15-05-2025
IPA Guide: Craft Beer's Dominant Style Has Many Faces
Cheers! It's Tony Rehagen, your lanyard-wearing drinks correspondent still unpacking and sorting hotel-restaurant receipts from this year's Craft Brewers Conference in Indianapolis. The annual gathering of North American brewers, vendors, suppliers and assorted beer professionals is a great place to hear the latest scuttlebutt in the industry. Among the headlines being talked about:
In addition to the educational seminars, product expo and evening networking events, the Craft Brewers Conference features the annual World Beer Cup, one of the biggest beer and cider competitions. More than 250 judges from 37 different countries taste and appraise brews in 112 categories and subcategories, from Hoppy Lager to Belgian Fruit Beer to Smoke Beer.
