With the COVID-19 pandemic now entering its third year, we are all familiarized with the adverse effects of the virus. Despite issues with a broken supply chain and what seemed like world-wide decreases in sales, the alcohol industry was able to hold strong over the course of the pandemic. According to a research study conducted by researchers at the Columbia University
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Monasteries are holy places of quiet and contemplation, but even they can’t escape the tyranny of I.P.A.s. This month, St. Joseph’s Abbey, located an hour west of Boston in the town of Spencer, announced it was closing America’s only Trappist-run brewery. Spencer Brewery has been unprofitable because its complex and dry Belgian-style beers have been unable to compete with the sweet, hoppy
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Ardagh Glass Packaging – North America (AGP – North America), a business of Ardagh Group, has partnered with Kansas City Bier Company to supply all the brewery’s glass beer bottles. The partnership connects Kansas City Bier Company with AGP – North America’s Pevely, Mo., glass manufacturing facility, helping to keep the brewery’s promise to source local products and incorporate sustainable practices into its operations. Kansas City Bier exclusively packages
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