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New Beer Styles Added to the Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines various beer styles and glassware viewed from above

New Beer Styles Added to the Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines

The Brewers Association has added seven new beer styles to its Beer Style Guidelines ahead of the 2025 Great American Beer Festival competition.Read More

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Technical Brewing Projects Director

Chuck joined the Brewers Association staff in 2013 after a long career as a craft brewer. He opened Tennessee’s first brewpub, Boscos, in 1992. As an owner and director of brewery operations for Boscos Brewing Company, he opened additional brewpubs in Memphis, Nashville, and Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2007, Chuck opened and operated Ghost River Brewing in Memphis. He has served as chair of the Association of Brewers Board of Advisors, chair of the Association of Brewers Board of Directors, and was a member of the first Board of Directors for the Brewers Association. In his capacity as technical brewing projects manager, Chuck works with the Technical Committee and the safety, sustainability, quality, draught beer quality, engineering, and supply chain subcommittees to encourage and facilitate best practices in all phases of Brewers Association members' brewery operations.

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New Vera Hop Category for 2025 GABF Competition Vera hops growing on bine

New Vera Hop Category for 2025 GABF Competition

The 2025 Great American Beer Festival competition will include a unique, one-time-only category for brewers to enter.Read More

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Technical Brewing Projects Director

Chuck joined the Brewers Association staff in 2013 after a long career as a craft brewer. He opened Tennessee’s first brewpub, Boscos, in 1992. As an owner and director of brewery operations for Boscos Brewing Company, he opened additional brewpubs in Memphis, Nashville, and Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2007, Chuck opened and operated Ghost River Brewing in Memphis. He has served as chair of the Association of Brewers Board of Advisors, chair of the Association of Brewers Board of Directors, and was a member of the first Board of Directors for the Brewers Association. In his capacity as technical brewing projects manager, Chuck works with the Technical Committee and the safety, sustainability, quality, draught beer quality, engineering, and supply chain subcommittees to encourage and facilitate best practices in all phases of Brewers Association members' brewery operations.

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Taproom Clarity, Shipping Bill for Brewers Passes in Nevada Nevada flag waving against blue sky

Taproom Clarity, Shipping Bill for Brewers Passes in Nevada

The bill explicitly authorizes satellite taprooms and allows for out-of-state, direct-to-consumer shipping for Nevada brewers.Read More

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State Government Affairs Director

Sam DeWitt works state government affairs for the Brewers Association, and has lobbied craft beer bills from the east coast to Hawaii, on a wide range of topics from franchise reform and excise tax to self-distribution and direct-to-consumer shipping of beer. He has a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism from the University of Montana and fell in love with craft brewing as an undergraduate in Missoula.

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Aluminum and Steel Tariffs Set to Double aluminum cans in canning line

Aluminum and Steel Tariffs Set to Double

President Trump has announced plans to double the tariffs on aluminum and steel from 25% to 50%, effective this Wednesday, June 4.Read More

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Vice President of Government Affairs

Marc Sorini, vice president of government affairs for the Brewers Association, is a beer lover and homebrewer who has served as a counsel for small and independent craft brewers for more than two decades. Marc holds a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center and when he's not contemplating beverage alcohol law, he's homebrewing with his adult kids.

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Support the Credit Card Competition Act man paying for beer with credit card

Support the Credit Card Competition Act

The amendment would require the largest credit card issuing financial institutions in the country to allow at least two unaffiliated credit card networks to be used to process credit card swipe fee transactions.Read More

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Federal Government Affairs Manager

Samuel Beaver is the federal government affairs manager for the Brewers Association. He has worked in government and federal affairs for the past 15 years, having worked in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate as a Congressional staffer handling issues ranging from tax to trade to banking policy. He later lobbied on a wide variety of issues in the private sector. Sam is a graduate of the University of Virginia where he discovered his interest in craft beer as a bartender, and his interest in homebrewing with family followed shortly after.

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Tax Provisions in Congressional Budget Negotiations Update U.S. Capitol building with images on cash in the sky

Tax Provisions in Congressional Budget Negotiations Update

The House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up the tax provisions of the House Republican budget reconciliation proposal. Read More

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Federal Government Affairs Manager

Samuel Beaver is the federal government affairs manager for the Brewers Association. He has worked in government and federal affairs for the past 15 years, having worked in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate as a Congressional staffer handling issues ranging from tax to trade to banking policy. He later lobbied on a wide variety of issues in the private sector. Sam is a graduate of the University of Virginia where he discovered his interest in craft beer as a bartender, and his interest in homebrewing with family followed shortly after.

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PFAS Compounds Found in Beer sight glass showing wort in beer line

PFAS Compounds Found in Beer

A new study has found PFAS chemicals in beer brewed at various breweries in the U.S. due to brewery water sources containing the chemicals.Read More

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Technical Brewing Projects Director

Chuck joined the Brewers Association staff in 2013 after a long career as a craft brewer. He opened Tennessee’s first brewpub, Boscos, in 1992. As an owner and director of brewery operations for Boscos Brewing Company, he opened additional brewpubs in Memphis, Nashville, and Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2007, Chuck opened and operated Ghost River Brewing in Memphis. He has served as chair of the Association of Brewers Board of Advisors, chair of the Association of Brewers Board of Directors, and was a member of the first Board of Directors for the Brewers Association. In his capacity as technical brewing projects manager, Chuck works with the Technical Committee and the safety, sustainability, quality, draught beer quality, engineering, and supply chain subcommittees to encourage and facilitate best practices in all phases of Brewers Association members' brewery operations.

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Polar Leasing Releases Industry Report on Walk-In Cold Storage Mobile, Rental Sector Trends

Fort Wayne, IN — (May 29, 2025) Polar Leasing, the industry leader rental walk-in refrigeration solutions, announces the release of a comprehensive industry report outlining emerging trends and market dynamics shaping the walk-in cold storage mobile/rental sector.  The report, “Emerging Trends …Read More

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By Charlie Hatch

Polar Leasing Company

Bipartisan, Bicameral CHEERS Act Aims to Revitalize Bars, Restaurants, and Entertainment Venues Nationwide

Legislation would provide targeted tax relief to help hospitality and entertainment sectors recover,grow and reinvest in local communities. Washington, D.C. – With bipartisan and bicameral support, Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL-16), Steven Horsford (D-NV-04), Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) and Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)alongside Senators …Read More

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Vice President of Marketing & Communications

Ann Obenchain is the Vice President of Marketing & Communications for the Brewers Association. Ann develops and leads the strategic direction of the association's marketing and communications activities, and serves as spokesperson with the media for events, including the Great American Beer Festival, Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America, World Beer Cup, and Homebrew Con.

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Polar King Mobile Announces New Dealer Serving Twin Cities

Fort Wayne, IN – (Apr. 30, 2025) Polar King Mobile (PKM), the leading provider of affordable refrigerated and freezer trailers, announces Central Trailer Sales is the newest dealer to join the company’s growing nationwide network.   With two locations in Greater Minneapolis and …Read More

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By Charlie Hatch

Polar King Mobile

John Hensley joins Lift Bridge Brewing Co. as Director of Operations

Lift Bridge Brewing Company, one of Minnesota’s largest craft breweries, announces the hiring of industry expert John Hensley, former Master Brewer at Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, as Director of Operations. Lift Bridge Brewing Company, one of the original craft breweries in …Read More

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By Sam Ziegler

Lift Bridge Brewing Company

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