The New Brewer is the Journal of the Brewers Association.
March/April 2012
Mails March 15
Online Extra
THE COMPANION: FLOOR MALTED WHEAT WINE
By Horst Dornbusch
Features
Room to Grow: Expansions Abound for Craft Breweries
New breweries are popping up nationwide almost every week now. But the real news inthis wave of recent growth may actually be that the “old breweries” are getting bigger.
By Alan Moen
Sounding Retreat: Craft Brewers Retrench to Protect Core Markets
During the late 1990s, when craft beer growth slowed to single digits, many breweries who branched out into distant territories now find that they overextended themselves.
By Greg Kitsock
The Road Now Taken: Contract Brewing
It isn’t too great a leap to wonder whether contracts could prove to be the lifeblood of the next wave of craft growth, or at least play a more significant role going forward.
By Jack Curtin
Craft Beer’s Economic Resilience
Given the continuing economic doldrums and persistently high unemployment since 2009, it might be easy to start thinking of craft beer as “recession-proof.” But is it?
By Mike Kallenberger
Back to the Beach: San Diego Hosts Craft Brewers Conference
San Diego is still the same great place that it was four years when the city last hosted theCraft Brewers Conference. However, much has changed in the beer scene.
By Tom Nickel and Brandon Hernandez
Insights
Commentary
The Future of Craft Brewing
By Charlie Papazian
BA News and Views
Will TTB Continue to Exist?
By Paul Gatza
A Toast To…
Brooklyn Brewery’s Steve Hindy
By Jill Redding
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