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9 Things You Didn’t Know About Half Acre’s Daisy Cutter
The beer that will never be pushing daisies.
“I’ll take a Daisy.” Half Acre Beer Co. Co-Founder Gabriel Magliaro can’t tell you how many hundreds of times he’s heard that refrain when someone ...
The 5-Minute Guide to IPA Food Pairing
Hoppy meet tasty.
You like food, and you like IPAs. So why not enhance both by pairing them harmoniously together? Here’s my five-minute guide to IPA food pairing. ...
Duck Sauce, Duke’s Mayo, & Durham – Catching Up With DSSOLVR
Surrealist beers that melt your face.
Even Vince Tursi and Mike Semenec, co-founders of one of North Carolina’s most highly stylized and sought-after breweries, DSSOLVR, probably didn’t imagine mayonnaise and Chinese ...
Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated American IPAs
Hop Hop Hooray!
Happy National IPA Day! You may have already noticed, but we’ve been giving hops their humble (laugh) due for the past couple of weeks to ...
We Asked 13 Brewers: What Was Your First IPA?
Hoppy, hoppy, hoppy!
Do we love anything more than an origin story? Especially when discovering the first IPA some of the best brewers around the country drank. Everyone’s ...
The Top 11 Beers We Drank in July 2024
Summer standouts.
We’re deep into the throes of summer now. So, if you’re like us, you’re taking some summer snapshots of moments to keep in your brain ...
Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated Imperial New England-Style/Hazy IPAs
Juice for days.
You don’t need us to tell you that hazy IPAs are the darling of beer, the twinkle in everyone’s eye, the bee’s knees, the cat’s ...
What Is Umqombothi? The Thousands Year Old African Beer Style
An untold beer history.
Mix sorghum and maize with warm water. Let the mixture sit overnight, bringing it to a boil the following morning. Add a starter—often more sorghum ...
Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated Smoothie/Pastry Sours
We like to eat dessert first, even with beer. Continued innovation of the pastry stout saw brewers pack as many candy-like ingredients and inspiration into ...
What Is an Italian Pilsner?
Yes, the Italians make more than just pizza and wine.
The humble pilsner can seem simple, but beneath those golden ripples and frothy head is a beer that can be cunningly complex. Ask around, and ...
Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated American Light Lagers
Perfect for the Fourth of July!
We’ve come a long way from filling our red solo cups with that American light lager. And while we no longer play flip cup with ...
The Top 12 Beers We Drank in June 2024
Czech it out!
Our spring adventures started in April with a visit to theU.K. and Czech Republic, the former of which we covered in last month’s “The Top ...
Firestone Walker Has Never Done This Before
When Firestone Walker released its newest West Coast IPA mixed pack earlier this year, they did something they never had before: capturing the full arc ...
The 9 Best Beers We Drank at the Firestone Walker Invitational 2024
The best beers from the best fest.
Now in its eleventh year, the immense Firestone Walker Invitational continues to be one of the can’t-miss beer festivals of the year. Firestone Walker graciously ...
The 29 Most Iconic Beers to Drink in Summer 2024
C-A-N-N-O-N-B-E-E-R!
School’s out for summer! If only we could say the same about work, are we right? Just kidding. But summer does have us screaming at ...