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The People of Craft Beer
The craft beer scene is full of people from diverse backgrounds with their own stories to tell. It’s what helps shape our communities and culture. Discover some of these voices in this collection of content.
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Varsity Brews: 12 Questions With Anthony Rahí Jaquez Moreno aka Tony J
A new Hop Culture Q&A series.
Last month, we introduced an entirely new series called Varsity Brews. With each bi-monthly piece, we’ll profile a different scholarship awardee from the Michael James ...
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Varsity Brews: 10 Questions With Gali Hernandez
A new Hop Culture Q&A series.
We’re not surprised that we included three people involved with the Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing & Distilling (MJF) on our list of “The ...
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In Her Shoes: Brewing to the Beat of Rhythm Brewing Co.
Step into the boots of professional brewer and salsa dancer Alisa Bowens-Mercado.
Alisa Bowens-Mercado, founder of Rhythm Brewing Co., has always moved to the rhythm of her own feet. A professional salsa dancer, Bowens-Mercado has owned her ...
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The Top 15 People to Watch in Craft Beer in 2024
We cheers to you!
We all spend an enormous amount of time appreciating the liquid in the can, but what about the person behind the beer? At the beginning ...
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Meet Orval’s Anne-Françoise Pypaert, the First Female Trappist Brewmaster
One trout, one ring, one beer, two women.
Legend has it that Abbaye d’Orval started with one woman. As the story goes, Countess Matilde of Tuscany, freshly widowed and grieving, stopped by a ...
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The 23 People to Watch in Craft Beer in 2023
How do you change a narrative? How do you bring diversity, equity, and inclusion to a predominantly white, male industry? There are certain people in ...
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7 Tips from the Professionals on How to Homebrew
Learn how to homebrew from the pros.
Brewing a beer is not necessarily a hard task (yes, all members of Hop Culture from Founder Kenny Gould to Managing Editor Grace Weitz have ...
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How Amy Cartwright Built Independence Brewing Co. into One of the Largest Breweries in Texas
Everything is bigger in Texas.
When Amy Cartwright opened Independence Brewing Co. in Austin in 2004, she was only one of three production breweries in the Texas city. And she ...
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Am I Drunk? Yes? No? I Have ALS: How Her ALS Story Is Breaking Barriers
An incredible group of women crushing stereotypes.
At the age of 25, Leah Stavenhagen started waking up with leg cramps in the middle of the night. Over the course of several months ...
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Meet the Women Behind Beers With(out) Beards
Our fifth annual Beers With(out) Beards lands on the shores of Portland, ME, in only two and a half weeks. If you haven’t nabbed your ...
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Catching Up with Untappd’s Former Scholarship Winner
Catching up with Untappd's 2021 Scholarship winner.
Last summer, Michelle Demetillo won Untappd’s scholarship covering one student’s full tuition to Appalachian State’s Summer Brewing Short Course. From July 25th to July 30th, ...
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The 55 Best Beer Instagram Accounts To Follow in 2022
The beer accounts you need to be following.
Over the last few years, Instagram has become an indispensable marketing tool for the craft beer industry. For breweries, posting gorgeous beer shots and announcing ...
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10 People to Watch in Craft Beer in 2022
Follow the lead of these folx in the industry.
Looking ahead to 2022, now more than ever, consumers want to know what a brewery stands for and how they’re shaping their communities. That could ...
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The 5 Ways COVID-19 Changed People’s Drinking Habits
The lowdown on lockdown drinking
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything in our lives from the way we drink and eat out to the way we approach personal safety and ...
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15 Questions with Averie Swanson, Founder of Keeping Together and Former Head Brewer at Jester King
Imagine working your way up from volunteer to head brewer at one of the most renowned breweries in the world. A brewery you’ve helped build. ...
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