As the craft beer industry continues to evolve, new business owner Mike Dallas of Scorched Earth Brewing Company said progress certainly has been made both near and far, but there’s still a long way to go.

Schoolcraft College’s renowned culinary arts department is headed to the bar. The Livonia-based community college is offering a brewing and distillation certificate, starting this fall. The 24-credit program will train fledgling brewers in various skills with courses like brewing science, brewhouse operations and technology, beer styles and flavors and more.

Genome of newly discovered parent species shows strains are separate crosses. Lager isn’t just a beer style, it’s a yeast lifestyle. Humans have been brewing with ale yeast—Saccharomyces cerevisiae—for thousands of years. But it was less than 600 years ago that European brewers stumbled on lager yeast.

When the State College Brew Expo started 17 years ago, brewers were begging organizers to be part of it. Now, with the craft beer explosion, it’s the other way around. This year’s brew expo, held Aug. 15 at Tussey Mountain, will feature about 40 breweries ranging from local favorites like Otto’s to national names Goose Island and Yards. More than half of those are Pennsylvania breweries, festival organizer Mike Martin said.

Four Peaks Brewing Co. of Tempe had the No. 1 ranking in the Phoenix Business Journal’s inaugural Arizona Breweries list on tap, and was well in front of the field when the list was published today. The list was ranked by number of barrels of beer brewed in 2014, as reported by The Brewers Association. Four Peaks had 2014 production of 58,630 barrels, besting runner up SanTan Brewing Co. of Chandler (23,301) and Grand Canyon Brewery Co. of Williams (8,500).

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Lager beer has a long varied history impacting the evolution of yeast.

More than 200 different craft beers are sampled Saturday by 2,000 festivalgoers.

A line is a good sign when looking for something to eat or drink. Waiting is an inconvenience, but when it comes to food and beverage is also emblematic of a product worth sticking around for.

Though it’s still best known for its wines, northern California’s Sonoma County has a burgeoning craft-beer scene that’s drawing a crowd.

Drinking pear juice before starting alcohol could keep hangovers at bay and lower the blood alcohol level, according to new research.

Next time you are in your local grocery store, step in to look a little more closely at the beer cooler. Amid the brightly colored, creative packaging lies the final battle for the ultimate goal – your purchases. At Miami University’s Farmer School of Business, we designed an experiential class to go in depth with these issues, leveraging the lessons of the beer industries as a way to better understand larger trends in business strategy and supply chains.

With hundreds of American craft breweries to choose from, it feels like an impossible task to determine the best. It’s like asking folks to choose their favorite star in the sky or their favorite flower from an extravagant bouquet; each is beautifully unique and appealing in its own way. But ask we did, and, boy, did we get answers.

Among the wide spread of brews that each venue provides, the classic IPA never fails to be a crowd favorite. With that in mind, we’ve rounded up some of the best breweries in America. This way, you’ll know the best of the best. We’ll cheers to that!

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Much beer is brewed through trial and error. But Sorachi Ace Pale Ale, a collaboration beer from Biloba Brewing and Stone Arch Brew House, is the result of a flurry of emails.

FOn Monday, July 27, 2015, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) will host a “Happy Hour Hangout” on Google to discuss economic benefits of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act, which would provide tax relief to the nation’s craft brewers, cider makers, vintners, and distillers, streamline a variety of complex regulations, and significantly reduce compliance burdens for America’s craft beverage producers.

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The craft brewing industry has continued a strong pace of growth in the first half of 2015, according to new data released by the Brewers Association.