: Yea, it’s like, “I really like this hop, I’m going to use this hop.” Then you discriminate towards the others. If you start with a name, you can use a combination and you’re not excluding other hops or malts: it’s about what fits the name.

DF: Exactly!

GL: Do you have assistant brewers?

DF: Right now, I have one assistant. Joe.

GL: A girl?!

DF: No. He’s not a girl! [laughs]

GL: HA! I love to see females in the industry, but that’s awesome.

DF: Oh absolutely. Joe is a great guy, he’s been fantastic for me. Without him, this brewery wouldn’t be what it is today. He’s really been a fantastic help.

GL: How long have you been at AC?

DF: I’ve been here for a little over a year. My first day was April 16th.

GL: You just celebrated your 1-year anniversary!

DF: I did!

GL: Did you have a huge party?

DF: No… I brewed.

GL: But, you can drink on the job though, right!?

DF: I taste!

GL: Just lots of multiple tastings.

DF: Absolutely, quality control and insurance is very important to what I do. You taste throughout the day.

GL: I envy you. I wake up in the morning and I already start thinking about what I’m going to drink at 6PM. So Joe keeps you in line?

DF: Joe really is the person that keeps the wheels on this bus spinning. Makes sure everything works as it should. I tend to get all the glory, but Joe is really the guy that does a great deal of the work.

GL: So how many barrels can you produce? What is your barrel system here?

DF: This is our brew house. German brew house. Originally in Alpine Village.

    GL: You moved the equipment here?

DF: Yes. It’s a 22-barrel brew house. The capacity is around 8,000 barrels.  That’s pretty much the max juice we can squeeze out of this.

GL: What is your brewing schedule like?

DF: It varies, for a while it was 5 batches a week, but I was double-batching. I’d show up at 6AM and leave at 7PM. Back-to-back batches and clean in-between.

GL: And then the fermenting vats --

DF: Over here, these are the fermenters.

    GL: So you also don’t do bottles or cans. That keeps the overhead really low.

DF: Yes, and given that we have a limited staff. It makes it much easier to get all the work done.

GL: You’d have to hire a whole other department just for bottling or canning. Do you think you’ll do that in the future?

DF: We do have plans on bottling. We just got cleared to purchase a Meheen bottling line and we’ll be doing bombers out of this place. It’s really cool and exciting. I’m looking forward to that. It’s a whole new beast to burden. We’re expanding our staff as well. We just hired two new assistants, we’ll be increasing our production and increasing what we put out. It’ll be a lot of fun.

    GL: You just have this facility. What I like is that you brew onsite. Literally, this is the freshest I can get. But I do love that you only do draft. Such an exclusive beer in Los Angeles.

DF: Absolutely. We sell Angeleno, Eureka and the pilsner, the few key ones that you can get in the public. But if you want to come and try a more off-the-wall, more unique beer experiences, you have to come to our Public House and give them a shot. We have our Night Ryeder, which is our dark rye beer, inspired by the Doors. We have White Nite, which is a golden ale with chocolate and espresso.

GL: That’s a golden ale, but with those flavors in it – does that affect the color of it?

DF: Normally it does, but we use black magic to get our White Nite’s color. It’s absolutely beautiful. It’s a great drinking experience. It messes with your head: you think it should be a dark, big beer, but its not. It’s light.

GL: I’m going to have to try that.

DF: We’ll try everything.

GL: What’s your go-to style?

DF: I don’t really have a go-to style. What’s really cool about working with AC and working within this company, they really embrace creativity and trying new things. We’re still trying to reinvent our identity. While we have an idea of what we want to be our flagship beer, it’s really the people of LA that will say, this is the beer we love, this is the beer that we want, now make it. As far as my go-to style, I really have nothing that makes me say, “I really want to make this.” I love making all sorts of styles.

GL: Do you think there is a style that is under the radar… that a lot of people don’t drink but should?

DF: For one, I think pilsners are underappreciated. Especially in the craft beer world. I love pilsners.

GL: Are you German?

