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Hop Take
A weekly column about the business and culture of American beer by two-time James Beard award-winning beer journalist Dave Infante.
Hop Take: Beer Industry Faces Taproom Closures, Layoffs, and Uncertain Future
Hop Take: As Untappd and BeerAdvocate Join Forces, Beer Review Culture Steps Firmly Into Its Next Generation
Hop Take: Firestone Walker’s Sales Are Surging Because of a Beer You May Never Have
Hop Take: From Twitter to Trillium, #IAmCraftBeer Empowers Beer Community Members
Hop Take: Super Bowl Draft Beer Sales Declined as ABI Dominated Air Time
Hop Take: We Paid More for Less Beer in 2019
Hop Take: Beer and Hard Seltzer Sales Show Promise for 2020 (but Mostly Hard Seltzer)
Hop Take: Dry January Is Bad for Beer, but NA Beer Is Getting Better
Hop Take: The U.S. Senate Should Pass CBMTRA Extension ASAP
Hop Take: To Sustain Craft Beer Growth, Brewers Must Diversify People, Not Products
Hop Take: Ballast Point’s Ship Is Sinking. Will Kings & Convicts Save It?
Hop Take: For National Craft Breweries Like New Belgium, Independence Is Not Sustainable
Hop Take: 10 Barrel to Sell Its Headquarters, and Possibly Its Soul
Hop Take: Russian River Relaunches ‘Sonoma Pride’ for Kincade Fire Efforts
Hop Take: Molson Coors Is Moving, Cutting 400+ Jobs, Says Its Beers Are the ‘Greatest’
Hop Take: MillerCoors Shames Social Media Users With New Ad Campaign
Hop Take: We May Be Drinking Less Beer, but We’re Spending (and Caring!) More
Hop Take: The Great American Beer Festival Gets Mixed Reviews
Hop Take: Spiked Seltzer Is Officially Sporty
Hop Take: There Could be 9,000 Breweries in the U.S. by 2021
Hop Take: Florida Breweries’ Hurricane Dorian Efforts Show Beer’s Good and Bad Sides
Hop Take: Anheuser-Busch Drops $20 Million to Not Buy a Brewery
Hop Take: Canned Cocktails Are Happening Because Cans Are Everything
Hop Take: Hard Seltzer Category Goes Loko
Hop Take: ABI Acquires ‘Fastest-Growing Regional Craft Brewery’ in the U.S.
Hop Take: Beer Sales Are Up, but It’s Because of White Claw
Hop Take: Molson Coors Acquires U.K. Brewery, and Investors Are Not Happy
Hop Take: White Claw Rips Into Craft Beer Sales
Hop Take: Big Beer’s Big Messages Are Ever So Retrograde
Hop Take: We’re Drinking Less and Paying Less for Beer, Because Millennials (And Gen Z!)
Hop Take: Is Spiked Seltzer the New IPA?
Hop Take: Why Aren’t America’s Top 50 Craft Breweries Growing? It’s Complicated.
Hop Take: Molson Coors Simultaneously Promotes Sustainability, Cheers on Global Warming
Hop Take: Sierra Nevada ‘Resilience IPA’ Brews Up Drama
Hop Take: It’s BrewDog Against the World, Round XLVII
Hop Take: We Talked to Jim Koch and Sam Calagione About the Merger
Hop Take: Michelob Ultra Is Giving Miller Lite and Bud Heavy a Run for Their Money
Hop Take: The Craft Beer Cellar Dispute Is Complicated
Hop Take: Craft Beer Pioneer Blames Bankruptcy on Pumpkin Beer
Hop Take: Constellation Closes Ballast Point Locations, Regrets Buying It for $1 Billion
Hop Take: Another Top 50 Craft Brewery Sells to Deep-Pocketed Investors
Hop Take: The Latest Craft Beer Growth Isn’t Staggering, It’s Sustainable
Hop Take: The Beer Industry Is Hit (Hard) by Aluminum Tariffs
Hop Take: Big Beer’s Latest Target Is Health-Conscious, Self-Conscious Women
Hop Take: Founders Lashes Out in New Statement on Racism Lawsuit
Hop Take: The Beer Industry Grapples With Racism, Again
Hop Take: Boston Beer Is Big Beer
Hop Take: The Beer Industry Just Got a Wake-Up Call. It’s Time to Get to Work.
Hop Take: Beer Industry Misogyny Is No Joke
Hop Take: The Sticky Truth About Bud Light, Miller Lite, and Corn Syrup
Hop Take: Hard Seltzer Is Coming for Your Beer
Hop Take: Craft Cans Are Popping, but We Need Quality Control
Hop Take: We Need to Talk About Beer Diversity Differently
Hop Take: Big Beer’s Next Move Is Booze-Free, and It’s Working.
