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What Is Mead? The Buzz Behind the World’s Oldest Fermented Beverage

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What Is Mead? The Buzz Behind the World’s Oldest Fermented Beverage

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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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 Top 11 Beers We Drank in July 2025

Summer is hot. Beer is cold.
Hop Culture’s summer travel adventures continued with visits to Estonia and Latvia. We were most excited to check out the world-renowned Põhjala, known for its ...
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The 25 Most Iconic Beers to Drink This Summer

Grill, chill, and spill.
We’ll admit, we’ve been slacking a little bit this year on giving you the best beers of the season. Don’t hate us! We’ve simply been ...
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Why Mezcal Barrels Are Currently Hotter Than Bourbon Barrels

Where there's smoke, there's fire. The hottest new barrels in beer.
Roll over, bourbon barrel-aged beers, and make room for mezcal-aged ones. The availability of mezcal barrel-aged craft beers follows a sharp rise in mezcal production ...
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The Top 17 Beers We Drank in June 2025

We teased our travels with you last month. At the end of May and early June, Hop Culture Senior Content Editor Grace Lee-Weitz covered some ...
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The 15 Best American IPAs Available in Most Stores Right Now

Nab these fantastic American IPAs at your corner bodega, supermarket, or craft beer store.
For the past few years, we’ve assembled a series around the best beers to find at a store near you. We’ve covered the “Best Hazy ...
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Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated Graff Cider

A cider a day...
You know what they say about an apple a day. Well, on June 3rd, aka World Cider Day, doctors everywhere will recommend a healthy cider ...
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The Top 10 Beers We Drank in May 2025

Making the most of May.
Phew, with our travels to Australia and New Zealand, March and April were some intense drinking months. With that in mind, did we take it ...
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The 11 Best Hazy IPAs Available in Most Stores Right Now

A great hazy IPA isn't too far away.
More often than not, the best hazy IPAs are from local breweries. The trendy, turbid beer style, popularized by New England breweries like The Alchemist, ...
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Uncommon Common: What Is a Kentucky Common Dark Cream Ale?

Win, place, showstopper.
Every country can lay claim to a few historic styles of beer. Germany has helles, kölsch, altbier, rauchbier, landbier, and Munich dunkel, to name a ...
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The Top 20 Beers We Drank in March/April 2025

Mad hops.
We spent most of March traveling around New Zealand and Australia for the hop harvest, so we’re combining our favorite beers from our travels and ...
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8,375 Beers, 265 Judges, 1 Champion Event: Winners from the 2025 World Beer Cup

Winner winner, beer dinner.
Since 1996, the Brewers Association has recognized breweries at the World Beer Cup, one of the world’s most prestigious and esteemed competitions for craft beer ...
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The 8 Best Whiskies from Breweries to Drink on St. Patrick’s Day (2025)

Water of life!
Considered the water of life, whiskey (whisky) has become one of the most popular spirits in America and worldwide. So much so that even breweries ...
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Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated New England/Hazy IPAs [UPDATED]

Hops. Hops. Hops.
Spring is here! Let’s let the good hops roll by looking at the data for one of the most popular styles in the entire country: ...
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