Craft Beer Conglomerates: The New Middle Tier Reshaping American Craft Brewing – My Next Article Appears In The Early Summer 2026 Issue 84 Of The Beer Connoisseur Magazine

Just a few months ago, I shared that my article, titled “Do Macro Beer Brands Belong at Beer Festivals?” from The Beer Connoisseur Magazine Spring 2026 Issue 83, and I’m excited to share that my next article has now been published in The Beer Connoisseur Magazine Early Summer Issue 84. The article is titled “Craft Beer Conglomerates: The New Middle Tier Reshaping American Craft Brewing” and here’s a quick excerpt…

As someone who monitors the pulse of the beer-news world every day, I’ve witnessed many unexpected changes in the last 20 years. First, it was large macrobreweries acquiring small and independent breweries. Shortly thereafter, a new “Craft Conglomerate” tier emerged as larger craft breweries began making the same acquisitions. Today, I find myself asking, “How do these macro-owned craft acquisitions and Craft Conglomerates really differ from one another?”…

Read the full article in The Beer Coinisseur Magazine Early Summer Issue 84…

Cheers,
Bil