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Has Gen Z stopped drinking? Has the craft-beer bubble finally burst? There’s a lot of sensationalism out there, so we turned to National Beer Wholesalers Association chief economist Lester Jones for a data-driven take on what’s real and what’s just vibes.

• Podcast

In Bavaria’s lager-loving Franconian region, the Bayer family’s Theinheim Landbier is integral to their tradition of local hospitality.

• Ask the Pros
• Landbier
• Franconia

From Accra’s Heritage Brewing, Ghana’s first modern brewpub, comes this recipe for their flagship lager—technically an ale, but cleanly fermented—featuring local maize and cassava as the bulk of its fermentables.

• Beer Recipe
• Pale Lager
• Experimental Beer

Navigate hop application with confidence–optimize flavor and efficiency with Yakima Chief Hops’ product usage matrix.

• Sponsored

It’s not always a simple process, but independent brewers in Ghana are favoring locally grown starches such as rice and cassava over imported malt, forging an identity for Ghanaian craft—oh, and they’re winning international medals for the beer.

• Ghana
• Local Grains
• Cassava

Brewing a helles is a worthy challenge. If your process is consistent and your ingredients fresh, you can make this beer sing on command.

• Beer Recipe
• Helles
• Pale Lager

We often think of “balance” in brewing as a little bit of this, and a little of that. But with nonalcoholic beer, a little bit just doesn’t cut it—more flavor is better, more body is necessary, and balance becomes the delicate art of finding middle ground between the out-there extremes.

• Podcast

Isuzu NRR trucks with the Summit refrigerated body are weekday delivery workhorses and weekend party warriors.

• Sponsored

A great helles is simple in composition—but simple can be surprisingly hard to get right, especially when there’s nowhere for mistakes to hide. It's a worthy challenge, and the payoff is a beer that pretty much everyone is happy to drink.

• Make Your Best
• Helles
• Lager

Buying and integrating used equipment doesn’t mean just plug and play—what looks like an incredible bargain in used brewhouse or cellar equipment could just as well turn into a nightmare of a money pit without strategic planning, thorough integration, thoughtful modernization, and on-the-fly creative problem solving. This partner podcast focuses on real-world integration case studies with fast-growing Big Grove Brewery.

• Podcast
• Sponsored

Brewers face more challenges than ever—rising ingredient costs, flavor drift, scaling issues—but terpene science and advanced hop products are changing the game. From boosting flavor consistency to cutting production time and dry-hop loads, these innovations give brewers powerful new tools. Abstrax is leading the charge with cold-side, true-to-type products that deliver bold aromas, precise flavor control, and huge cost savings. Whether you’re crafting hop-forward IPAs, vibrant fruit fusions, or low-calorie hop waters, discover how terpenes can transform your process and unlock next-gen flavor.

• Sponsored
• Abstrax Topic

When it comes to building your malt bill, go smarter, not harder. Here are some key insights from two award-winning brewers on purposeful malt choices that can elevate beers, not muddle them.

• Malt
• Recipe Development
• Flavor