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The 5 Best Beer Cities of 2019

As festival throwers and frequent travelers, the Hop Culture team has had the privilege of seeing quite a bit of the country. Over the course ...
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The 5 Best Beer Cities of 2018

Our favorite beer cities of the year!
In 2018, we threw nine festivals in seven cities across the country. Beyond that, the Hop Culture crew individually visited cities like Miami, Asheville, Lisbon, ...
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The 5 Best Beer Bars in the Twin Cities

Pop in for a beer and a brat.
We’re cheating a little bit here. Twin City bars and restaurants continue to add more quality craft beer offerings, but so too do those in ...
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Top Places We Traveled for Beer in 2025

Points and pints!
Discovering new places, beer cities, and meccas for craft is one of the best parts of our job. Undoubtedly, we went on some crazy beer ...
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The Best Breweries of 2025

Simply the best!
Another year, another impossible task: narrowing down the breweries that blew our minds, melted our palates, and made us seriously consider installing a second liver. ...
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The 19 Best Beer Gifts for the Holidays 2025

Pints for Presents.
It’s the most wonderful time of the beer! Whether you’re shopping for the hophead who has everything, the lager lover who’s tough to please, or ...
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The 11 Best Breweries to Visit in Michigan

Ten years ago, my partner and I packed up our Volkswagen Tiguan (named Manuel) and left Chicago for the big lights of New York City. ...
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The 10 Best Breweries to Visit in Iowa

Breweries to keep an eye on in the Hawkeye State.
We’ve heard this piece of feedback before: You don’t feature enough breweries from the Midwest. Please rest assured—the Midwest has a special place in our ...
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The 13 Best Breweries in Minnesota

The "Land of 10,000 Beers".
Despite what people may think of the Midwest, Minnesota is actually a real treasure trove, full of James Beard Award-winning restaurants, renowned music clubs (hello, ...
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The Top Places We Want to Travel for Beer in 2025

Make sure your passport is updated.
We went to a lot of top places for beer in 2024—London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Czechia, Paso Robles, CA, Bellevue, WA, the Yakima Valley, and Denver, ...
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The Top Places We Traveled for Beer in 2024

Where in the world?
Over the last 365ish days, we’ve enjoyed some serious travel just for beer. Undoubtedly, discovering new places, beer cities, and meccas for craft is one ...
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The 11 Best Breweries of 2024

Bigger, better, beerier?
Every year, we think this list will get harder and harder to make. But then we get off our butts to drink at incredible beer ...
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Best New Breweries of 2024

New kids on the block.
Every year, the number of breweries opening in the U.S. creeps slightly higher. According to the Brewers Association, 9,906 breweries currently operate in the country ...
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The 11 Best Breweries in Sonoma and Napa Valley

Where to find more than wine.
Last spring, I traveled to Manchester, where I met Track Brewing Co-Founder Sam Dyson. An epic bike trip from Virginia to California inspired Dyson to ...
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15 Best Breweries in Hudson Valley and Upstate New York

Pure magic, 150 miles north of Manhattan.
Let me describe the Hudson Valley to those who have never lived in New York City. It’s a magical place about an hour’s drive north ...
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