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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.
October 24, 2023
Understanding the Hazy Beer Gene: How Certain Yeasts Promote More Haze in Your Beer
By: Giovanni Albanese
Over the summer, Omega Yeast released groundbreaking research linking hazy beer to a specific hazy beer gene called HZY1. Their findings can help brewers peel ...
October 16, 2023
How Fresh Hops Can Invigorate the Brewing Process
By: Giovanni Albanese
Brewing beer is essentially a controlled science experiment. We know all the variables that will help guide us from raw ingredients to a desired finished ...
September 28, 2023
Everything You Need to Know When Buying a Brew Kettle
By: Giovanni Albanese
Whether you want to start a new brewery, a new location with a small pilot brewing system, or upgrade your older system for something newer ...
September 21, 2023
The Essential Guide to Mosaic Hops
By: Giovanni Albanese
We recently highlighted how Galaxy hops out of Australia—one of the most popular varieties in the country, according to the latest hop report—can contribute immense ...
September 20, 2023
Three Major Keys to Bringing Old-World Classic Märzen to U.S. Craft Audiences
By: Giovanni Albanese
We’ve covered some classic European styles of beer in this space. Whether it’s Czech pilsner, Belgian tripel, helles lager, or farmhouse ales, craft brewers across ...
September 11, 2023
Why Porters Should be on Everyone’s Tap List Right Now
By: Giovanni Albanese
Not all dark beers are sweet, barrel-aged, big-bodied stouts. For instance, the porter—a garnet- to rust-colored beer that’s light, delicious, and worth considering adding to ...
September 6, 2023
Best Ingredients to Make Mexican-Style Lagers. Hint: It’s Not Lime
By: Giovanni Albanese
For a long time, brewers have been saying that this is the “Year of the Lager.” Finally, it seems that consumers are catching up. Untappd ...
September 1, 2023
Three Ways Mash Hopping Can Improve Your Beer
By: Giovanni Albanese
Determining where you put your hops can play a huge factor in the personality of your beer. Here’s how front loading your mash with hops—mash ...
August 31, 2023
Farmhouse Ales Have Multiple Paths to Success
By: Giovanni Albanese
Sweet. Tart. Funky. Earthy. The list of ways you can describe what a farmhouse ale can be is seemingly endless. A category of its own, ...
August 21, 2023
The Key to Making the Best Pumpkin Beer Is All About Balance
By: Giovanni Albanese
We’re already well past the halfway point of the year. With fall fast approaching, many breweries turn to darker, maltier styles. But as summer transitions ...
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July 10, 2025
Dekkers: Lighting Up the World’s Top Beverage Brands for 30+ Years
By: Giovanni Albanese
Every brewery is fighting for tap space, fridge space, and most critically: consumer headspace. And in today’s overcrowded craft beer landscape, great beer alone isn’t ...
June 19, 2025
Vendor Management Tips for Breweries
By: Adam Feingold
Taking the time to review and manage your vendors could be a little time consuming at first, but if you get into a regular cycle ...
June 11, 2025
Top 3 Brewery Software Reports You Should Be Using
By: Adam Feingold
Whether you’ve just started using Ollie or you’ve been running your brewery on it for years, one thing’s clear: your data is your secret weapon. ...
May 20, 2025
Raising Capital for Your Brewery: Do You Want It or Need It?
By: Giovanni Albanese
From the eyes of outsiders, there’s a lot of glamor on the surface of a brewery. Consumers see the slow-motion video of a crystal-clear beer ...
