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In Her Shoes: Brewing to the Beat of Rhythm Brewing Co.

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In Her Shoes: Brewing to the Beat of Rhythm Brewing Co.

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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Meet the Single Mom and Brewery Owner Brewing the American Dream

Meet the newest winner of the Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program.
On one of her worst brew days, Kate Russell, Founder and Head Brewer at Hopkinsville Brewing Co. in Hopkinsville, KY received a phone call. “I ...
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20 Questions with the Winner of Untappd’s Scholarship to The Appalachian State Brewing Short Course

Desert island beers, lady brewsters, and a sweet brewing scholarship.
Last month, Untappd announced open applications for a scholarship covering one student’s full tuition to Appalachian State’s Summer Brewing Short Course. Taught from July 25h ...
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5 Questions With Hop Culture’s New Brand Ambassadors

Meet the inaugural cohort!
What do three cats, a photographer wandering her way through California, and a young craft enthusiast sporting some of the rarest beers around have in ...
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