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9 Best Craft Beer Podcasts of 2022

Need to kick up your craft beer knowledge? Tune into these nine great beer podcasts.
With everyone and their grandma making a podcast these days, it can be tough to find the good ones. Craft beer podcasts are particularly tricky. ...
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Phantasm, an “Unreal” New Ingredient Making Hazy Beers Even Juicier

It's scary how cool this new ingredient is...
Why do we love hazy beer? Answers will vary, of course. But it’s undeniable that we enjoy New England-style IPAs because they are uber juicy ...
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14 Most Iconic Beers We’re Drinking to Celebrate National Beer Day

History breaking beers for a historical day!
Celebrated every year on April 7th, National Beer Day recognizes the day President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) legally allowed beer to once again be manufactured ...
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Cannonball Into Sierra Nevada’s Seasonal Session Hazy, Summer Break

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We know spring just bloomed, but c’mon this season really just signifies that summer is on the horizon. And we all know summer reigns as ...
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The Top 10 Beers We Drank in March

St. Patrick's Day, spring, and sun.
March signifies spring. This month we shake off the last of winter’s icicles and emerge from hibernation. Accordingly, our beer tastes start to shift from ...
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Rogue Monsters of IPA: Three Beasts, Three Beers, Who Will Win?

The ultimate battle of the beasts and beers!
Deep in the woods of Mount St. Helens lives a monster. Part bat, part flying primate, Batsquatch roams the woods searching for their prey. Last ...
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This New Mighty Swell Spiked Seltzer Variety Pack Has the Weirdest Flavors We’ve Ever Seen

Mighty Swell's newest variety pack is keeping it werid.
Are you having a Mighty Swell day? One Austin-based company hopes that by bringing its quirky and inventive flavors to the party, its spiked seltzers ...
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What Is a Belgian Pale Ale?

Belgian beers beyond dubbels, tripels, and quads.
We love Belgian beers. But most popular styles like dubbels and tripels are drinkable, but not sessionable. Sure, you can enjoy a Tripel Karmeliet or ...
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The 20 Best Beers to Drink in Spring 2022

Wake up and smell the fresh beers.
Last Sunday, the spring equinox officially ushered in a season of April showers, blooming flowers, baseball season (Wait, do we care?), and the promise of ...
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What Is an Irish Dry Stout?

The style of one of the world's most iconic beers.
Do you know the style of one of the world’s most iconic beers? Hint: it’s not a hazy IPA. Nope, it’s not an American IPA. ...
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The 5 Hottest Hops of 2022, According to an Expert

These little green cones are on fire.
Hops are hot. Every which way we turn, whether it’s scrolling through Instagram, perusing cans on a shelf, skimming through a tap list, or just ...
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Is West Coast IPA Finally Popular Again? (Or Did it Ever Go Away?)

The ultimate East Coast vs. West Coast IPA battle!
Throughout the last few centuries, beer styles have come and gone for various reasons: consumer tastes, scientific developments, ingredient availability (or discovery), and even war ...
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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 10 Beers We Drank in February

Everyone knows that February is a short month. Somehow losing just two to three days makes everything seem more frantic. Luckily, we crammed a whole ...
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Pairing Beer and Cocktails, According to an Expert

Shaken not stirred.
One of the oldest professions in the world, bartending has shaped many of the special moments we’ve celebrated throughout our lives. Bartenders have been there ...
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You’re Getting Very Very Hoppy: The Story Behind Firestone Walker’s Hopnosis

Get hypnotized by hops.
As American IPAs, hazies, and double dry-hopped beers have grown ever more popular, hop technology has made similar strides. For instance, cryo hopping, a process ...
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