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September 4, 2026
Community
First Hopfenreiter Day Marks the Release of Hopfenreiter #11
Community
On September 4, 2026, Maisel & Friends launched Hopfenreiter #11 with the first Hopfenreiter Day. The brewery invited drinkers to take part at home or at 22…
August 28, 2026
Breweries
Schneeeule Returns with Three Berliner Weisse Beers Brewed with Lemke
Breweries
On August 28, 2026, three Berliner Weisse beers created by Brauerei Lemke and Schneeeule began their draft release in Berlin during Berlin Beer Week. Ulrike Genz worked…
April 18, 2026
Community
Christian Tille Wins Home Brew Bayreuth 2026
Community
On April 18, 2026, Christian Tille won the ninth Maisel & Friends hobbybrewing competition at HOME BREW Bayreuth with his Cold IPA, “Bavarian Olaf.” The jury selected…
March 2, 2026
Breweries
BrewDog Enters Administration and Its Core Assets Are Sold
Breweries
On March 2, 2026, BrewDog’s principal UK business entered administration, and Tilray Brands acquired selected assets for £33 million through a pre-packaged sale. The…
September 30, 2025
Breweries
Schneeeule Closes Its Brewery Business and Berlin Salon
Breweries
On September 30, 2025, Schneeeule closed its brewery business and its salon on Ofener Strasse in Berlin's Wedding district. Founded by Ulrike Genz in 2016, the…
March 14, 2025
Laws
South African Regulations Define Traditional African Beer
Laws
On March 14, 2025, South Africa published amended regulations under the Liquor Products Act that established “Traditional African beer” as a separate legally defined…
2025
Community
Zum WØL Wins World's Best IPA At The World Beer Awards
Community
In 2025, Laura Weber and Lennart Köhl of the Saarbrücken-based craft brewery Zum WØL BrauArt won the title of World's Best IPA at the World Beer Awards with their beer…
August 9, 2023
Community
Brautag Podcast Launches
Community
On August 9, 2023, homebrewers Paul Schüßler, known as Friedies Brauhaus, and Florian Erdel, known as C.H.A.O.S. Homebrewing, launched the German-language Brautag…
May 23, 2023
Styles
Brewers Association Adds Dessert or Pastry Stout Style
Styles
On May 23, 2023, the Brewers Association announced that “Dessert or Pastry Stout” had been added to its Beer Style Guidelines. The new description defined beers in the…
2023
People
Max Senner Passes Away
People
Max Senner, co-founder of the Ingolstadt brewery Yankee & Kraut, passed away in 2023 at the age of 34. Senner was known as the “Kraut” in the brewery’s name, while his…
September 14, 2022
Community
Seb’s Pale Ale Wins Gold at the European Beer Star
Community
In 2022, Seb’s Pale Ale from Kraft Bräu in Trier, Germany, won the gold medal in the European Beer Star category “English-Style Bitter.” Kraft Bräu reported that it was…
May 14, 2022
Breweries
Spencer Brewery Ceases Brewing
Breweries
On May 14, 2022, the monks of Saint Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, announced that Spencer Brewery would close. The abbey said that, after more than a year of…
April 2022
Breweries
Linzer Bier Returns To Linz
Breweries
Linzer Bier returned to brewing in Linz in April 2022, when the Linzer Bier brewery opened in the former power plant of the city’s Tobacco Factory. The revival followed…
February 27, 2022
Community
Pravda Brewery Suspends Brewing to Support Ukraine’s Defense
Community
On February 27, 2022, days after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Pravda Brewery in Lviv suspended its normal beer operations and redirected its…
2022
Community
Brewderschaft Trier Is Founded
Community
In 2022, homebrewers in Trier, Germany, formed Brewderschaft Trier, a loose association representing the homebrewing community of Germany’s oldest city. The group…
2022
Breweries
Sudden Death Opens Its Own Brewery in Lübeck
Breweries
In 2022, Sudden Death Brewing opened its own brewery and brewpub at the historic Gollan shipyard in Lübeck, Germany. The move gave founders Oliver “Olli” Schmökel and…
June 2021
Breweries
Sudden Death Brewing Warehouse Fire
Breweries
In June 2021, a fire destroyed the warehouse and office of Sudden Death Brewing in Pönitz, Germany. Because the building contained asbestos-based Eternit panels,…
2021
Breweries
Founding Of Zum WØL BrauArt
Breweries
In 2021, Zum WØL BrauArt was founded in Saarbrücken, Germany, by the creative partners Lennart and Laura. The brewery emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the…
January 2021
Events
Achel Loses The Authentic Trappist Product Label
Events
In January 2021, Achel lost the right to use the Authentic Trappist Product label for its beer after the last monks left Saint Benedict’s Abbey in Hamont-Achel, Belgium.…
2021
Breweries
Fuerst Wiacek Opens Its Own Brewery In Berlin
Breweries
In 2021, Georg Fürst and Lukasz Wiacek began producing Fuerst Wiacek beer in their own brewery on Wohlrabedamm in Berlin-Siemensstadt. The opening gave the company a…
