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24 alternatives to How I Built This: Jim Koch, Samuel Adams

Kickstarting the craft beer movement in America

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. How I Built This: Jim Koch, Samuel Adams launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Brewing Up a Business▲81

   Adventures in beer from the Founder of Dogfish

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Barrel Backers▲94

   Kickstarter for Craft Beer

   2016 · barrelbackers.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Complete Beer Course▲75

   Becoming a beer connoisseur

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   How to Build the Future: Mark Zuckerberg▲460

   The first episode in Y Combinator's new podcast series

   2016 · themacro.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Thunder Nerds - Brew Wizard Jeff Douglas▲57

   How a developer advocate opens a brewery

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Happy Mitten - 28: Board Games, Business, and Protospiel Milwaukee▲53

   Interviewing makers at the Milwaukee game design convention

   2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →

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   Peer Beer▲155

   Get matched with awesome makers

   2020 · peer.beer · its alternatives →

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   DeskBeers▲156

   Craft beer delivered to your office

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   The Craft of Marketing▲63

   A podcast of inside baseball for marketers (Kickstarter)

   2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Hops▲93

    Find your beer

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Inside Intercom: Hunter Walk on product management▲58

    How he selects his seed investments at Homebrew.

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Pop Rocks And Home Brew: A Family Tale▲52

    Stories from the future of food.

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    No Beer Left Behind - Episode 2: Staring 30 Right in the Face▲60

    Engaging conversation over some delicious beer!

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Push For Beer▲67

    Play a mobile game to get free beer.

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Baseball Lover's Guide to Craft Beer▲66

    No more bad beer

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Beer Hunt▲72

    Foursquare for beers you drink

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    TappedIn▲71

    Socially curated beer menus

    2015 · tappedin.beer · its alternatives →

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    an app I built to help you find great beer▲43

    2013 · beerque.st · its alternatives →

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    The Global Startup Movement: Steve Dimmick, Doopoll▲56

    The Welsh startup scene

    2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Craft Beer Club▲99

    Birchbox for craft beer: a monthly 12 pack feat. four beers.

    2014 · craftbeerclub.com · its alternatives →

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    Social Beer▲72

    Everything you want to know about beer in one place

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: 1st Employee @ Bebo, Jim Scheinman @ Maven Ventures▲58

    How to build a game changing consumer startup

    2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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    PicoBrew▲77

    Brew perfect craft beer at the push of a button.

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    WHYM▲75

    A kit to customize your beer in 24 hours

    2016 · its alternatives →

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