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Re: Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?

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Post by themartorana »

dagw wrote: post #7

Mikkeller, who know a thing or two about brewing, seem to be making a big push into non-or-low alcoholic beers that actually taste interesting. And speaking personally I'd love to see more things happening in this front. As an old old man (ie past 35) who cannot drink like he did in his youth I'd love to go to the pub on a Wednesday, have 6 pints of varied and interesting beers and still be at work and ready to go th…

As an also-over-35, I don't think it's just the alcohol. (Feel free to slap me down with science.) A beer hangover is now more severe than an equivalent-amount-of-alcohol hangover from say, vodka.

Re: Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?

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Post by hood_syntax »

dagw wrote: post #7

Mikkeller, who know a thing or two about brewing, seem to be making a big push into non-or-low alcoholic beers that actually taste interesting. And speaking personally I'd love to see more things happening in this front. As an old old man (ie past 35) who cannot drink like he did in his youth I'd love to go to the pub on a Wednesday, have 6 pints of varied and interesting beers and still be at work and ready to go th…

Hey, I love Mikkeller (the Brunch Weasel stout was fantastic), but I just wanted to let you know they're not the only brewery doing low alcohol (note: personal reference) beers! Session beers are becoming more popular for just the reasons you describe, and although they may or may not fit your criteria for being low alcohol, the trend is there. I'd keep your eye out, there's definitely some exciting things developing on that front.

Re: Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?

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Post by gregblass »

cnorm35 wrote: post #9

BrewLog is helping smaller brewers manage their brewing operations/data online. Giving the smaller guys access to the tech the bigger companies have. https://brewlog.com/

Hey, thanks Cody!

Greg here, Founder/CEO of BrewLog. I used to work with cody in a previous company.

I wouldn't necessarily describe our product that way. In fact, it was spun out of a 50BBL/yr brewery. A lot of the functionality is most useful to bigger breweries (notifications, activity feed).

The difference with much bigger breweries is that they have automated stuff. We're talking with Semens, and we're working with a few breweries to hook up smart WIFI/Cloud enabled temperature sensors to pull data in.

We've got a lot of smaller breweries in our Beta right now too. We're focusing on making the brew sheet work for all different types of breweries at the moment, as brewing processes can be different for various breweries.

We're about to launch a bunch of other neat stuff, like yeast management and tasting.

But yeah, if you've got a commercial brewery, we'd love to talk to you! Get in touch with me at greg@brewlog.com.

Re: Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?

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Post by mstade »

dagw wrote: post #7

Mikkeller, who know a thing or two about brewing, seem to be making a big push into non-or-low alcoholic beers that actually taste interesting. And speaking personally I'd love to see more things happening in this front. As an old old man (ie past 35) who cannot drink like he did in his youth I'd love to go to the pub on a Wednesday, have 6 pints of varied and interesting beers and still be at work and ready to go th…

This! I don't like soda, and I don't drink alcohol since a few months while physically preparing for a swimrun event, but still would like a decent drink when going out to dinner or the likes. Surprisingly, the non-to-low alcoholic beers available these days are pretty good. Mikkeller as you mention are pushing innovation in this area, but also Brewdog and some local micro breweries as well. There are plenty of times I've wanted a beer, but not wanted the alcohol, so I firmly welcome the innovations in this space.

Re: Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?

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Post by bovermyer »

hood_syntax wrote: post #16
dagw wrote: post #7

Mikkeller, who know a thing or two about brewing, seem to be making a big push into non-or-low alcoholic beers that actually taste interesting. And speaking personally I'd love to see more things happening in this front. As an old old man (ie past 35) who cannot drink like he did in his youth I'd love to go to the pub on a Wednesday, have 6 pints of varied and interesting beers and still be at work and ready to go th…

Hey, I love Mikkeller (the Brunch Weasel stout was fantastic), but I just wanted to let you know they're not the only brewery doing low alcohol (note: personal reference) beers! Session beers are becoming more popular for just the reasons you describe, and although they may or may not fit your criteria for being low alcohol, the trend is there. I'd keep your eye out, there's definitely some exciting things developing…

Wait, there's a non-alcoholic stout? Now I'm intrigued.

Re: Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?

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Post by mstade »

themartorana wrote: post #15
dagw wrote: post #7

Mikkeller, who know a thing or two about brewing, seem to be making a big push into non-or-low alcoholic beers that actually taste interesting. And speaking personally I'd love to see more things happening in this front. As an old old man (ie past 35) who cannot drink like he did in his youth I'd love to go to the pub on a Wednesday, have 6 pints of varied and interesting beers and still be at work and ready to go th…

As an also-over-35, I don't think it's just the alcohol. (Feel free to slap me down with science.) A beer hangover is now more severe than an equivalent-amount-of-alcohol hangover from say, vodka.

Someone told me that it's because you consume too much fluids when drinking beer, causing mineral and vitamin imbalances or some such. (I ain't no scientalist!) This makes sense if true, since to reach the same level of alcohol in your blood you simply have to drink more beer than say vodka, which is obviously much stronger.
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