In the Summer 2025 issue of the Brewing Industry Guide, we dig into the strategies and ideas that help brewers navigate a dynamic market—one full of new opportunities, shifting consumer behavior, and evolving expectations.
Explore real-world solutions for building better taprooms, streamlining operations, and making smarter use of your most valuable by-products. We take a fresh look at pasteurization, highlight approaches to lautering that reduce separation anxiety, and examine keg-fleet management strategies that make logistical and financial sense.
We also talk flavor—how to describe it in ways that connect with today’s drinkers, and how to build it with new hop products, malt innovations, and tried-and-true techniques. Learn how brewers are using economic data to guide decision-making, why additional taprooms can be both risk and reward, and how programs like Creature Comforts’ On-Ramp are opening new paths of opportunity. Plus:
NBWA’s Lester Jones on vibes vs. reality in beer economics
Packaging that gets noticed, from shelf to sale
Case studies on Brewlihan and Hold Out Brewing
Behind the Bar: Ideas to compete with the virtual life
New aroma hops, wet-hop workarounds, and a revisit to Brewer’s Gold
Whether you’re expanding your business, tuning up your taproom, or just trying to keep beer fresh and flavorful, this issue is packed with insight to help you thrive.
