Similarities Between Cold Brew / Specialty Coffee and Craft Beer

On many of our previous episodes, we have alluded to many of the similarities that we see between the craft beer and cold brew coffee industry. On today’s episode, thanks to the help of an article on Perfect Daily Grind (Craft Beer & Specialty Coffee… More Similar Than You Realize), we get into a discussion outlining some of the similarities between the craft beer and the craft coffee industry.

Highlights & Takeaways

Ingredients are key – Quality, fresh ingredients make the craft

Roasting and Malting – Actually roasting is done in both beer and coffee. Well not necessarily all beers, but dark beers generally use roasted malts

Collaborations are very common in the beer industry. As cold brew expands, we predict that you’ll begin to see more cold brew coffee / cold brew tea / brewery collaborations.

What we mentioned on during this show