Cajun Fire and Montclair Brewing Awarded NB2A Equipment Grants
New Orleans-based Cajun Fire Brewing is the new owner of a 20-barrel brewhouse.
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A Round With… Alisa Bowens-Mercado of Connecticut’s Rhythm Brewing
In the latest installment of Brewbound’s A Round With – a weekly Insider-exclusive Q&A series with industry leaders – Alisa Bowens-Mercado, founder and owner of Rhythm Brewing, discusses her quest to make the Connecticut brewery the first nationally distributed beer brand owned by a woman of color and all the stops along the way, including a pop-up summer beer garden in New Haven and ready-to-drink espresso martinis.
The Toll of Burnout and Craft’s Barriers to Entry with Infinite Ingredient and Lifting Lucy
Infinite Ingredient founder and executive director Katie Muggli joins the Brewbound Podcast to discuss burnout in the brewing industry, how to recognize it, and what resources are available for both industry leaders and individuals.
NB2A: Black-Owned Breweries Are Growing Based on Craft’s Original Playbook – Authenticity and Community
While craft finished 2023 in decline, Black-owned craft breweries were able to grow, according to National Black Brewers Association (NB2A) executive director Kevin Asato in a press conference Wednesday during the Craft Brewers Conference in Las Vegas.
NB2A Leaders Discuss Challenges on Quest to Expand Black Brewery Ownership
Leaders of the National Black Brewers Association (NB2A) shared their experiences as Black brewery owners during the final Tap Talk of the California Craft Beer Summit last week in Sacramento.