October 26, 2020
Styles
Guinness Launches Guinness 0.0
Styles
On October 26, 2020, Guinness launched Guinness 0.0 in Great Britain, introducing an alcohol-free version of its internationally recognized dry stout. Developed over…
2020
Styles
Cold IPA Emerges As A New Interpretation Of India Pale Ale
Styles
In 2020, Wayfinder Beer's Relapse IPA helped bring attention to Cold IPA, a new interpretation of India Pale Ale developed by brewmaster Kevin Davey in Portland, Oregon.…
2020
Breweries
Thomas Tyrell Founds TYRELL BrauKunstAtelier
Breweries
In 2020, German brewmaster Thomas Tyrell founded TYRELL BrauKunstAtelier as a personal brewing project focused on strong, age-worthy beers designed to continue…
2020
Styles
87 Million Hectoliters Sold In Germany
Styles
In 2020, German breweries and beer warehouses sold about 87 million hectoliters of beer, according to Germany’s Federal Statistical Office. The figure represented a 5.5…
2020
Breweries
TRVRS Begins To Brew
Breweries
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the brewing project later known as TRVRS began its first barrel-aging experiments in Trier, Germany. At the time, the project…
2020
Breweries
Omnipollo Opens Its Own Brewery in a Former Church
Breweries
In 2020, Omnipollo established its first brewery of its own inside a former church in Sundbyberg, northwest of central Stockholm. Until then, Omnipollo had operated…
April 12, 2019
Community
Home Brew Bayreuth Is First Held
Community
On April 12 and 13, 2019, Maisel & Friends held the first Home Brew Bayreuth at Maisel’s Bier-Erlebnis-Welt in Bayreuth, Germany. Created as a meeting place for the…
2019
Breweries
TankBusters Is Founded as a Polish Contract Brewery
Breweries
In 2019, brewers Michał Gref and Kamil Dworczyński founded TankBusters with Aleksandra Garcon. Gref and Dworczyński had developed their skills through homebrewing and…
2019
Breweries
Messorem Starts Brewing
Breweries
Messorem is a craft brewery created by three friends — Marc-André Filion, Sébastien Chaput and Vincent Ménard — and opened in 2019 in the south-west of Montréal, Quebec,…
2019
People
Lewis Daly Publishes an Ethnography of Makushi Parakari Brewing
People
In 2019, anthropologist Lewis Daly published an in-depth study of parakari, a cassava beer made by Makushi communities in southern Guyana. Brewers cultivate a Rhizopus…
2019
Breweries
Les Intenables Is Founded in Alsace
Breweries
In 2019, three founders established Les Intenables in Mundolsheim, Alsace, after taking over the premises and brewing equipment of a brewery that had ceased operating.…
December 15, 2018
Events
Craftprotz Kreativbierbar Opens In Trier
Events
On December 15, 2018, Nikola Weiler opened the Craftprotz Kreativbierbar at Palaststraße 10 in Trier’s historic city center. Weiler, a trained brewmaster and beer…
October 2018
Breweries
Funky Fluid Is Founded in Warsaw
Breweries
In October 2018, Michał Langier, Karol Mizielski, and Grzegorz Korcz founded Funky Fluid in Warsaw, Poland. The company began as a contract brewery, developing its…
September 12, 2018
Science
Genomic Research Identifies Kveik as a Distinct Domesticated Yeast Group
Science
On September 12, 2018, researchers published genomic and brewing analyses of kveik cultures maintained by farmhouse brewers in western Norway. The sampled yeasts formed…
March 20, 2018
Milestone
Styles
New England India Pale Ale Achieves National Recognition
Styles
On March 20, 2018, the Brewers Association added three “Juicy or Hazy” ale categories to its 2018 Beer Style Guidelines: Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale, Juicy or Hazy IPA, and…
2018
Breweries
Le Ketch Opens In Sainte-Flavie
Breweries
Le Ketch opened in Sainte-Flavie, Quebec, in the winter of 2018. The pub was established on the bank of the St. Lawrence River, while Le Ketch began brewing its own beer…
2018
Breweries
Blech.Brut Is Founded In Bamberg
Breweries
In 2018, Benedikt Steger founded Blech.Brut as a craft-beer project in Bamberg, one of Germany’s most historically important beer cities. Steger had previously brewed…
2018
Science
Brewfather Is Launched
Science
In 2018, Norwegian homebrewer and software developer Thomas Gangsøy launched Brewfather. He developed the application after beginning to brew at home in 2015 and looking…
2018
Breweries
Mount Saint Bernard Abbey Starts Brewing Tynt Meadow
Breweries
In 2018, Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire, England, began brewing Tynt Meadow, an English Trappist ale produced at the monastery. The abbey had installed a…
November 17, 2017
Breweries
Brasserie du Bas-Canada Opens in Gatineau
Breweries
On November 17, 2017, Brasserie du Bas-Canada opened in Gatineau, Quebec. The brewery was founded by Gabriel Girard-Bernier and Marc-André Cordeiro-Lima, friends who had…
