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The Best Beer from Extreme Beer Fest 2019
Taking a look at the meaning of "Extreme."
BeerAdvocate’s Extreme Beer Fest is the perfect staging ground for heightened creativity and pushed boundaries in craft brewing. In the festival’s 16th annual run, “extreme” ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week
Our favorite beers of the week.
After throwing a banger of a fest on the West Coast with Horus Aged Ales, Kenny and I jetted off to Miami for J. Wakefield’s ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week
Our favorite beers of the week.
We did it. We teamed up with Horus Aged Ales to throw the Horus HOOTenanny this past weekend. It was a gorgeous day in Southern ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week
Our favorite beers of the week.
It’s crunch time for Hop Culture. We are hard at work making sure the Hop Culture x Horus Aged Ales ‘Horus HOOTenanny’ goes off without ...
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What Is the Solera Brewing Method?
A mathematical approach to brewing.
Imagine barrels of beer, stacked as far as the eye can see, row upon row of wooden casks tenderly nurturing their contents as they age ...
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Sour vs Wild: What’s the Difference?
We asked a couple of brewers what the difference is between 'sour' and 'wild.'
You may have heard the terms “sour” and “wild” used interchangeably to refer to brews with tart or funky flavor profiles. Although those words can, ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week
Our favorite beers of the week.
It’s been a busy week for the Hop Culture team. I’m still in the Triangle area of North Carolina, Olivia flew out to San Diego ...
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Allagash White Will Be Released in Cans This Spring
The world-class beer is getting a rebrand.
Allagash White is one of the best American beers. Period. If you don’t agree, you can stop reading now. White is simple, a zesty Belgian ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week
Our favorite beers of the week.
We hope has had a great start to the New Year! The last few weeks of 2018 were a whirlwind and we’re excited to see ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Drank This Week
Our favorite beers of the week.
Happy New Years! It’s been an incredibly exciting year for Hop Culture and we’re extremely thankful for everyone who has read the site or joined ...
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The 15 Best Breweries to Watch in 2019
If you don't know, now you know.
Running a beer magazine comes with myriad pleasures (Fame! Money! Health insurance!), but my biggest pleasure by far is the annual “Breweries to Watch” list. ...
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The 15 Best Beers to Drink This Winter
Warm up with these wintry beers.
It’s stout season, baby. Time to light the fire, pop those imperial stouts, and enjoy an evening with friends. We might not agree on everything, ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Drank This Week
Our favorite beers of the week.
Merry Christmas Eve everyone! We hope everyone’s enjoying the holidays with friends and family. The Hop Culture team is taking a few days of much-needed ...
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What Exactly is a Christmas Beer?
Ho ho ho!
With the holidays fast approaching, the shelves of your local bottle shop are likely already laden with seasonal offerings. You might see the phrase “Christmas ...
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The 15 Best Breweries of 2018
Threes Brewing is our Best Brewery of 2018.
I don’t use Untappd anymore, mostly because I don’t want to know how many beers I’ve tried. Needless to say, it’s a lot. An embarrassing ...
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