What happened in the past month in the world of beer and brewery? Well… A lot.
Fret not. We’ll give you the up-to-date beer news, homebrewing, new breweries in town, and many more! Here’s 52 Brew’s monthly round-up in the world of homebrewing.
Breweries Supporting Each Other and Their Communities in the Carolinas After Hurricane Florence
It seems Good Samaritans can really come from anywhere — even from inside a beer brewery.
3 Takeaways from the 2018 Great American Beer Festival
Amazingly, the GABF this year evolved from being a beer fest to being a veritable tradeshow, with established companies engaging the trade and breweries re-energizing their flagship products. We hope that this last one will a regular feature of GABF in 2019 and beyond.
New Real Brewing Co. Opens in Virginia Beach
Its 50-barrel brewhouse has an opening tap list which includes Hoplandia and Hoptropolis American IPA brands, Euphonia Pilsner and Kikimora Imperial IPA.
Patrons will also be able to enjoy select brews from limited release, small-batch specialty beers seasonally, mentioned in their press release. Guess we’ll have to go head out to Virginia now.
Beer: Colleges’ New Way to Fill Seats, Not Couches
“Selling alcohol at college games is not about adding a few million dollars to annual bottom lines but a longer-term strategy to convert new, fickle fans into more reliable ones.” Emily Golembiewski, a stadium consultant, told The New York Times.
She said that college students were not attending football games because “they wanted it to be more social, more customizable, more welcoming,” and she’s hoping that this shift in stadium policies will appeal to that crowd. “It’s not the drinking crowd, it’s actually a more social crowd,” she said.
Resources
www.craftbeer.com/editors-picks/carolina-breweries-hurricane-florence-support
https://www.brewbound.com/news/3-takeaways-from-the-2018-great-american-beer-festival