American Craft Beer Newswire

ACB covers craft beer news, entertainment and lifestyle 24/7, and we’d like to think we do a decent job. But there’s a lot of great craft beer journalism out there – and were constantly running into articles that we wished that we’d written.

So welcome to another ACB Newswire – recent articles that we’ve enjoyed – and thought you might as well.

 

What’s Just Around the Bend For Bend?

Bend, Oregon is a brewing Mecca – a beautiful destination that draws craft beer tourist from all over the world. This small scenic getaway, in the shadow of the Cascade Mountains, is home to some of craft beer’s most accomplished and visionary breweries – and the things that they’re doing out are watched closely by the industry. That’s why we found this article Bend’s Beer Future an interesting read.

And you can read even more on Bend, Oregon, here and here and here

 

What Will The Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal Do For Craft Beer?

Kevin Selvy, the CEO of Crazy Mountain Brewing Company, thinks that this new agreement with 11 Pacific nations, will benefit his brewery and the industry – and he recently joined an Obama administration press call recently to talk it up.

ACB remains undecided, after all we’ve not yet been invited to the White House for consultation. So maybe the Huffington Post’s Craft Beer Stars In New White House Trade Deal Push is as close as anyone’s going to get to understanding this “secreted” issue. So maybe you should read it…

Or if International trade agreements aren’t your thing, you can read about The Newest Craft Beer Seasonalshere and here.

 

Big Brother – Big Beer

Big Beer is aggressively escalating their ongoing mission to deal with craft beer – an irritating little problem that they’ve been losing market to for years now. It appears that they’ve settled on a strategy to co-opt craft beers momentum by buying up some of the competition. But is selling out, truly “selling out” if you’re still crafting great beer?

Fortune’s John Kell recently took on this thorny issue in Craft beer’s big dilemma: Hold out or sell out and it’s a provocative read.

Plus you can check out our thoughts on all this in “If You Can’t Beat Them, Buy Them”