Learn More About Dustin Jeffers

Dustin Jeffers is a Brewery Solution Consultant at Next Glass. He received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Connecticut and his Master's Degree from Florida Atlantic University. He has been in the beer industry since 2012, working at Saltwater Brewery as the Head Brewer and Chief Operations Officer, and at 3 Sons Brewing Co. as the Director of Operations. Dustin has been a part of multiple aspects of the brewing industry, including brewing, front-of-house, sales, and operations. Dustin now works for Next Glass, Inc as a Brewery Solutions Consultant discussing all the solutions Next Glass has to offer for the beverage alcohol industry.

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CLAG Brewing, Where You Can Get a Bowl of Pho and a Double IPA

Pho-nomenal beer.
Born and raised in Vietnam, CLAG Brewing Founder Kha Bui fled his home country in 1989 with seventeen other people. He spent ten days and ...
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The Top 15 Beers We Drank in August 2025

Busy drinking bees.
Busy-as-a-bee type of month here at Hop Culture. And not just because we spent an entire week talking about mead! We recounted our nine-day adventures ...
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The 17 Best Oktoberfests Available in Most Stores Right Now

Prost! Toast! Clinking steins.
This month, the 190th Oktoberfest will kick off in Munich, Germany. And for the first time in Hop Culture history, we’re hopping a plane to ...
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From Foraged Ingredients to World-Class Beers: Inside Forager Brewery

A new wild discovery.
Forager Brewery Co-Owner Annie Henderson never in a million years thought she’d own a brewery. She wasn’t a homebrewer with a garage full of carboys ...
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What Is Mead? The Buzz Behind the World’s Oldest Fermented Beverage

What is the world’s oldest fermented beverage? Beer? Wine? The answer may surprise you. Although if you even semi-paid attention to the title of this ...
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Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated Traditional Mead

Un-bee-lievable.
A fermented alcoholic beverage also called honey wine (a bit of a misnomer, really) or “nectar of the gods,” mead is the world’s oldest fermented ...
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The Magic Kingdom of Meads: Zymarium Meadery Is a Hidden-Gem in Orlando Making Mead for the Future

Bzzzzz.
Orlando might be known for castles, wizards, and a specific famous mouse, but tucked away from the theme park hustle is an entirely different kind ...
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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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Up North, Home at Last: The Story of Elder Piper Beer & Cider

Lake lager.
Up north. Two little words. But if you know, you know. Growing up in the lake-filled land of Minnesota, my family and I would pack ...
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America’s Next Great Novel: The 30-Year Story of Dogfish Head

Off-centered goodness for off-centered people.
This isn’t an introduction to the next great American novel, but it could be the first page. It’s a party. Just not one that we’ve ...
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Japanese Rice Lager: A Simple Recipe Achieves Phenomenal Results

Crisp, clean.
It’s no secret that light lagers are gaining traction within craft beer trends. The style has even climbed up Untappd’s Year in Beer charts, ranking ...
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The 18 Best Craft Breweries and Bars in Tokyo, Japan

Kanpai (かんぱい)! Cheers!
When Hop Culture Founder Kenny Gould spent two weeks in Japan in 2019, he came back regaling the country’s whiskey producers. But the best breweries ...
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How to Visit All the Breweries on Iceland’s Ring Road

Waterfalls, sheep, and beer.
I haven’t seen the night sky or a sunset in nine days. For that matter, I haven’t seen a sunrise. Each cloudy day blurs into ...
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Over the Mountain, Through the Snow, To a Brewery at the Edge of the World We Go

Where the puffins, elves, and great pilsners roam.
My hands grip the wheel of our Suzuki Vitara a little tighter. Grey clouds that at first appeared drab and harmless, and puffed themselves up ...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Lawson’s Sip of Sunshine

Sunshine in a glass.
What do you get when you mix a college student reading The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, a Toyota Prius full of beer, and a wild ...
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