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rbG0
TIL Lagunitas was temporarily shut down in 2005 because of weed - Story goes the CMO lit a “baton-sized” joint at a company party, and was immediately handcuffed by an undercover agent. Lagunitas later launched “Undercover Investigation Shut-Down Ale” and is now 1 of the US’ biggest craft breweries.
9nxr
TIL some of the U.S.’s favorite craft breweries no longer technically brew “craft beer” - Founders, Ballast Point, Goose Island, Redhook, Elysian, Lagunitas and tons more kicked out of the craft beer category after acquisitions by big beer (aka Anheuser-Busch, Moslon, etc.)
MZAa
TIL there are only 11 master cicerones (aka beer sommeliers) in the world and becoming one requires both winning a lottery & having an “encyclopedic knowledge and an in-depth understanding of all issues related to brewing, beer and beer service.”