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As a brewer, it’s important to stay on top of the latest craft beer trends and brewing techniques. Staying on top of these trends allows you to come up with new products that beer enthusiasts gravitate towards.
From understanding new hop variety flavor profiles to the latest tips on how to make your IPAs more robust – the team of Ollie makes it easy to stay on top of everything new in the craft beer scene.
The Ollie team frequently interviews some of the best and well known brewers in the industry to come up with brewing tips that will truly help your products reach their fullest potential. Ollie understands brewing – the software was built by a brewer and many of the team are brewers themselves!
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Our Best Brewing Tips Content
Our team has handpicked some content and guides on the latest in craft beer to make sure you and your brewery stay in the loop.
December 6, 2024
The Top 5 Hop Products of 2024
By: Ollie Team
We picked out the top five hop products that we’ve seen brewers successfully use to save time, money, and yield in 2024. See all of ...
December 4, 2024
Baltic Porter: Raising the Bar on a Classic Style
By: Giovanni Albanese
We’ve covered how craft breweries should have porters on their tap list. While the porter is a flavorful, lower-ABV, supremely drinkable beer, the Baltic porter ...
November 26, 2024
Winter Warmer: How to Bring the Heat During the Cold Months
By: Giovanni Albanese
We dove deep into the fall season, highlighting the U.S. hop harvest from a grower’s and brewer’s perspective and covering how to brew the best ...
November 24, 2024
Peanut Butter: Experts Divulge Best Brewing Practices
By: Giovanni Albanese
The creativity of craft has no bounds. You can tweak your recipe to create a dynamite beer with just raw materials. Or, if you’ve dialed ...
November 19, 2024
Vienna Lager: Boston Beer and Others Share How to Make a Great One
By: Giovanni Albanese
We’ve recently covered how to brew the best version of many European beer styles—primarily German. U.S.-based craft brewers have increasingly looked to bring styles like ...
October 31, 2024
Doppelbock: Experts Explain How to Make a Great One
By: Giovanni Albanese
We’ve extensively covered old-world classic styles, many of which trace back to Germany. Whether it’s a beer from a specific region like Kölsch or Berliner ...
October 21, 2024
El Dorado: How to Get the Most Out of This Tropical Hop
By: Giovanni Albanese
Many hops are wildly popular—to brewers and consumers. We covered many in this space, including Mosaic, Citra, Cascade, and Centennial. Those hops were among the ...
October 3, 2024
Top 5 Reasons Switching Brewery Management Software Is Easier than You Might Think
By: Giovanni Albanese
We understand that switching brewery management software can seem intimidating. Change is hard, especially when it comes to a platform that redefines your brewery management. ...
October 2, 2024
Brewing with Cereal: Experts from Ballast Point and Pontoon Brewing Share Top Tips
By: Giovanni Albanese
Who doesn’t like nostalgia? We all love traveling back to a simpler time when there wasn’t a care in the world. Certain cereals can trigger ...
September 25, 2024
Festbier: German and U.S. Brewers Explain How to Make a Quality One
By: Giovanni Albanese
Oktoberfest season has officially started with the festival in Munich, Germany, running from Sept. 21 through Oct. 6, 2024. Millions of people will head to ...
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March 27, 2025
The 3 Reasons Why Your Brewery Should Have an Employee Handbook
By: Giovanni Albanese
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March 10, 2025
Abstrax BrewGas Series: The Gateway to the Dankest of Beers
By: Giovanni Albanese
Cannabis, terpene, hemp-based, and THC-infused products have become a blossoming segment of the beverage industry. Craft beer is jumping onto that bandwagon, too. Thought leaders ...
February 24, 2025
Hemp-Based THC Beverages: The Five Essential Things to Know Before Your Brewery Makes One
By: Giovanni Albanese
The craft beer industry and consumer trends are fluid right now (no pun intended). With the industry struggling, breweries are looking for new ways to ...
January 17, 2025
Brewer to Brewer Podcast: How Brewing Respect is Earned: Quality and Innovation
By: Ollie Team
We are thrilled to sponsor this week’s episode of Brewer to Brewer from the great team at All About Beer. What happens when you get ...
