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5 Under-the-Radar Breweries with the Best Hazy IPAs, According to the Experts

We're still in a haze.
Remember when we said we’re all still crazy for hazy? The numbers don’t lie. According to recent NielsenIQ data analyzed by Bump Williams Consulting (BWC), ...
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5 Breweries with the Best Hazy IPAs, According to You

Haze craze still has us in a daze.
We think it’s fair to say that the haze craze still has us in a daze. And we’re not the only ones. Last year the ...
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We’re Grabbing a Fresh 4-Pack from These 6 NorCal Breweries to Throw in Our New CamelBak ChillBak

Chill beers for a ChillBak.
Imagine my surprise when I learned that CamelBak, the company who’s pack I’d been devotedly slinging on my back for the last ten years, calls ...
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The Top 10 Beers We Drank in July

The best beers we drank this month.
Summer is almost over. Which is why we need to write about the best beers we’re drinking more than ever. Do you think we’re being ...
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The 20 Best Beers to Drink in Summer 2022

Shining sun in a can.
Recently, we celebrated the longest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. With close to fifteen hours of sun in most parts of the ...
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Built on the Backs of Mountain Bikers: CamelBak x Oskar Blues Collab on New Beer

A beer built for adventure.
Built on the backs of mountain bikers, CamelBak and Oskar Blues have teamed up for a one-of-a-kind collab. Both companies share similar origin stories and ...
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Are Black IPAs Back from the Brink of Oblivion?

The beer style that's like a Jedi mind trick.
An intriguing style, black IPAs combine darker malts with a bevy of hops. This style falls perplexingly in the middle of a Venn diagram with ...
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The 12 Best Session IPAs Available in Most Stores Right Now

Find these session IPAs on shelves near you.
Let us start by making this simple statement: We love IPAs. American IPAs give us big, bold, beautiful floral, citrus-y characteristics compounded by a dank ...
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The Top 10 Beers We Drank in June

The best beers we drank this month.
With summer in full swing, we’ve been crushing on fruited sours, light lagers, and even the occasional farmhouse ale or two. It’s just an incredible ...
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Favorite Beer and BBQ Pairings, According to a James Beard Award-Winning Pitmaster

Rodney Scott shares his top picks for food and drink pairings at your Fourth of July cookout.
This weekend, we’ll be gathered in the backyard with family. Most likely, fixing up a plate of Uncle Joe’s famous dry rubbed ribs, smoked wings, ...
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The 10 Best Sours Available in Most Stores Right Now

Grab these approachable sours at the store down the street.
Recently, we’ve enjoyed putting together a series on some of the best style-specific beers you can find in a store near year. So far in ...
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What Exactly Is a Milkshake IPA?

Five of our favorite examples of the style.
While Cold IPAs and dessert-inspired sours have taken the industry by storm, undoubtedly one of the most trendy and talked-about beer styles of the past ...
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Castle Island’s Fiver Initiative Launches a Legacy in the Local Community

One beer. Five organizations. One year of Ggving.
One beer. Five organizations. One year of giving. Philanthropy has been a core component of Castle Island since the beginning. For years, the brewery ran ...
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The Top 11 Beers We Drank in May

Spring has certainly sprung in May with an abundance of beer coming our way. So much so that we couldn’t decide on just the ten ...
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The Four Hottest (and Coolest) Hop Trends

Hops are so hot. These trends are even hotter.
Here is a simple truth: Hops are hot. Oh, how we are all in love with those little green cones like Citra, Centennial, and Cascade ...
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The Top 10 Beers We Drank in April

National Beer Day, Saison Day, and many birthdays.
April showers bring May flowers, right? Well, this month certainly showered us with beer. We celebrated our fifth annual Beers With(out) Beards in Portland, ME, ...
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