July 18, 2017
Breweries
Protokoll Taproom Opens in Berlin
Breweries
On July 18, 2017, Vadim Kamkalov opened Protokoll Taproom on Boxhagener Straße in Berlin-Friedrichshain. The bar began with twenty-four rotating taps and an…
June 27, 2017
Community
The Brewers Association Introduces the Independent Craft Brewer Seal
Community
On June 27, 2017, the Brewers Association introduced the Independent Craft Brewer Seal as a certification mark for eligible small and independent American breweries.…
May 12, 2017
Styles
Heineken Launches Heineken 0.0 Internationally
Styles
On May 12, 2017, Heineken announced the international launch of Heineken 0.0, an alcohol-free version of its flagship lager. The product was introduced in fourteen…
March 27, 2017
Breweries
Germany’s Brewery Count Returns Above 1,400
Breweries
On March 27, 2017, the German Brewers’ Association reported that 1,408 brewing sites had operated in Germany in 2016, based on new data from the Federal Statistical…
2017
Styles
Gutshofbrauerei Das Freie Revives Broyhan
Styles
In 2017, Gutshofbrauerei Das Freie in Rethmar added a Broyhan interpretation to its range, bringing Hannover’s historic beer style back into commercial production after…
2017
Breweries
Athletic Brewing Is Founded as a Dedicated Non-Alcoholic Brewery
Breweries
In 2017, Bill Shufelt and brewer John Walker founded Athletic Brewing Company in Connecticut to focus exclusively on non-alcoholic craft beer. Shufelt had stopped…
2017
Breweries
Ārpus Brewing Co. Is Founded
Breweries
In 2017, Latvian craft-beer enthusiasts founded Ārpus Brewing Co. as an independent microbrewery. Its Latvian name means “outside,” “out of,” “beyond,” or “off limits,”…
2017
Breweries
Totenhopfen Goes From Homebrewing To Commercial Brewing
Breweries
In 2017, Totenhopfen Brauhaus from Luxembourg moved from homebrewing to commercial brewing. The brewery describes itself as an independent craft-beer project from…
2017
Breweries
Sudden Death Brewing Is Founded
Breweries
Sudden Death Brewing was founded in 2017 by longtime friends Oliver “Olli” Schmökel and Jan Eric “Ricky” Nagel. Raised in Timmendorfer Strand on Germany’s Baltic coast,…
December 2016
Breweries
Fuerst Wiacek Begins Commercial Brewing At Camba
Breweries
In December 2016, Georg Fürst and Lukasz Wiacek scaled up one of their homebrew recipes at the CAMBA Old Factory in Gundelfingen an der Donau, Bavaria. Their first beer…
November 30, 2016
Community
UNESCO Recognizes Beer Culture in Belgium
Community
On November 30, 2016, UNESCO inscribed “Beer culture in Belgium” on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The recognition concerned…
October 10, 2016
Breweries
AB InBev Completes Its Acquisition of SABMiller
Breweries
On October 10, 2016, Anheuser-Busch InBev completed its acquisition of SABMiller. The transaction joined the world’s two largest brewing groups and ended SABMiller’s…
August 25, 2016
Laws
Italy Legally Defines Birra Artigianale
Laws
Italy’s Law No. 154 of July 28, 2016, came into force on August 25, 2016, and introduced a legal definition of birra artigianale. Article 35 amended Italy’s earlier beer…
April 22, 2016
Events
AB InBev Acquires Birra del Borgo
Events
Anheuser-Busch InBev confirmed on April 22, 2016, that it would acquire Birra del Borgo, the Italian craft brewery founded by Leonardo Di Vincenzo in Borgorose. Reports…
March 2016
Breweries
Schneeeule Debuts with Traditional Berliner Weisse
Breweries
In March 2016, Ulrike Genz introduced Schneeeule and its first Berliner Weisse at the Berliner Weisse Gipfel in Berlin. Working with Andreas Bogk at the former Willner…
March 2016
Community
Maisel & Friends Launches Hopfenreiter
Community
In March 2016, Maisel & Friends introduced Hopfenreiter at the opening of its Liebesbier restaurant and brewery in Bayreuth, Germany. The Double IPA was conceived as a…
February 25, 2016
Community
BrewDog Publishes Its Brewing Archive as DIY Dog
Community
On February 25, 2016, BrewDog released DIY Dog, a free digital collection containing detailed recipes for 215 beers from the brewery’s back catalog. The recipes were…
February 25, 2016
Breweries
Yankee & Kraut Is Founded
Breweries
On February 25, 2016, friends Bryan France and Max Senner officially founded Yankee & Kraut in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. France, an American known as the “Yankee,”…
2016
Styles
Burley Oak Launches the J.R.E.A.M. Sour Series
Styles
In late 2016, Burley Oak Brewing Company in Berlin, Maryland, launched its J.R.E.A.M. series with Berry Cherry J.R.E.A.M. The name abbreviates “Juice Rules Everything…
2016
Breweries
The Zomerdijk Brothers Found Moersleutel Craft Brewery
Breweries
In 2016, brothers Pim, Tom, Rob, and Max Zomerdijk founded Moersleutel Craft Brewery in Alkmaar, the Netherlands. All four came from technical backgrounds and brought an…