DF: Well, my full name is Dieter Klaus Jürgen Foerstner.

GL: You’re definitely German.

DF: And my background in brewing lagers at Gordon Biersch, as well, might make me a bit slanted towards appreciating that style.

GL: I think that not a lot of people drink lagers, granted there is Sam Adams lager, but I think ales are what 80% of the time, what people drink….

DF: That is what the craft beer world gravitates towards. They think lagers are boring beers, I think its close-mindedness, and they just don’t realize all the different beers that are out there that are fantastic, but they’re lagers.

GL: I feel like one of the reasons why the craft beer industry leans towards them, is because there is more diversity in ales. But you’re the brewer, so you speak to what makes a lager a great lager. Why do you love lagers?

DF: They’re a little bit more difficult to produce. Coming for Arizona, guns are big, so my best way to describe the difference between lagers and ales is with a gun analogy. So, ales are like shotgun blasts, the flavor profile is very wide, very immense and there’s lots of different things going on. With lagers, it’s much more like a rifle, it’s guided and direct. You can’t hide anything in a lager, if there is an off-flavor, if there is something that went wrong throughout the process, it’s like walking into a room completely naked, you see all your flaws and shortcomings. In lagers, there is nothing to hide.

GL: There is a lot less room to screw up. Do you homebrew?

DF: Ha! I used to! But I don’t have time now.

GL: Isn’t that the truth. I just finished a pale ale. What kind of advice do you have for homebrewers? I know it’s on a much smaller scale, but it’s where you got your start.

DF: Take notes. There is nothing more frustrating, both on an amateur level or a professional level when you produce a beer you absolutely love and you can’t do it again because you didn’t take detailed enough notes. It’s so frustrating and the consistency is a huge thing in the professional world, as it should be in the amateur world. Last summer, we produced this beer. I now call it my unicorn. It was absolutely fantastic.

GL: What kind of beer was it?

DF: It was almost a white IPA. It was absolutely beautiful. We all just fell in love with it. I wasn’t able to reproduce it. I chased this unicorn for months, trying to capture it, trying to get this beer down. It was supposed to be just a one time, one-and-done kind of thing, brewed it on a whim and we all fell in love with it. Everyone was like, “great now do this again!” I thought my notes were detailed enough, but they were not. And then, your mind gets clouded and your judgment gets skewed. You try to remember what it was about this beer you loved so much, and maybe it was the experience: we released this beer at Bloomfest, which is an arts festival last summer, and it was a great festival, great experience, first time we threw a party here at AC. Maybe it was the whole experience that made it what it was, but either way, we weren’t able to reproduce it. That is a beer we lost, unfortunately.

GL: Maybe it was meant to be.

DF: It’s our unicorn.

GL: Unicorns do exist. At least in the craft beer industry. So right now, we’re standing in the gist of your office.

DF: This is my playground, my office, whatever you want to call it. To my left, we have the 22-barrel brew house. And here to my right, is what we actually consider the cellar portion, where we ferment our beers. A majority of our fermentation happens in those skirted tanks. Those are our primary fermentation vessels. We use 100% Perlite to brighten up our beers and make them beautiful. After filtration, we send it to a tank to wait until we package it. This is our packaging line, it’s the IDD Super Clean. It’ll clean, sanitize, pressurize, and fill a keg all within a minute. The distributor brings our kegs back, and we fill them up and send them back out into the world.

  GL: Do you feel like a new brewery in this location

DF: Yea.

GL: I feel like you have this reputation of being a new brewery too.

DF: We do. We’re all veterans within the industry, but this is a new beer venture for all of us. This is our first full year open. Maybe we’ll do 2,000 barrels, maybe 5,000 barrels. I think we’re right around 1,500 right now. We’ll see how the rest of the year goes. Also over here, we have our barrel-aging. We’ve got two versions – Night Ryeder on bourbon barrels and Righteous on brandy barrels. The Night Ryeder is a week old, and the Righteous is a day old. They’re both lagers and similar recipes, but we use rye and a little smoked malt for the Night Ryeder and we’ll get some of the oak and bourbon characteristics in the beer. And with the Righteious, some brandy characteristics.

