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Craft Beer Is Key to U.S. Beer Industry Growth

Although beer analysts have been generally rosy about craft beer in recent years, underlying much of the praise has been a critique about volume. Not only have some questioned craft’s ability to drive volume, but craft has often been seen …Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist for the Brewers Association, is a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone®. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BrewersStats.

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FDA Menu Labeling for Chain Restaurants Finalized

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released final rules today on menu labeling for chain restaurants.  In the proposed version published in 2011 FDA excluded alcohol beverages, and asked for comments on that exclusion. The final version does include alcohol …Read More

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Senior Vice President of Professional Brewing Division

Paul Gatza is the Senior Vice President of Professional Brewing Division at the Brewers Association. Paul’s origin in the beer community started when he took up homebrewing in 1990. He worked on the bottling line at Boulder Beer and would sneak over to the brewhouse when opportunity allowed. He owned a pair of homebrew supply shops in Boulder and Longmont, Colorado from 1994 to 1998. He served as director of the American Homebrewers Association for seven years and is in his 23rd year as Brewers Association director. Paul is ranked as a National Beer Judge by the Beer Judge Certification Program. Paul is also a former judge director of both the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup, before moving to the judge panels for these elite competitions.

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Now Available: 2014 World Harvest Report Issue of the New Brewer NDtnb14 web 320x412

Now Available: 2014 World Harvest Report Issue of the New Brewer

The fall harvest season recently wrapped up, which means it’s time for our annual Raw Materials issue of The New Brewer (November/December 2014). The timing of this issue is always tricky, as our copy deadlines fall in the middle of …Read More

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Editor-in-Chief, The New Brewer & BA Special Projects

Jill Redding has been editor-in-chief of The New Brewer since 2006. She is a Certified Cicerone® and an active BJCP Certified beer judge. Jill lives in Boulder, Colo., with her husband and son. When she’s not editing or writing articles about beer, you’ll find her running, hiking, skiing, and biking in the Colorado Rockies. Contact her at jill@brewersassociation.org.

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Why Brewery Independence Matters independnce feature

Why Brewery Independence Matters

Unless you have been on Mars for the last few days, in a cave, with your eyes shut and your fingers in your ears, you have probably heard that 10 Barrel Brewing Co. has been purchased by Anheuser-Busch InBev. While …Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist for the Brewers Association, is a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone®. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BrewersStats.

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Anheuser-Busch purchase of 10 Barrel Brewing follows trend of regionalization and impacts distributor footprints

On November 5 the owners of 10 Barrel Brewing Co. announced that they will be selling the company to Anheuser-Busch. There are a couple of things different about how this acquisition is playing out in the media than the February purchase …Read More

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Senior Vice President of Professional Brewing Division

Paul Gatza is the Senior Vice President of Professional Brewing Division at the Brewers Association. Paul’s origin in the beer community started when he took up homebrewing in 1990. He worked on the bottling line at Boulder Beer and would sneak over to the brewhouse when opportunity allowed. He owned a pair of homebrew supply shops in Boulder and Longmont, Colorado from 1994 to 1998. He served as director of the American Homebrewers Association for seven years and is in his 23rd year as Brewers Association director. Paul is ranked as a National Beer Judge by the Beer Judge Certification Program. Paul is also a former judge director of both the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup, before moving to the judge panels for these elite competitions.

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