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Building A Niche Brewery with Nick and Christina Lumsden of Dogleg Brewing Company

In this episode of The True Craft Podcast, we delve into niche branding and marketing strategies with Nick and Christina Lumsden, the innovative minds behind Dogleg Brewing. With a passion for both golf and beer, they’ve seamlessly merged their passions to create a distinctive brand and customer experience that has greatly benefitted their business. Main […]

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Kitchen Keys For Success with Gabrielle Blanco of Buckstin Brewing Company

Gabrielle Blanco, Owner of Buckstin Brewing, joined us for this killer episode of The True Craft Podcast. With a long history in the restaurant industry and a booming brewery (that’s currently expanding), Gabi advocates for why all breweries should operate their own kitchens.  By keeping it simple and having systems in place, every brewery can

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Does Everyone Get a Trophy?

As a father of three, I find myself asking the question; does everyone get a trophy? Correct me if I am wrong, but when I was between the ages of 8-14 did everyone get a trophy? I don’t exactly remember it working that way. What I do remember is being mediocre at every sport I

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I have a challenge for you

2018 is off to a weird start for breweries. Many of my predictions in the 2018 Crystal Ball post are happening faster than I anticipated. Let me reiterate, the craft brewing industry is NOT A BUBBLE. Historically, bubbles are associated with products or services that have no tangible value to them. They appear, grow, and pop all

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Crystal Ball 2018

It’s that time of the year again! For those of you who may have missed it, below were my crystal ball predictions for 2017. 2017 Prediction What actually happened Craft beer revenues grows 5%-7% Average revenue growth of breweries was between 4%-5% The price of contract brewing decreases by 40% at the end of 2017.

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Wintertime Strategy

January is a weird part of the year for craft beer. Breweries are accustomed to writing it off as a slow part of the year. What if you have a strategy in place? I have found that business owners relate strategy to 3 distinct characteristics. Lofty goals Missions Values While these “business terms” are critical

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