Happy President’s Day. We left town early for a long weekend, but here are a few stories I saved earlier. I might get around to commenting on them, well, eventually.<\/p>\n
The Reality of Being a Woman in the Beer Industry.<\/a><\/strong> What Will Drive Beer in 2025? (Hint: Not Beer).<\/a><\/strong> Coffee beer 2.0: Brewers get serious about sourcing, treatment of beans.<\/a><\/strong> The Beer Hot Stove: The Role of Rumors in Beer Media.<\/a><\/strong> Beer\u2019s incessant infighting only serves to hurt the industry.<\/a><\/strong> And from Twitter, a story idea<\/strong><\/p>\n There is a very real generational gap in the brewing industry. Customers and owners alike. Difficult to properly describe, but it's there.<\/p>\n — Joe Lemnah (@HopfenTreader) February 12, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nThis is the “if you read only one story read this one” pick of the week. [Via All About Beer]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThe “flawed” post of the day before is also worth your time. [Via Beervana]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n“And it\u2019s not just where the beans come from or how they\u2019re roasted\u2014the method by which a brewer brews, steeps or infuses a beer with beans changes its ultimate flavor profile. As a recent spat of brewer\/roaster collaborations illuminates, carefully sourced and selected beans are the next frontier.” This would be more exciting if I liked coffee-flavored beers. [Via DRAFT]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n“Don’t worry about the reports of something that might happen. Read the analysis of the thing once it does happen. That’s where the heavy thinking is happening.” [Via BeerGraphs]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n“At the end of the day, it\u2019s all beer. And if anyone could hold their temper long enough to stop insulting one another and start making it easier for drinkers in all states to enjoy what they\u2019re brewing, they just might help everybody enjoy a beer the way Peyton Manning\u2019s enjoying his Budweisers this week.” Sorry, I just ruined the ending. (And I apologize to linking to a story in which I appear.) [Via MarketWatch]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n