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The Best Beer from the Vermont Brewers Festival
How the state that invented the modern IPA is pushing the style.
If you’re feeling disillusioned with craft beer’s overwhelming emphasis on IPAs differentiated only by hop bills and offhandedly wacky supplementary elements, book yourself a trip ...
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100 Years Cellador and Hop Culture: The Making of a Carrot Beer
Just two friends making a carrot beer.
Who knew that Kevin Osborne, founder of Cellador, and Kenny Gould, founder of Hop Culture, would become great friends? The two met at a Hop ...
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How to Pair Cigars and Beer with The Tank’s Ahmed Fernandez
A classy pairing.
When you hear the words “beer pairing” your mind instantly goes to food. You envision a menu with detailed instructions from the house cicerone and ...
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Blind Tasting 30 of the Best Pilsners
#SummerOfPils
It’s officially the summer of pilsners. Forget dank and juicy triple IPAs, don’t give me your quadruple-fruited sours, and get that stout out of your ...
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The Best Beers for a Weekend Fishing Trip
Go fish!
Summer is upon us, ladies and gentlemen. Proof? I’m writing this from the great state of Minnesota and it’s 96 degrees. Good thing there are ...
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The Best Beers to Serve at the Summer BBQ
Grillin' and chillin'.
Food is one part of a cookout. An important one, sure, but still just one piece. Often overlooked is the cooler of beer. Not solely ...
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This Father’s Day, Split a Bottle of Suarez Kinda Classic With Your Dad
Make Father's Day kinda classic.
Kinda Classic at a glance: Suarez Family Brewery — located in Hudson, New York — is owned by Dan and Taylor Suarez, their child Enzo, ...
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The 10 Best Beers to Bring on a Hike
Take a hike!
Making sure you’ve packed a few beers for proper enjoyment on the trail is perhaps just as important as filling your Camelbak for proper hydration. ...
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Here’s What to Drink at Juicy Brews Summer Invitational
Drink it up.
We’re only a few days away from the Juicy Brews Summer Craft Beer Invitational (woo!). If you still haven’t gotten your tickets (boo!) click here ...
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Brewing a Brooklyn Sake Lager with Five Boroughs and Kura Sake
Sake. Sake. Beer.
Meditative music wafted through the uncomfortably warm room. My forehead furrowed in concentration as tiny beads of sweat slipped down onto my eyebrows. I stretched ...
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You Should Be Drinking House of Fermentology this Summer
If you aren't already.
House of Fermentology at a glance: House of Fermentology (HOF) is a beer blendery based in Burlington, Vermont, that was started by Todd Haire and ...
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Crafting the Perfect Bouquet with Flowers and Beer for Mother’s Day
Take your Mother's Day gift to the next level.
Flowers are a tried and true gift for Mother’s Day. A bouquet of tulips in the kitchen adds a pop of color. A hanging hydrangea ...
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The Old and New of Yakima’s Beer Scene
Yakima could be the next craft beer destination.
You’ve been waiting in line all morning for the release of a new, juicy New England IPA. It’s double dry hopped with Citra, Amarillo, and ...
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Tasting a Banned CBD-Infused Beer for 4/20
Vermont's first CBD-infused beer.
Medicator at a glance: Long Trail Brewing Co. collaborated with Luce Farm, which grows hemp plants, for this beer. A pale ale/IPA hybrid with Columbus, ...
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Here’s What to Drink at Juicy Brews WestFest
Oakland is gonna be juicy.
Juicy Brews WestFest, Hop Culture’s first craft beer festival on the West Coast, is only a few days away. We’re excited to bring along some ...
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