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The 20 Best Beers to Drink in Summer 2021
Simply the best of summer.
Each season brings another opportunity to drink a variety of beer styles. In the fall, we start to crack darker beers. In winter, we huddled ...
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The 12 Best Hard Seltzers For Summer 2021 According to the Experts
The buzz on bubbles.
We’ve said it before but we’ll say it again. Craft hard seltzer is having its moment. According to recent sales data from IWSR Americas, hard ...
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Humble Sea Brewing Co. Opens New Taproom in Pacifica
California's hidden gem brewery is heading up the coast.
Back in 2019, the Hop Culture team traveled to Northern California to host its second annual Juicy Brews WestFest beer festival at Drake’s Brewing Co. ...
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The 10 Best Craft Meads We’re Drinking in Summer 2021
Do you feel the need....the need for mead?
At Hop Culture, we believe there’s a craft beer out there for everyone. Like hops? Drink an IPA. Enjoy tart and juicy fruits? Try a ...
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The Best Beer Styles To Drink This Summer
Light 'em up!
Four score and seven years ago, Benjamin Franklin might have been drinking a beer on the Fourth of July, celebrating his signature on the Declaration ...
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What Is a Kölsch?
Here's why you need to try this humble style of beer.
When you’re responsible for bringing the beer to dinner, you pack different styles so there’s something for everyone. IPA, sour, maybe even a hard seltzer. ...
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How Haitian, Puerto Rican, Filipino, Canadian, Jamaican, Trinidadian, and Mexican-owned Brockton Beer Company Unites a Community
Beer has the power to unite. Brockton Beer Company proves it.
Ed Cabellon, co-founder of Brockton, Massachusetts’ nascent Brockton Beer Company, thinks about the brewery in terms of being a “catalyst for change.” By drawing crowds ...
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What Are Cryo Hops?
The cold, hard truth about these super hops.
Over the past few years, heavily-hopped hazy IPAs have exploded in popularity. Simultaneously, brewers have been demanding American hop varietals such as Amarillo, Cascade, and ...
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Bell’s Light Hearted Is the Low-Cal IPA You Should Be Drinking This Summer
The iconic American brewery has the beat of better-for-you beer.
In 1997, Bell’s Brewery debuted its now-iconic Two Hearted Ale. Over the years, the tremendously successful American IPA has won numerous awards, including four straight ...
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The Best Dessert-Inspired Sours of New England
For all you sweet tooths.
Let’s imagine a comforting but presently ill-advised scenario. You’re out at a restaurant with your friends sharing a meal. The appetizers have come and gone, ...
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Tasting Jester King Brewery Provenance Blood Orange and Tangerine Sour Beer
The world-renowned farmhouse brewery juiced nearly 1,000 pounds of blood oranges and tangerines for this sour.
The next time you open a good beer, take a moment to acknowledge that your enjoyment results from a laborious process. Grain is tricked into ...
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Major New England Brewery Signals A Growing Trend With Rescue Club, A New Non-Alcoholic Beer Brand
You won’t even miss the alcohol is this new non-alcoholic IPA.
It’s not the alcohol that makes the party, but the people. That’s the mantra Vermont-based Zero Gravity Craft Brewery wants to emphasize with its newest ...
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The Best Hazy IPA We Tried This Week Is From a 25 Year Old California Brewery, And It Only Has 96 Calories
Firestone Walker's first foray into better-for-you beverages.
Over the last 25 years, California’s Firestone Walker Brewing Company has made a name for itself by driving innovation in craft beer. Starting as an ...
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Collective Arts Launches Sparkling Hard Teas
Spilling the tea on Collective Arts' newest innovation.
Over the past few months, better-for-you beverages have become an important trend in craft beer. From CBD-infused drinks to low-carb hard seltzers and hard kombuchas, ...
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Cigar City Launches A Uniquely Floridian Hard Seltzer
This juice was worth the squeeze.
Hard seltzer is certainly having its time in the spotlight. According to recent sales data from IWSR Americas, hard seltzers sales are expected to surpass ...
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