Hop Take: Flagship Beers Are Failing Because Consumers Get Bored Quickly
Hop Take: Trump’s Government Shutdown Could Delay Beer Releases
Hop Take: Coors Light Wants to Remind You That It’s Cold
Hop Take: Sparkling Canned Cocktails Are Buzzing (Sorry, Beer)
Hop Take: Why Are Craft Beer Release Calendars Still a Thing?
Hop Take: The Trillium Controversy Shows Us What’s Broken in Craft Beer
Hop Take: Calm Down Everyone, Craft Beer Prices Aren’t Spiking
Hop Take: Heineken Heads to China, the World’s Largest Beer Market
Hop Take: Stop Changing the Definition of Craft Brewer
Hop Take: Men’s Rights Activist Tries, Fails to Squash Female-Led Brewery
Hop Take: All About Beer Is Dying, May Already Be Dead
Hop Take: Founders Under Fire for Alleged Racism, Homophobia
Hop Take: Lagunitas Cuts 100 Employees, Starts Brewing Newcastle Brown Ale
Hop Take: The Smartest Small Brewers Are Finally Figuring Out Distribution
Hop Take: Brewery Closings Are Not a Bad Thing. They’re a Mark of a Healthy Beer Industry.
Hop Take: Craft Beer Needs to Be More Like Wine, and Vice Versa
Hop Take: MillerCoors Cuts 200 Employees, Cracks Open a Coors Light
Hop Take: Craft Beer Is Getting Cheaper, and That’s a Good Thing
Hop Take: Big Beer Lights Up, Cuts Deep
Hop Take: America’s Largest Craft Brewer Is… Anheuser-Busch? Seriously?
Hop Take: MillerCoors Tries, Fails, Gives Up on Brewing ‘Beer For Millennials’ in Only 6 Months
Hop Take: Big Breweries Are Turning To Everything But Beer To Keep Growing
Hop Take: Molson Coors Hereby Vows to Save the World
Hop Take: The Brewers Association Hates Big Beer but Loves Big Business
Heineken Scoops Up Beavertown Brewery Stake for Big Bucks, NBD
Hop Take: The Winner of the World Cup Is… Anheuser-Busch InBev
Hop Take: Big Beer Swallows Kombucha
Hop Take: Mikkeller vs. Evil Twin Feud Goes Nuclear on Twitter, Facebook, & Untappd
Hop Take: Craft Beer Needs to Start Thinking Globally
Hop Take: AB InBev Is Taking Over Beer in Africa, Too
Hop Take: Craft Beer Wants You All to Itself
Hop Take: FDA Calorie Counters Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Craft Beer
Hop Take: Are Mexican-Style Craft Lagers Exploitative?
Hop Take: It’s About Time Craft Beer Focused on Diversity
Hop Take: AB In Bev Is Going Green, So That’s Something
Hop Take: Baseball (and America) Deserve Better Craft Beer
Hop Take: American Craft Beer Thrives, Struggles at Home
Hop Take: Brewers Association Touts Growth As Craft Pioneers Shutter
Hop Take: NEIPAs Get Their Due, and Reddit Has a Day
Hop Take: Craft’s Next Big Trend Is Bright, Light, and Maybe Not for You
Hop Take: The Beer Industry Is Still Sexist, but All Brewers Are Not Misogynists
Hop Take: The Biggest Challenge Facing Craft Breweries Is Increasingly Other Craft Breweries
AB InBev’s Beer Publication Shutters, Because Media Is Messy
Hop Take: Craft Beer Sues Big Beer, Craft Wine Wants in on the Drama
Hop Take: Craft Breweries Are Fighting With AB InBev Over Disaster Relief Because of Course They Are
Hop Take: Beer Losing Market Share, Hops Losing Homes, Ballast Point Winning Life
Hop Take: Did Millennials Kill the King of Beers?
Hop Take: We’re Spending More on Beer, but Drinking Less of It
Bye, Bud: Samuel Adams is Now the Official Beer of the Red Sox
Chain Restaurants Are Now Removing Macro Beer From Their Taps
AB InBev Teamed Up with Portland, Oregon to Fight a Craft Brewery
Beer Is an Important Part of a Balanced Diet
Miller Lite Trumps Bud Light in a Taste Test in St. Louis, of All Places
Hop Take: Barrel-Aged Beer Is About to Get Cheaper, But Also Worse
Hop Take: Craft Brewery Lawsuits Are Bringing Craft Down
Hop Take: Breweries Offer Disaster Relief Where the Federal Government Left Off
Could Cult Yeasts Become the New Hops?
Heineken Is Selling Sex, But It’s Not What You Think