Andy Crouch

Writer at Freelance

Co-Founder and Publisher at Beer Edge (US)

Publisher @allaboutbeer. Drinks bourbon. Plays broomball. Loves to polka. #DefendPilsner.

Articles

Headed to Indianapolis for the Craft Brewers Conference? Here’s What You Need to Know

6 days ago | allaboutbeer.com | Andy Crouch

The 2025 Craft Brewers Conference arrives in Indianapolis on April 28 and the Brewers Association is deep in preparation for the thousands of industry attendees. The welcome reception will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, and you can go down on the field and try to kick a field goal. I recently spoke with Ann Obenchain, the BA’s Vice President of Marketing and Communications, about the upcoming event and what the nearly 10,000 visitors can expect at this year’s CBC.
School, thuis, kerk: waar vorming plaatsvindt moet AI buiten de deur blijven, vindt schrijver Andy Crouch

2 weeks ago | nd.nl | Andy Crouch

Dat gold voor Steve Jobs bij de dageraad van de smartphone (‘It’s magic!’). En het gaat nu ook op voor de nieuwste techgolf. Sam Altmann van Open AI begint een recent essay zo: ‘Over een jaar of twintig kunnen we dingen doen die voor onze grootouders pure magie zouden zijn geweest.’ Als je eenmaal let op de verbinding tussen technologie en magie, vind je die bijna overal. Nog verbazingwekkender is hoe vaak het weer gaat over een specifieke magische traditie: alchemie.
5 Can’t Miss Seminars for the 2025 Craft Brewers Conference

2 weeks ago | probrewer.com | Andy Crouch

The Craft Brewers Conference continues to offer brewers an opportunity to learn more about how to efficiently and effectively operate their businesses and to increase sales and consumer satisfaction. Let’s look at five seminars you should consider attending. Expert Topic sponsored in part by Lotus Beverage Alliance Lotus Beverage Alliance unites expert manufacturers and suppliers to empower your craft beverage business.
Craft Brewers Conference 2025 Curtain Raiser

3 weeks ago | probrewer.com | Andy Crouch

The 2025 Craft Brewers Conference arrives in Indianapolis on April 28 and the Brewers Association is deep in preparation for the thousands of industry attendees. The welcome reception will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, and you can go down on the field and try to kick a field goal. I recently spoke with Ann Obenchain, the BA’s Vice President of Marketing and Communications, about the upcoming event and what the nearly 10,000 visitors can expect at this year’s CBC.
Cocktails On Draft

1 month ago | probrewer.com | Andy Crouch

As the landscape of craft beverage service evolves and breweries and bars change their menus to attract consumers with shifting interests, the face of the tap list looks different. Beer has long dominated draft almost to the exclusion of all others. Post-pandemic, bars continue to reduce their draft beer offerings but that doesn’t mean the lines are sitting empty.
It's not me, it's you - on breaking up with the internet

2 months ago | schooloftheunconformed.substack.com | Ruth Gaskovski |Dixie Dillon Lane |Andy Crouch |Mary Harrington

For those of you who prefer to read off paper rather than the screen, I have converted the post into an easily printable pdf file. It's not me, it's you - on breaking up with the internet856KB ∙ PDF fileA few days ago our car broke down. I was in the grocery store parking lot when the steering wheel froze, and I could barely manage to pull to the side before the battery completely died.
5 Quick Things #352 šŖ

Jan 24, 2025 | thecommon.place | Tsh Oxenreider |Andy Crouch |Spencer Klavan

Hey there,This week we had ice and āsnow,ā just enough to close schools for the day āĀ the one day I happen to teach. So, it ended up being a week of cozying up at home and staying put, and I have to admit it seemed to be just the thing our household needed. Thereās little else more delightful in our modern world than a string of calendar squares with almost nothing on themā¦ It so rarely happens, it seems.
Wood Aging, A Bit Faster

Jan 14, 2025 | probrewer.com | Andy Crouch

In the famed Cantillon Brewery in Brussels hangs a sign with a simple message: “Le temps ne respecte pas ce qui se fait sans lui.” This translates to “time does not respect what is done without it.” The message is a warning to brewers looking to short-circuit the process of making certain labor intensive types of beer, including barrel aged varieties.
Preserving and Protecting Hops, For Today And the Future

Jan 8, 2025 | probrewer.com | Andy Crouch

Hop harvest is one of the most highly anticipated annual events on a brewer’s calendar. The ability to review and select hops for the next year is not only a highlight but offers brewers the opportunity to have direct influence over the raw ingredients they use in their beers. Once those hops arrive at your brewery, keeping them in top condition for future use is a priority. Here are some best practices for keeping hops in great shape and some advice if you want to age your hops for other uses.
Managing Your Brewery’s Digital Life

Dec 24, 2024 | probrewer.com | Andy Crouch

Tim Faith has worn a lot of hats at a lot of breweries and beverage producers. He’s run the barrel program at New Holland, been an Innovation Brewer at Goose Island, run technical services for Mark Anthony, and eventually served as the brewmaster for Octopi when it scaled its brewing and co-packing operations from 216,000 barrels a year to more than 800,000. In his work, Faith has seen breweries both small and massive wrestle with all measures of software and technology issues.