Ohio Craft Brewers Tap New Board Members Alan Szuter of Wolf’s Ridge Brewing elected to first term as president. COLUMBUS, Ohio – The member breweries of the  Ohio Craft Brewers Association  elected six representatives to the eleven-member board of directors. Alan Szuter of  Wolf’s Ridge Brewing  in Columbus was chosen by the association’s members to succeed  Seventh Son Brewing ’s Collin Castore as board president. Szuter was appointed to the board in 2018 and subsequently elected to a full two-year term the following summer. "Like a lot of Ohio craft breweries, we joined the Ohio Craft Brewers Association very soon after we opened,” Szuter remarked. “At every stage of our growth and development, the OCBA has been instrumental in supporting us, from helping us get exposure to customers, navigate regulatory questions, find local suppliers, provide educational opportunities for our team, and in myriad other ways. I look forward to continuing grow...

  Ohio Craft Breweries Generate $880 Million in Economic Impact Decline from 2018 due to pandemic, but underlying data gives cause for optimism. COLUMBUS, Ohio – The COVID-19 pandemic derailed years of steady growth in Ohio’s craft brewing industry, according to the  Ohio Craft Brewers Association ’s biennial economic impact study. The state’s independent craft breweries were responsible for a total economic impact of $880.7 million in 2020, a decline from the $967.1 million generated in 2018. The study, commissioned by the association and conducted by  Silverlode Consulting , reports an 8.9% decrease in economic impact and an 11% decline in craft beer production volume attributable to the pandemic, but an increase in the number of operating breweries and the number of people directly employed by them. Ohio’s craft beer industry was on a significant upswing through the end of 2019, with an economic impact estimated at nearly $1 billion and growing. However, the COVID-19 p...

Country Boy Brewing partners with Nappy Roots for a beer to promote the Kentucky music industry.   [LEXINGTON, KY.] —  Country Boy Brewing and Grammy-nominated rap quartet, Nappy Roots have partnered up for a new brew to promote the development of the Kentucky music industry.    Three weeks ago, Fish Scales, Skinny DeVille, B.Stille, and Ron Clutch of Nappy Roots joined the brew team at Country Boy’s Lexington location to collaborate on a new beer that would be light, refreshing, and all about Kentucky.  The recipe is a riff on a traditional Berliner Weisse with lightly roasted malts, a low hop profile, and a slightly tart finish.  Add to this a heavy hand of Kentucky blackberries, and you get the new brew, Backroads Blackberry Berliner.    Nappy Roots are no strangers to brewing beer.  Their Atlanta, GA brewery is scheduled to open for business in July 2021.  Atlantucky Brewing is named for the two homes where the group resides, Louisvi...