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First Hopfenreiter Day Marks the Release of Hopfenreiter #11

Schneeeule Returns with Three Berliner Weisse Beers Brewed with Lemke

Christian Tille Wins Home Brew Bayreuth 2026

BrewDog Enters Administration and Its Core Assets Are Sold

Schneeeule Closes Its Brewery Business and Berlin Salon

South African Regulations Define Traditional African Beer

Zum WØL Wins World's Best IPA At The World Beer Awards

Brautag Podcast Launches

Brewers Association Adds Dessert or Pastry Stout Style

Max Senner Passes Away

Seb’s Pale Ale Wins Gold at the European Beer Star

Spencer Brewery Ceases Brewing

Linzer Bier Returns To Linz

Pravda Brewery Suspends Brewing to Support Ukraine’s Defense

Brewderschaft Trier Is Founded

Sudden Death Opens Its Own Brewery in Lübeck

Sudden Death Brewing Warehouse Fire

Founding Of Zum WØL BrauArt

Achel Loses The Authentic Trappist Product Label

Fuerst Wiacek Opens Its Own Brewery In Berlin

Guinness Launches Guinness 0.0

Cold IPA Emerges As A New Interpretation Of India Pale Ale

Thomas Tyrell Founds TYRELL BrauKunstAtelier

87 Million Hectoliters Sold In Germany

TRVRS Begins To Brew

Omnipollo Opens Its Own Brewery in a Former Church

Home Brew Bayreuth Is First Held

TankBusters Is Founded as a Polish Contract Brewery

Messorem Starts Brewing

Lewis Daly Publishes an Ethnography of Makushi Parakari Brewing

Les Intenables Is Founded in Alsace

Craftprotz Kreativbierbar Opens In Trier

Funky Fluid Is Founded in Warsaw

Genomic Research Identifies Kveik as a Distinct Domesticated Yeast Group

New England India Pale Ale Achieves National Recognition

Le Ketch Opens In Sainte-Flavie

Blech.Brut Is Founded In Bamberg

Brewfather Is Launched

Mount Saint Bernard Abbey Starts Brewing Tynt Meadow

Brasserie du Bas-Canada Opens in Gatineau

Protokoll Taproom Opens in Berlin

The Brewers Association Introduces the Independent Craft Brewer Seal

Heineken Launches Heineken 0.0 Internationally

Germany’s Brewery Count Returns Above 1,400

Gutshofbrauerei Das Freie Revives Broyhan

Athletic Brewing Is Founded as a Dedicated Non-Alcoholic Brewery

Ārpus Brewing Co. Is Founded

Totenhopfen Goes From Homebrewing To Commercial Brewing

Sudden Death Brewing Is Founded

Fuerst Wiacek Begins Commercial Brewing At Camba

UNESCO Recognizes Beer Culture in Belgium

AB InBev Completes Its Acquisition of SABMiller

Italy Legally Defines Birra Artigianale

AB InBev Acquires Birra del Borgo

Schneeeule Debuts with Traditional Berliner Weisse

Maisel & Friends Launches Hopfenreiter

BrewDog Publishes Its Brewing Archive as DIY Dog

Yankee & Kraut Is Founded

Burley Oak Launches the J.R.E.A.M. Sour Series

The Zomerdijk Brothers Found Moersleutel Craft Brewery