Blue Ox Malthouse wasn’t built overnight. It started with a homebrewer’s vision and a mission to connect Maine’s vibrant agricultural community with its booming craft beer and spirits industry.

Non-alcoholic beer continues to post big gains in 2025. New data from the Beer Institute shows that the NA beer category is up 22.2% year-to-date and 16.4% over the past 12 months. The top growth ...

The Brewers Association has released its annual rankings of the top 50 U.S. craft brewing companies by beer sales volume. The 2024 list reflects a changing landscape, where resilience, regional power, ...

Legislation would provide targeted tax relief to help hospitality and entertainment sectors recover, grow and reinvest in local communities. With bipartisan and bicameral support, Representatives ...

The report reveals that 89% of consumers now prefer ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages. RTDs offer convenience and appeal to a broad audience. Escoffier’s analysis projects that the RTD cocktail market ...

The Brewers Association’s latest report confirmed what many in the industry already sensed: production dropped again. U.S. craft brewers produced 23.1 million barrels in 2024, down 4% from 2023. It ...

The global brewing industry contracted again in 2024. According to the just-released BarthHaas Report 2024/2025, the world’s 40 largest brewing groups produced a combined 1.64 billion hectoliters of ...

On premise is growing. Here’s what craft brewers need to know — and where the biggest opportunities lie. The latest US On Premise: BevAl State of the Nation report from CGA by NIQ offers a detailed ...

Profiling the cleaning activity through conductivity metrics reveals the chemical consistency, allowing brewers to gauge the necessary amount of chemicals, thereby reducing waste. Malt, hops, and ...

NOTE: This is not a picture of Vera hops. There are currently no photos available, so all the photos in this post are random hops. We suggest you use your imagination.

Properly maintaining brewing equipment requires brewers to clean and service fermenters, silos, mash tuns and kettles. Many of these small, cramped spaces fall within OSHA’s definition of a confined ...

The Riddle of Steel: A 120-bbl cylindroconical fermenter unitank from JVNW. The craft of brewing beer is perfected and mass produced in a variety of specialized commercial vessels. From mills and mash ...