  GF: I’m thinking the next beer I make will be a wheat beer, for my birthday in July. I want to have my birthday party here. This is a huge space.

DF: Come on down! We have 24,000 square feet on the bottom floor. We have the second floor for storage.

  GL: The bartender said because there is no kitchen, you can bring your own food here. She said they’ve had parties bringing in pizza and all sorts of stuff.

DF: I like where your head’s at.

  GL: You’ll have to have a drink with me! I’ll invite you.

DF: For sure! Let me show you some more of the space that not very many people get to go to, but all of us here at AC, this is a little perk of working here. I want to take you up to the roof and show you the garden. We have a farmer that turns a portion of our spent grain into compost. We use this compost to grow fruits, vegetables, and we have a little hop garden.

GL: Is this space just for employees?

DF: For the most part right now.

  GL: I wanted to give my spent grain to someone with chickens because farm animals love it. But I don’t know anyone with cattle or chickens here in LA! Maybe back home!

DF: Haha! So true. So eventually, our rooftop will be open to the public, but as of right now, this is just an employee space. We have some hops coning right now.

  Upon reaching the roof through a large industrial elevator, I safely put my phone away considering I was on top of an industrial building in downtown Los Angeles. The 360 views on a beautiful day were awesome! Dieter showed me the garden and the plants they have growing using the recycled spent grain for their beers made two levels below. On their very first attempt at growing hop plants, the vines were four to five feet long and just beginning to cone. Despite the fact that the garden was small, it’s the beginning seed of a self-sustainability that really influences the culture at AC.

    Once I had captured Dieter’s new Facebook profile picture, it was time for flight tasting! All hands on deck.

  Angeleno IPA: big, bold, grapefruit hop flavors and aroma best characterize this medium-bodied, copper-hued beer. Made with Citra, Nelson, Simcoe and Nugget to make the perfect treat for hop heads! This beer is without a doubt my favorite Los Angeles IPA. (ABV 6.1%; IBU: 68)

Amber Ale: Medium-bodied deep amber ale with a nutty, bready nose and a sweet malty finish. Definitely a soul-warmer.

Angel City Pilsner: A crisp, medium-bodied, golden lager with a doughy nose and a clean hop finish. A true replication of a classic pilsner made with the Hallertau hops that started our day off right.

Berliner Weisse: light-bodied, very clear straw-colored, tart, wheat ale. Interestingly, line or pomegranate juice can be added to this beer to alter the experience.

Dunkel Weizen: Medium-bodied, dark, Bavarian-style wheat ale with hints of dark chocolate, banana and clove. Dieter and I both agreed that banana is not one of our favorite flavors, but the light, sweetened backdrop from the fruit adds great balance to the other flavors.

Eureka! Wit: A perfectly balanced Belgian Wit for the California palate – bold fruit and clove notes from our unique yeast strain, balanced with a subtle citrusy hop finish. I’m not one to seek out witbiers, but this brew is so fair, it truly is an expected realization for craft beer drinkers.

The French Sip: an ale made with black pepper, pink salt, rosemary and seaweed, Dieter was inspired by Au Jus (yes, the French beef sauce) and the neighboring restaurants battling for the title of the original LA French Dip Sandwich, Philippe’s and Cole’s. I was hesitant about it’s flavor, but Dieter really struck an amazing balance between liquefying a sandwich and converting it into a beer. The fact that I could enjoy an entire pint of that brew with a hearty roast beef sandwich is an indicator of a job well done.

Night Ryeder: big, dark, rich, sweet and mysterious. Dieter brewed while rocking out to the Doors. This was the first beer of the entire flight selection that I finished first. Considering I’m not a dark beer drinker, not only do I think my palate is widening, but I think I found a brew that welcomed me to the dark side.

Oktoberfest: Medium-bodied, amber lager with a sweet malty finish. Perfect for celebrating… anything. When I first read about this beer online, I thought it was seasonal. However, Dieter explained they are perfecting the recipe until its true release in the fall time. Funny enough, it’s the freshest beer in the entire lineup.

