Numero 06/2024

7 Febbraio 2024

Brewers Assoc at Beer & Food Attraction

Brewers Assoc at Beer & Food Attraction

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The Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade association representing small and independent American craft brewers, will be exhibiting a highly innovative, style-diverse, top-quality range of American craft beers at Beer & Food Attraction, 18-20 February 2024, Rimini, Italy in Hall A5, booth 004.

Now in their fourth year of attendance, the Brewers Association Export Development Program will represent 15 American craft breweries from all over the USA pouring 45 different American craft beers.  Breweries exhibiting are either already available, or looking to gain distribution agreements, in Italian/European markets.  Eight brewery owners/representatives will travel over from the States to support the activation and explore opportunities for distribution in European beer markets.

In addition to a large booth presence, the Brewers Association and participating brewery representatives will lead an American craft beer Masterclass to demonstrate the quality, style-diversity and innovation of American craft beer as follows:

Location:  Beer & Tech Arena (located between pavilions A7/C7)

Date and time: Sunday 18 February 12.15 – 12.45pm

 

Participating American craft breweries and their representatives include:

AleSmith Brewing Company – represented by Chantal Melton, VP of sales

Bent Water Brewing Co

Belching Beaver Brewery

Bootstrap Brewing – represented by Steve and Leslie Kaczeus, brewer/co-owners

Cigar City Brewing – represented by Jesse Kercheval, international business development manager CANarchy

DC Brau Brewing

Hinterland Brewery – represented by Bill and Michelle Tressler, CEO/CSO/co-founders

Leadfoot Brewing

Oskar Blues Brewery

Rogue Ales

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company – represented by Steve Grossman, brewery ambassador

The Bold Mariner Brewing Company – represented by Kerrie Stacks, co-owner

The Virginia Beer Company – represented by Chris Smith, co-owner/founder

True North Ale Company

Upslope Brewing Co – represented by Chad Pieper, export development manager

 

Breweries include those familiar to the Italian market such as Sierra Nevada and Oskar Blues/Cigar City as well as those looking to break into the market for the first time.  The range on offer comprises classic iterations of much-loved styles such as IPAs, to creative and adventurous twists on new and experimental flavours such as a golden ale with peanut butter, banana and marshmallow.  The line-up includes sours, lagers in various styles, wheat beers, brown ales, stouts and many more ranging in alcohol by volume and bitterness from low to high.

All beers will showcase the quality and innovation for which American craft brewers are renowned, a fact that is borne out by the number of top honours they win at prestigious international beer competitions.  In the last three hotly contested competitions American craft beers won 93 medals between them.

Lotte Peplow, Brewers Association’s American Craft Beer Ambassador for Europe, comments: “Europe is an important export market for American craft beer and the second biggest market behind Canada.  Beer & Food Attraction presents an excellent opportunity to present high quality, innovative, creative American craft beer to Italian and European importers and distributors and discuss the very latest in brewing trends, styles and flavours.  The presence of eight brewery representatives who have made the trip across from the States signifies intent and interest in the Italian market and we look forward to welcoming HORECA visitors to our booth to explore the wonderful world of American craft beer.”

 

Free downloadable resources to help importers, distributors and wholesalers understand and handle American craft beer are available here

www.brewersassociation.org

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About the Brewers Association

The Brewers Association (BA) is the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers, their beers and the community of brewing enthusiasts. The BA represents 5,600-plus U.S. breweries. The BA’s independent craft brewer seal is a widely adopted symbol that differentiates beers by small and independent craft brewers. The BA organizes events including the World Beer Cup®Great American Beer Festival®Craft Brewers Conference® & BrewExpo America®Homebrew ConTMNational Homebrew Competition and American Craft Beer Week®. The BA publishes The New Brewer® magazine, and Brewers Publications® is the leading publisher of brewing literature in the U.S. Beer lovers are invited to learn more about the dynamic world of craft beer at CraftBeer.com® and about homebrewing via the BA’s American Homebrewers Association® and the free Brew Guru® mobile app. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Issued on behalf of the Brewers Association, 1327 Spruce Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302 USA.  www.brewersassociation.org

For further press information: Lotte Peplow at lotte@brewersassociation.org

+44 (0)7973 698 414

 

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Lotte Peplow

Lotte Peplow is a Certified Cicerone, accredited Beer Sommelier, international beer judge, beer writer, author, host of talks and tastings about American craft beer, event/festival organiser and keen advocate of beer and food pairing. In August 2022 she co-authored her first book ‘World’s Greatest Beers’ published by CAMRA in the UK. In 2022 Lotte was recognised by the Belgian brewer guild (Knighthood of the Brewer’s Paddle) for services to the beer industry and was knighted as an honourary member. Lotte works for the Brewers Association, a trade association representing small and independent American craft brewers, and in 2019 was awarded the title of American Craft Beer Ambassador for Europe. Her role is to identify opportunities for international expansion of American craft beer and to raise awareness about the quality and diversity of beer styles from America’s small and independent craft brewers. Based in London, UK, Lotte is also a member of CAMRA’s London tasting panel.