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Running a modern taproom takes more than great beer. From data-driven staffing to flexible service models, here are five ways breweries are rethinking their playbook—and finding bigger wins behind the bar.

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From our Love Handles files on the world's top beer bars: In Brisbane, Australia, this beer café and bottle shop offers Belgian-inspired fare and atmosphere with a wide range of locally focused drafts, cans, and bottles.

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Whether he’s bittering with early-pick Columbus, dropping a hefty dose of CO2-extracted Simcoe at five minutes alongside T-90s, or knocking out onto flowable hop products, Shaun Kalis of Ruse has found that the key to long-lasting flavor and aroma in West Coast IPA is to include a little something old with a little something new.

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The results of a scientific study showcase how Berkeley Yeast’s strains, which were specifically bioengineered to produce NA beer, deliver flavors that consumers often seek in modern craft-beer styles.

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John Laffler, cofounder of Chicago’s Off Color Brewing, shares this recipe for their chicha-inspired ale brewed with purple corn and Schinus molle berries, aka pink peppercorns.

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As today’s drinkers become more health-conscious and watch both carbohydrate and caloric intake, it becomes more and more important for craft brewers to deliver compelling and flavorful beers that fall within these drinkers' parameters. This episode focuses on how leading brands address the market, and how brewers can use familiar brewing techniques and ingredients to make better low-cal and low-carb beers.

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Forget the chewing and the spitting. The Americas’ most important indigenous beer is alive and well today, connecting old traditions with curious drinkers.

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From owner and head brewer Rich Nuñez at Radicle Effect Brewerks in Rock Island, Illinois, here’s a homebrew-scale recipe for the local cult favorite they release only twice per year—four kegs, and it’s done.

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It’s hard to call classic PNW hops “trendy,” but at Portland, Oregon’s Grand Fir, Whitney Burnside is finding new ways to build modern IPAs with these familiar varieties, creating consistent base character in IPA before branching out with expressive top notes.

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Learn how the VPA‑80 can-carrier applicator from Roberts PolyPro helps boost output, reduce downtime, and ease labor strain, all while improving sustainability and ROI.

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Roast us for it, if you must, but we won’t mince words: Garlic beer could be a breath of fresh air.

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Hop water is the easiest win your brewery can claim this year—low lift, high margin, and full flavor. Here’s a scalable recipe and flexible flavor framework built for modern production. If you’re already using advanced hop products or terpenes, you’re almost there. This quick guide gives you the rest.

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