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Keep your bar ahead of the curve with trending beverage data, cutting edge expert advice, and industry news.

November 16, 2023

How & when to open a new location

+ Plus: should your bar use TV Menus?

November 9, 2023

5 tips for interviewing server & bartender applicants

Plus: why your menu should sort beers by style

November 2, 2023

How to run de-escalation training

+ Plus: will Ozempic reduce beer sales?

October 26, 2023

A career bartender's goal for 2033

+ Plus: "Updated on..." menu timestamps are vital

October 19, 2023

Distributor: these products are trending

+ Plus: last chance to shout out your business in Brave New Bar

October 12, 2023

It's cider season. Here's how to sell more of it.

+ Plus: shout out your business in Brave New Bar

October 5, 2023

1 easy, simple marketing thing you can do today

+ Wanted: social media marketing success stories

September 28, 2023

Once a bartender, always a bartender

+ Plus: always keep your web menu up-to-date

September 21, 2023

How to find new revenue streams at your biz

Plus + last chance to win $50 VISA gift card

September 14, 2023

4 innovative problem-solving strategies for bars

+ Plus: take 3 min survey, win $50

September 7, 2023

Thoughts from a unique beer distributor

+ Plus: TV Menus = ease + sales

August 31, 2023

Beer store owner: I'm not obsessed w/ biz growth

Plus: why your menu should sort beers by style

August 24, 2023

Make your QR Menus a top marketing channel

+ Plus the value of up-to-date menus

August 17, 2023

Bartenders/servers: 2 ways to cut your drinking

+ Plus: Narcan behind the bar

August 10, 2023

Staff training expert's proven staff training system

+ Plus: notable moves from AB and Molson-Coors

August 3, 2023

9 tips for taking great social media photos

+ Bud Light fallout hits beer can maker

July 27, 2023

6 rules for acing social media comments

Plus: Anchor Brewing's employees eye purchase

July 20, 2023

Service industry: here's how to retire early

Plus: Leinenkugel's workers strike

July 13, 2023

Bartenders: wrangle your personal finances w/ 4 steps

Plus: Anchor Brewing shutters

June 29, 2023

Bartenders' 5 biggest problems in life

+ historical look at most popular July 4 beers

June 22, 2023

7 surprising stats about the average bartender

Plus: As expected, Busch Light Peach is exploding.

June 15, 2023

Bar owners can have quality of life. Here's proof.

+ Beer inflation outpaces overall inflation

June 8, 2023

6-point social media strategy for bars & restaurants

Make social easier & more productive + trending summer beers

June 1, 2023

6 simple marketing efforts for bars, restaurants, and breweries

Set these up in days + Busch Light Peach is here!

May 25, 2023

Simple social media goal that clarifies everything

+ most top-50 craft breweries saw volume declines in 2022

May 18, 2023

Treat your staff like you treat your customers

+ 2023's most searched-for beers (thus far)

May 11, 2023

Proven staff training process for bars and restaurants

+ customers want these seltzers, ciders, etc.

May 4, 2023

Staff training mistakes 90% of bars & restaurants make

+ most sneaky-popular domestics of 2023

April 27, 2023

Craft beer customers: the best or the worst?

+ 2023's most popular craft beers

April 20, 2023

How to find and keep more regulars

+ top 50 craft breweries of 2022

April 13, 2023

Yelp = "fear propaganda and blackmail." Ignore it.

+ 8th inning beers

April 6, 2023

Bars & restaurants: be comfortable in the uncomfortable

+ last chance to win $50 VISA gift card

March 30, 2023

How and why you need to ace landlord relationships

+ take 2 min survey, win $50

March 23, 2023

3 strategies for effective distributor relations

+ Spring Break = emergency in Miami

March 16, 2023

How to make opening/closing checklists (+ template download)

+ St. Patrick's Day beer data

March 9, 2023

Where the craft alcohol market is headed (from a cider innovator)

+ Spirits > beer in US market share

March 2, 2023

How & when to open a new bar/restaurant location

+ Three Floyds Zombie Ice is trending

February 23, 2023

How to know what beer trends are coming before they arrive

+ Frasier Crane's beer is trending

February 16, 2023

How-to: train staff to handle bad customers w/ de-escalation

Plus: trending IPAs

February 9, 2023

5 tips for interviewing bartender & server applicants

+ The world's most sought-after beer just dropped

February 2, 2023

How beer bars can get new regulars: wine drinkers

Plus: craft malt liquor and a Yuengling quiz

January 26, 2023

How to sell more cider + report on fake Yelp reviews

Data on the most popular ciders

January 19, 2023

8 staff training & education tips + Dry Jan participation data

Get your staff invested in your bar program

January 12, 2023

How to handle angry guests + trending NA beer

5-step process to make sure guests return

January 5, 2023

Social media expert's posting playbook for bars and restaurants

+ NYE's trending beers

December 29, 2022

Most popular beers of 2022 + Staffing tactics

How to always be fully-staffed

December 22, 2022

Most popular breweries of 2022 + Is the beer bar dead?

Top 10 craft breweries, ranked

December 16, 2022

Data: most popular Christmas beers + how to deal with new competitors

Interview with ops director + YOY Christmas beer data

December 8, 2022

Data on Bourbon County Stout, managing distributor relationships

YOY Bourbon County data + interview with ABC Beer Co.'s Zach Mack

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