Craft Brew 2025

Packaging World Craft Brew 2025

How Craft Brewers Are Thriving in a Plateauing Market

The craft brew boom is plateauing at long last. But according to Bart Watson, president and CEO of the Brewer's Association, savvy brewers are finding ways to thrive. Stand-out packaging design and aptitude with packaging automation are proven strategies.

February 25, 2025

A selection of specialty brews canned and packaged for the Craft Brew Conference last year.

Market Garden Builds Long Runway for Growth into Tight Quarters

With a new rotary filler/rotary seamer at its heart, a nearly all-new packaging line is now humming along at 100 cans per minute. Future-proofing the line meant building in a lot more capacity than is needed—for now, at least.

February 21, 2025

Twelve-head rotary filling is immediately followed by a three-head seamer for low oxygen pickup.

New Canning, In-house Shrink Sleeve Labeling, Distinguish Craft Brewer

The Shop Beer Co. decommissioned one canning line and replaced it with another. Also part of its manufacturing mix is an in-house shrink sleeve labeling operation just down the street.

February 18, 2025

The Shop Beer Co. Cartoner

Automated Control System Improves Brewery Efficiencies

A building expansion to address capacity challenges brought new challenges for Logboat Brewing, which was now struggling to control its processes. Remote monitoring and control was a key fix.

May 31, 2024

After expanding its building and operations, Logboat found it difficult to communicate between systems as it transferred fermented beer to another room with packaging and brite tanks.

How to Get Your Operations Past CO2 Supply Uncertainties

Carbon dioxide is used in a long list of food and beverage production—from the fizz in your drinks to freezing and chilling to cleaning and beyond. Here are some innovative ways users are overcoming supply issues.

April 1, 2024

Looking for a way to improve the reliability of its CO2 supply, Maine Beer installed a system to capture the CO2 produced in its fermentation process.

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