The 2026 Great American Beer Festival went outdoors for the first time, craft maltster Admiral Maltings has shut down, and Constellation Brands paid $75 million for a vodka sports drink. The new Craft Beer Republic episode, "Zombie Shark Fight," welcomes back Erica of Neck Nosh for a GABF winners quiz, a Bourbon County Stout confession, an Eagle Park French fry scandal, and one very misspelled tattoo. GABF 2026 Goes Outdoors The Great American Beer Festival handed out its 202

In Batch 324 of Craft Beer Republic, Nic Bortolin, co-owner and head brewer at 14 Cannons Brewing in Westlake Village, California, joined Greg and Flex ahead of the brewery's fifth anniversary party and a trip to the Great American Beer Festival. Nic talked through four new anniversary beers, the lagers 14 Cannons entered at GABF, and a new yeast from Berkeley Yeast that gives off hop-like tropical flavors on its own. 14 Cannons' Award-Winning Lagers Greg is drinking Marooner