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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.
June 6, 2024
Blonde Ale or Golden Ale: The Keys to Perfecting the Style
By: Giovanni Albanese
With the summer season, lighter craft beers have gained traction and popularity among brewers and consumers. We’ve written about several more crushable beer styles that ...
June 4, 2024
American Pale Ale: Experts Share Secrets to Brew a Great One
By: Giovanni Albanese
Hop-forward beers dominate the craft beer industry from a consumer perspective, as evidenced by IPAs topping the charts of the latest Untappd Year in Beer. ...
May 31, 2024
2024 Australian Hop Report: Everything You Need to Know About Galaxy, Vic Secret
By: Giovanni Albanese
There are many wildly popular hops in the Southern Hemisphere, including Australia’s Galaxy, Vic Secret, and Eclipse, to name a few. Brewers in the U.S., ...
May 30, 2024
Abstrax Hops Quantum Series: Why Every Brewery Should Have It
By: Giovanni Albanese
Numerous companies worldwide are working towards creating products that help make the brewing process more efficient while also saving brewers and brewery owners money. For ...
May 22, 2024
Kölsch: Brewers Explain Best Methods to Make a Great One
By: Giovanni Albanese
We’ve covered a number of classic old-world beer styles that originated in Germany—Märzen, helles, Berliner weisse, and schwarzbier—to name a few. With hundreds of years ...
May 20, 2024
Anchovy Hops: The Essential Guide
By: Giovanni Albanese
Recently, we wrote about Segal Ranch’s potential home for a new dynamic hop, Zumo. However, the ranch and “master hop whisperer” Martin Ramos aren’t putting ...
May 17, 2024
Chili Peppers in Beer: How to Balance Spicy vs. Spiced Just Right
By: Giovanni Albanese
We’re continuing our coverage on adjuncts used to improve beers—honey, coconut, chocolate, fruit candy, and fruit purees—with chili peppers, which can give a nice kick ...
May 13, 2024
Zumo Hops: Everything You Need to Know
By: Giovanni Albanese
We’ve covered many popular hops, including old-school classics like Centennial and Cascade, post-craft beer revolution hops like U.S.-based Mosaic and Citra, and Southern Hemisphere-based Galaxy ...
May 8, 2024
Cascade Hops: The Jack of All Trades in Brewing
By: Giovanni Albanese
It’s hard to envision the craft beer movement taking off without the help of the classic “C” hops: Columbus, Chinook, Centennial, and Cascade. While they ...
May 3, 2024
Brewing with Fruity Candy: How Your Favorite Sweet Treat Can Elevate Beer
By: Giovanni Albanese
We’ve highlighted how to brew with several of the most popular adjuncts—coconut, chocolate, honey, and fruit purees—that can make your finished product pop. With the ...
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December 13, 2024
The Top 5 Hop Guides of 2024
By: Ollie Team
Here are the top five hop guides we’ve created in 2024, showing everything you need to know about some of the hottest and most iconic ...
December 11, 2024
A Perfectly Dosed Solution for Increasing Revenue in the Craft Beer Industry
By: Giovanni Albanese
You can point to several things within the craft beer industry that could be considered the most essential element of the business. Obviously, making a ...
December 11, 2024
Hopzoil: Fresh-Hops Oil Extract Extends Beer Freshness by Leaps and Bounds
By: Giovanni Albanese
Not all liquid hop products are created equally. That’s why companies continue to pump out options for brewers to play around with. We’ve covered a ...
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 ...
