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These Key Point-of-Sale Insights Will Improve Your Guests’ Experience (and the Bottom Line)

Having the right data will help you to make the best decisions for your business. Here are the top seven reports that can inform your choices and increase success.

Video Tip: How Beer Can Elevate What We Eat

Beer has all sorts of advantages when it comes to pairing with food at the table—whether it’s a delicate session beer, something with more malt heft, or another example from the diverse array of aromas, flavors, and textures that beer can provide.

Belgian Tripel: The Golden Glow of Modernity

A 20th-century invention made famous by monks, this strong but elegant ale of hospitality is built from the simplest of ingredients—yet it’s among the most challenging to brew well. Jeff Alworth explains its origins and context.

Gearhead: The Brewer’s Toolbox

In this edition of Gearhead, John M. Verive zooms in on the arsenal of less specialized, more humdrum (and often more beloved) tools that brewers use every day.

Love Handles: The Avenue Pub of New Orleans

This welcome respite from French Quarter debauchery boasts an impressive selection of beers and whiskeys.

Podcast Episode 179: Chris Davison of Wolf’s Ridge Still Tinkers Like a Homebrewer

Ohio’s Wolf’s Ridge Brewing took home GABF medals two years in a row, then its Double Chocolate Rum Barrel Dire Wolf made our Best 20 Beers in 2020. In this episode, head brewer Chris Davison digs into barrel-aging, unusual coffee beer, and much more.

Collaboration: Keeping It Social with the Brew Club

Beer brings people together—but over the past year, many people couldn’t get together at all. How does a homebrew club “club” when the clubhouse is closed? Drew Beechum has a few solutions that could remain useful even after the pandemic.

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Full Video: Practical Food & Beer Pairing with Greg Engert

From flavor fundamentals that anyone can follow to specific matchups of beer styles and dishes, the Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s Greg Engert leads a master course on pairing great food with great beer.

Recipe: Bent Brewstillery Fi Dem Jamaican-Style Stout

From Kristen England, grand master BJCP judge and head brewer at Bent Brewstillery in Roseville, Minnesota, comes this recipe inspired by Jamaica’s Dragon and other tropical stouts.

Podcast Episode 178: Altstadt Brewery’s Craig Rowan Can Taste the Hard Work in His Beer

The head brewer for German-inspired Altstadt explains the process of dialing in their lagers on one of the most exquisitely built-out small breweries in North America.