Mezcal Tosba has an interesting story: http://www.moleandmore.com/mezcal-diaries/2014/1/26/mezcal-t...
As a New Englander I am biased, but I am partial to Downeast Cider: http://downeastcider.com/
Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?
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Re: Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?
#52BrewLog 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 w…
Don't see an option to edit here, I meant 50K (50,000) BBL's, not 50
Re: Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 w…
Don't see an option to edit here, I meant 50K (50,000) BBL's, not 50
Typically if you click on the "X minutes ago" it links to the comment itself, then you can edit it.
Re: Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?
#54I'll add one on the edge — Rhinegeist [0] in Cincinnati, Ohio.
They are not a startup in the sense of software or technology, but in the case of a very rapidly expanding craft brewery. Their growth and expansion since the first beer ~3 years ago look a lot like a startup, and they've raised at least $10M in funding [1].
[0]: http://www.rhinegeist.com/our-story
[1]: http://www.ohio.com/blogs/the-beer-blog/the-beer-blog-1.2731...
Re: Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?
#55That's a good question. I can easily foresee someone inventing a "vapable" alcohol solution that could be revolutionary ;) For now, most of the capital is being allocated to distribution. "Uber for liquor" 1-Hour delivery model: https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/10/the-new-age-of-alcohol/
Re: Vaporized alcohol
It seems to already exist — Vaportini [0], Vapshot [1]. (I haven't tried either personally.)
Re: Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?
#56I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Brewbot yet
Re: Ask HN: What are the hottest startups related to beer / brewing?
#57Mikkeller, 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.
Anecdotally I concur. As I've gotten older beer hangovers have gotten much worse relative to other hangovers.