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Craft Beer Travel Guides
Planning your next vacation or trip? The Hop Culture team has been all over and we have chronicled some of the best places to visit if you’re looking for your next beer destination.
The 5 Best Beer Bars in Chicago
Finding quality brews in Chicago.
This past summer the Hop Culture team traveled to Chicago to throw Juicy Brews Art Gallery at Marz Community Brewing. Beyond getting a chance to ...
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The 5 Best Bottleshops in Chicago, IL
Where to get a 4-pack in Chicago.
In a city touting the most breweries among any other metropolitan area in the United States (not per capita, mind you), great sources for beer ...
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Shacksbury Cider’s Harvest Camp is Summer Camp for Grownups
Where we drink cider and eat cheese.
Sitting around a roaring campfire on a crisp October night in Pittsford, Vermont, Krista Scruggs, winemaker and founder of ZAFA Wines and Co Cellars, pops ...
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5 Spooky Breweries to Visit This Halloween Season
These spooky days call for boo-tiful beers.
Once upon a full moon, beer and witches (well, the concept of witches) went hand in hand. In medieval times and more recent history, alewives ...
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The 5 Best Craft Beer Destinations in Tokyo, Japan
If one wants to trace the proliferation of American craft breweries back to its roots, he or she need not look further than 1978, when ...
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Four Essential Beer Destinations in Belgium
Consider Belgium the ultimate beer destination.
If you’re on a quest to drink a wide range of phenomenal Belgian beers at the source, here are four venues—one brewery and three bars—that ...
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The 5 Best Breweries in Munich to Visit During Oktoberfest
Prost!
Heritage and heart drive the humming beer scene in Munich, Germany. With Oktoberfest officially beginning Saturday, September 21st, 2019, the Bavarian capital will welcome an ...
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The 5 Best Craft Breweries in Mexico City, Mexico
¡Salud!
Beer is an international drink. While it sometimes feels like craft beer is localized to the United States, brewers and bartenders around the world are ...
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The Best Bars in America to Find a Beer Cocktail with Jameson Caskmates
Beer and a shot: the ultimate pairing.
Few pairings are as simple and perfect as a shot and a beer, either mixed or discreet. The boilermaker (as it’s known) says to the ...
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The 5 Best Bottle Shops in Miami, Florida
Where to shop for beer in Miami.
These days there’s no shortage of great beer in Miami, FL. In just about every neighborhood, you can stop into a bar or brewery for ...
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The 5 Best Beer Bars in Miami, Florida
Where to order a beer in Miami.
What bars should I visit when I come to Miami? It’s a common question friends and relatives have when they come into town that doesn’t ...
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48 Hours of Beer Drinking in Miami, Florida
A local's guide to Miami.
Full disclosure: I’m a local. When I picture Miami, I don’t really think of Miami Vice colors, clubs with bottle service, or DJs that play ...
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5 Colorado Breweries Flying Under the Radar
Seek out these Colorado hidden gems.
In a state that’s known for its craft beer, breaking the barrier to national–or even local–attention can be an impossible task. Colorado is home to ...
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How Free the Whales Became Florida’s Best Beer Party
Florida's best beer fest started as a birthday party.
You’re not dreaming. Cantillon, 3 Sons, Moksa, and Bottle Logic are on draft. Cans of Other Half, Calusa, and Equilibrium sit in basins on the ...
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Postcard: Eating and Drinking Our Way Through Copenhagen
Hjönk!
Everyone told me Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen was one of the best beer festivals in the world, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. Over a hundred ...
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