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Craft Brewery Startups Growing in South Korea

Craft beers from breweries that are growing in South Korea are set to shake up the South Korean alcoholic beverage market who are currently being dominated by giant local and multinational brands, mainly due to the unique taste and flavour profiles and brand stories that have been geared towards targeting millennials.  It has become quite…

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Austrian Trappist Abbey Closes its Doors

Engelszell, home to Austria’s only Trappist brewery, will see its last four monks staying at the Austrian abbey soon vacating the premises. The resident monk community announced earlier last month that it could no longer maintain a Trappist life within the monastery. The fate of the buildings, the church and the production of beer and…

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Singapore Craft Breweries Experiment with Unique Flavours 

Craft beer continues to rise in Singapore. Currently, there is a 4% market share, and the new brewers are looking to get beer drinkers away from the dominant market leader, Tiger beer, with innovative flavours, sustainable offerings, and attractive new-age packaging. “I think what drives the craft beer business is to talk about flavours because…

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2023 Craft Beer Marketing Awards “Crushie” Winners Revealed LIVE At Craft Brewers Conference

Recent “Crushie” winners of the 2023 Craft Beer Marketing Awards (CBMAs) were revealed via Facebook LIVE from the Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville. Click HERE to view the 2023 winners.  This year, the CBMAS added a charity fundraising category called “Show Us Your Favourite Tattoo” in addition to redesigning the Crushie trophy.   This category…

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Craft Beer in India: A Flavour and Innovation Journey

Craft beer has gained popularity in the world of brewing, and India is no exception. India has seen an increase in independent brewers that create distinctive and tasty beers due to the country’s expanding community of beer connoisseurs and blooming craft beer culture. In India’s brewing business, craft beer has emerged as a powerful force…

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The World Beer Cup® Presents the Best Beers of 2023

NASHVILLE — The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group dedicated to promoting and protecting America’s small and independent craft brewers—recognized 307 winners during the 2023 World Beer Cup (WBC) awards ceremony on May 10, 2023.   The best beers in 103 beer categories covering 176 different beer styles (including all subcategories) received gold, silver, and bronze…

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Brewers Association Releases Annual Craft Brewing Industry Production Report and Top 50 Producing Craft Brewing Companies for 2022

The Brewers Association (BA)—the trade association representing small and independent American craft brewers—released their annual production figures for the U.S. craft brewing industry. In 2022, small and independent brewers collectively produced 24.3 million barrels of beer, on par with 2021’s numbers3, and craft’s overall beer market share by volume grew to 13.2%, up from 13.1% the…

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Hop Breakthroughs Are Changing IPA Production

From gene-editing technology to cryogenic freezing, scientific innovations in hops are helping brewers improve efficiency and deliver new, intense IPA aromas. IPAs have grown stronger and hazier over the past few years, with larger doses of the latest fruity and tropical hops. America’s approach to IPA production over the last decade has seen hop quantities…

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The Challenge with Selling Craft Beer in Scotland

The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Scotland is set to go live from August 2023 and will have consumers paying a small deposit of 20p when they buy a drink in a single-use container and get their deposit back when they return the empty bottle or can. Despite the industry being behind the eco-incentive, craft…

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Fibre Bottle Generation 2.0

Carlsberg is partnering to rethink packaging. After starting the Fibre Bottle project in 2015 with several partners, in 2019 it matured into a formal partnership with Paboco. In 2022 they have made bio-based and fully recyclable bottles available to consumers in our largest ever trial. A significant milestone for the new generation Fibre Bottle is…

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