The Culture of Craft Beer

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Strength in Unity: Why the Belgian-Inspired Fait La Force Is Nashville’s Hottest Brewery

A Victorian castle with an NBA Jam arcade.
Faces stared back at me from their Victorian frames. People of all shapes, sizes, ages, genders, and races dotted the wall. In the middle, an ...
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Three Black Brewery Owners Share How to Observe Juneteenth

A guide to respectfully observing Juneteenth.
On June 19th, 1865, a group of enslaved people in Galveston, TX, learned they had been freed from slavery…two and a-half years after President Abraham ...
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Get Me a Slice of Some Hamm’s

Hamm it up!
In “Marriage of Figaro,” the third episode in Matthew Weiner’s monumental AMC period drama Mad Men, Don Draper, the maddest of men, undertakes an ancient ...
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Celebrate World Whisky Day With Unique Beer-Inspired Whiskey

Neat, on the rocks, or in a cocktail, whet your whistle!
Considered the water of life, whiskey (whisky) has become one of the most popular spirits in America and worldwide. So much so that even breweries ...
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ProBrewer, Athletic, and More Raise $225k for Michael James Jackson Foundation

Raising the bar without 'checking a box'
As the sun set over the Nashville city skyline, Michael James Jackson Foundation (MJF) Founder and Chair Garrett Oliver held up a life-size check for ...
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Who Won Gold at the World Beer Cup Awards

And the gold goes to...
Started by the Brewers Association in 1996, the World Beer Cup celebrates the pinnacle of global craft beer. This year, an international panel of 272 ...
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The National Black Brewers Association Explodes Into Craft Beer With a Bang

A big first for craft beer.
The buzz rose from a low rumble to an ear-numbing roar as more and more people crowded into Slim & Husky’s on Broadway in Nashville, ...
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What Do 17.77 Tallboys of Pilsner Urquell, Six American Brewers, and One Bus Have in Common?

It’s 8 o’clock in the morning somewhere in Czechia. Six well-respected American brewers pile on to a bus—Peter Kiley, brewmaster at Monday Night Brewing; Shawn ...
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Why Pickleball and Craft Beer Are the Perfect Match

What's the big dill?
A year ago, my then-seventy-five-year-old parents told me they had started playing a new sport. Twice a week, they would grab these ping-pong-looking paddles and ...
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Where the Wild Things Are: Finding a Place for Wild Ales in Craft Beer

Let the wild rumpus start!
The temperatures hovered around freezing, but instead of pulling my duvet up to my neck, I shuffled out of my car into the frosty night. ...
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The Best Brewery Near Every MLB Baseball Stadium

Take me out to the taproom
The crack of the bat and the snap of a peanut shell. The smell of freshly mowed grass and lukewarm hotdogs. The feeling of the ...
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The 16 Most Insane Craft Beer Labels from North Carolina Breweries in 2023

For the last three years, we’ve covered the North Carolina Craft Brewers Guild’s Label Insanity Competition, and each year, the craft beer labels get more ...
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We Asked 15 Brewers: What Is Your Favorite Hop?

Happy in hops.
Every month, every week, every hour of every day, it feels as if craft brewers are discovering and experimenting with new hops in their IPAs ...
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The Cult of Guinness: The Crazy History of One of the World’s Most Iconic Breweries

Over two hundred and sixty years. Countless stories. Many iconic beers. And the world's biggest stout brewery.
At five in the morning, Chris Hayden got off the plane in Dublin, Ireland. He had flown across the Atlantic Ocean for only one thing: ...
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Prison Pals, Florida’s Hottest Brewery, Gets Even Hotter

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Just under two years ago, a new brewery opened up in South Florida, a hotbed for some of the most incredible breweries in the country ...
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Luck Reunion: The Crazy Music Festival Held at Willie Nelson’s Ranch

"The life I love is making music with my friends"...and drinking with them too!
Willie Nelson, Terry Allen, the Panhandle Mystery Band, Guster, Spoon, Ethel Cain, and more will all converge on Nelson’s Luck Ranch in Spicewood, TX, on ...
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