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

   2013 · beerque.st · its alternatives →

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   How to Build the Future: Mark Zuckerberg▲461

   The first episode in Y Combinator's new podcast series

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Thunder Nerds - Brew Wizard Jeff Douglas▲57

   How a developer advocate opens a brewery

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   goodbre.ws, a fully open source recommendation engine for beer▲57

   2012 · goodbre.ws · its alternatives →

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   Peer Beer▲155

   Get matched with awesome makers

   2020 · its alternatives →

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   DeskBeers▲156

   Craft beer delivered to your office

   2015 · 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 · its alternatives →

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   Maker Hunt▲268

   The knowledge-sharing community for Product Hunt makers

   2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Baseball Lover's Guide to Craft Beer▲66

    No more bad beer

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Beer?!▲207

    A straightforward app to invite friends for a beer.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Innovator's Dilemma▲202

    The seminal business book

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Building Communities▲269

    A live class by Product Hunt's Erik Torenberg

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Artbrew▲92

    Your smart homebrew craft beer system

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Global Startup Movement: Steve Dimmick, Doopoll▲56

    The Welsh startup scene

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16BR
    Beer Review Analysis▲15

    2018 · anfractuosity.com · its alternatives →

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    Craft Beer Club▲99

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

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    The Lean Startup▲149

    Use continuous innovation to create successful businesses

    2015 · 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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    Running Lean▲144

    An exacting strategy for achieving a product/market fit

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders - From Havard to the Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg▲88

    From Harvard to the Facebook—How it all started

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Brewbot▲145

    The world's smartest personal brewery.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Making Better Hamburgers With Science: A Conversation With J. Kenji López-Alt▲61

    A chat with the guy behind The Food Lab

    2016 · its alternatives →

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