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Total Eclipse of the Heart: Beers of the 2024 Solar Eclipse
Special glasses not needed...at least to drink!
As people across portions of the United States await the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, cities in the path of totality are even more ...
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The 5-Minute Guide to the Best Hangover Recovery
Busting morning mess myths.
We’ve all been there. Waking up the morning after bleary-eyed with a roaring headache and dry mouth. We turned over to the other side of ...
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A Norwegian, an Argentinian, and a Raccoon Walk Into a Bar: A Story as Strange as It Seems
From the Bay Area to Buenos Aires.
This is a strange story. One where a Norwegian meets an Argentinian, and they fall in love…with raccoons, becoming their inspiration when they, of all ...
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To Find Our Best Brewery of 2023, Just Look for the Barn Hex Above the Door
What looks like a five-sided flower bud in marigold orange interspersed with teal hop cones sits proudly atop the brewery. Everyone who walks under the ...
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The 12 Best Beer Festivals You Can’t Miss This Year
'Tis the season.
A few years ago, we traveled around the country, hosting a beer festival in a different city almost every month—Oakland, San Diego, Chicago, Portland, ME, ...
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Dokkaebier: Where I’ll Always Remember My First Kimchi Sour
Seoulful brewing.
The inconspicuous pail sat bubbling away on a table in the back of the brewery. I wouldn’t have even noticed if someone hadn’t pointed it ...
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Fast Friends Beer Co: When You’re There, You’re Family
Where everybody knows your name!
Shades of blue, orange, and green explode on the side of the wall in a colossal sunrise. Silhouettes of crops grow out of the cement ...
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Our 17 Favorite Beer Labels of 2023
Liquid art.
Puzzles, pops of color, and people. Shapes, seminal movies, and songs. In 2023, beer labels wowed us almost as much as the liquid in the ...
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BKS Artisan Ales: At the Corner of Crispy and Hoppy
For some, inspiration comes from the back of a napkin. Still, others find lightning striking in a bottle. For BKS Artisan Ales Co-Founders Brian and ...
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What Is a Winter Warmer?
Pull up a chair by the fire.
A couple of reindeer sit in plush forest green chairs before a roaring fire. Outside, snow-capped mountains abound while a red sleigh sits unused. Each ...
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The 9 Craft Beer Trends to Watch in 2024
We’ve set our new ‘beer’ resolutions for the year, we’ve told you which non-alcoholic brands to try, and we’ve shown you the breweries that we’re ...
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What Is a Lager Coolship?
Coolships aren't only for wild ales!
Hot wort comes bellowing out of the kettle at boiling temperatures and into a large, stainless steel vessel. The steam rises as the wort cascades ...
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Burning Barrel Brewing: Crazy Sours, Award-Winning Lagers, World’s Hottest Beer?
Beer on ????.
I wasn’t there, but apparently, it was a sh*tshow…in the best way. People came from across the state and further away, lining up outside Burning ...
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Walking Tree Brewing: Staying Rooted, Shots of Barleywine
Shut the f**k up and drink a beer!
I hooked my thumb onto the rim of a 4oz shot glass full of English barleywine. Balancing my pinky underneath and keeping my knuckles plastered ...
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The Most-Read Hop Culture Articles in 2023
Don't miss these!
With 2023 finally in our rear-view mirror, let’s look back at the most-read articles of the last twelve months. To us, 2023 finally seemed like ...
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