Social IPA: Light-bodied, golden hop deliciousness, with a fruity, citrus hop aroma. It offers a milder hop bite than Angeleno, and is an ideal beer for people wanting to get into IPAs. I had a pint of this and could keep drinking for hours.

White Nite: Nitrogenated, light-bodied golden ale with hints of chocolate and espresso. I was itching to try this beer ever since he mentioned his use of black magic (does he realize I’m a huge medieval nerd?). Upon my first smell and sip, I couldn’t believe how illusory the beer was! It’s clear and golden, but clearly the taste of a light, dark tasting beer. I told Dieter this is his Game of Thrones beer and he is the Willy Wonka mastermind: the deception of this beer matches every character on the show, while still remaining beautifully blonde in appearance and having a dark-bodied taste. Angel City has officially usurped Ommegang with this creation.

  By the end of a two hour hang out session with Dieter on his day off, I felt like curling up in a warm vat to take a nap in the sweet malty aroma of the brewery. I resisted, as did Dieter when I tried paying for the beer, so instead I bought a much needed bottle opener key chain, baseball tee, and pint glass to make up for what I drank. I had to maneuver my car around the DD LA Beer Hop bus that was taking up a majority of the lot and releasing tens of buzzed people flooding the brewery for tastings and a free tour. I smiled as I thought about those drinkers on the brink of enjoying the same hospitality, amazing local beer, and true downtown experience that I had just lived myself.

With the beginning of American Craft Beer Week, I can fully attest that nothing beats the atmosphere and culture of local breweries. Support local, drink local, be local.

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The German Liver

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#Repost @hoptilidrop I'm here to shout my heart out! Hoppy #internationalwomensday2022 💪 . I can't believe it's come around again so quickly but I absolutely love seeing women, men, and non-binary beer lovers alike xome together to mark the occasion. It's not just a day FOR women, it's a day to CELEBRATE women - the prejudice we have overcome and reflect on the challenges ahead. That's something EVERYONE can get involved in 💙 . I have been pondering my #iwd2022 post for a while now and knew I wanted to shine a spotlight on female led breweries. I decided to post @wildcardbrewery because of the absolute awe-inspiring female powerhouse that is @jaegawise BUT in a little stroke of serendipity, the perfect beer arrived yesterday... the new Wildcard and @lazyoaf collab! 💜 Female fronted brewery 🙌 ❤ Female owned fashion label 🤟 Can we just appreciate this collaboration for a moment! . Currently sipping Oaf Juice Berry Sour - a smooth, tangy, and juicy sour wheat beer brewed with raspberries, blackcurrants and sorrel. . . . . #internationalwomensday22 #internationalwomensday #internationalwomensday❤️ #iwd #iwd22 #equality #equalityforall #equalitymatters #feminism #femaleleaders #femalelead #femalefronted #breakingdownbarriers #breakthebias #femalebrewer #femalefronted #womenwhobeer #beerwomen #beerwomenrock #womeninbeer #beerindustry #craftbeerinstagram #craftbeerindustry #craftbeerwomen #craftbeergirls #beerforall #womendrinkbeertoo #womendrinkbeer https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca2pdUaBCtr/?utm_medium=tumblr

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33 breweries to release 1 collaborative brew for Craft Beer Week The Advocate magazine

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Do you think Constellation Brands craft beer strategy was a bust? .

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Company Week profile on Custom Beer Handles!

Our Founder & CEO, Jessica Pezzotti says,"You're only as strong as your relationships with people . . . whether that's clients or factories." Cheers to that and our #TapsGiveBack program 🍻

Brewery clients featured include Black Shirt Brewing Co River North Brewery Taft's Ale House Taft's Brewing Company - Brewpourium & Apizza Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery Biloxi Brewing Company Left Hand Brewing Company Wild Ride Brewing Lord Hobo Brewing Co The Infinite Monkey Theorem Chameleon Cold-Brew

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