March/April 2014

Business of Beer Issue

For the March/April 2014 The New Brewer, we present our Business of Beer issue. For this issue, we take a look at the planning process for brewery expansions and provide insight into setting up an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

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Business of Beer Issue

Room to Grow

Expansion is exciting, energizing, and for many brewers, the next evolution; but there are accompanying challenges that can derail the next phase in the life of the brewery.

Business of Beer Issue

Featured Stories

ESOPs in the Craft Brewing Industry

Timothy L. Stewart

Craft brewers such as New Belgium, Deschutes, and Full Sail have led the way in choosing employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) as a succession planning vehicle.

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Something for Everyone

Ed Sealover

If you can’t find a beer or brewery that suits your style in Denver, site of the 2014 Craft Brewers Conference April 8-11, you’re likely not trying hard enough.

Still Life

Alan Moen

Despite a lack of a “home distilling” training ground, many craft breweries have taken up the challenge in recent years and made distilling their profession as well.

French Springtime Ale

Horst Dornbusch

Today, bière de Mars is most closely associated with the city of Strasbourg and environs, in the French region of Alsace, where it is a regular part of breweries’ seasonal portfolios.

A Note From the Editor

Jill Redding, Editor-in-Chief

This issue also includes our usual informative departments, plus brewery-generated news about the craft brewing community in the Brewery Updates and Beer Releases sections; and new products and services from allied trade in Industry Supplier News. In our back-page interview, we highlight Chad Yakobson, founder and brewmaster of Crooked Stave in Denver.

Cheers, and we hope you enjoy this issue of The New Brewer.

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