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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.
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 ...
May 1, 2024
Schwarzbier: How to Perfect This German-Style Dark Lager
By: Giovanni Albanese
We’ve written about the best way to brew several traditional European beers: Märzen, Czech pilsner, Belgian tripel, helles lager, and Berliner weisse, to name a ...
April 29, 2024
SubZero Hop Kief: A New Liquid Dry Hop Extending Day One Freshness for Months
By: Giovanni Albanese
While innovations with hop products improve flavor and aroma, the name of the game is yield. Flowable hop innovations—we’ve covered a lot of them, including ...
April 24, 2024
Brewing with Coconut: A Guide to Using This Tropical Fruit in Beer
By: Giovanni Albanese
We’ve provided several top guides featuring brewers’ insights on crafting beers with adjuncts, including honey, fruit purees, and chocolate. Another popular ingredient, coconut, whether used ...
April 22, 2024
Saison: Experts Explain the Best Ways to Brew One
By: Giovanni Albanese
From the French word for “season,” saison is a refreshing, crisp, and dry beer generally lower in ABV. Much like farmhouse ales, saisons have morphed ...
April 11, 2024
RipeLocker: Innovative Technology Extends Wet Hop Season
By: Giovanni Albanese
There’s something about enjoying a wet hop beer like no other. The hop harvest in the U.S. is treated like the holiday season for the ...
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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 ...
January 13, 2025
What’s Brewing for 2025: Trade Marketing Trends to Elevate Your Craft
By: Ollie Team
As 2025 approaches, the craft beer industry finds itself at a pivotal moment. Breweries aren’t just competing for shelf space and consumer eyes; they’re vying ...
January 3, 2025
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 31, 2024
The Top 5 Most-Read Ollie Articles of 2024
By: Ollie Team
We picked out the top five most-read Ollie articles of 2024, from the top craft beer trends to a new product removing diacetyl and hop ...
