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What Is a Belgian Pale Ale?

Belgian beers beyond dubbels, tripels, and quads.
We love Belgian beers. But most popular styles like dubbels and tripels are drinkable, but not sessionable. Sure, you can enjoy a Tripel Karmeliet or ...
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The 20 Best Beers to Drink in Spring 2022

Wake up and smell the fresh beers.
Last Sunday, the spring equinox officially ushered in a season of April showers, blooming flowers, baseball season (Wait, do we care?), and the promise of ...
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Meanwhile Brewing Teams Up with Dutch Artist for New IPA Series

How art and beer collide on the can.
What goes in a beer can matters more than what goes on a beer can. On this, we can all agree. But people drink with ...
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Everything You Need to Know About the 5th Annual Beers With(out) Beards Beer Festival

Support the most badass women in the craft beer industry.
In 2018, I conceptualized the first Beers With(out) Beards as part of my graduate school thesis capstone project at NYU. And over the past four ...
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Is West Coast IPA Finally Popular Again? (Or Did it Ever Go Away?)

The ultimate East Coast vs. West Coast IPA battle!
Throughout the last few centuries, beer styles have come and gone for various reasons: consumer tastes, scientific developments, ingredient availability (or discovery), and even war ...
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You’re Getting Very Very Hoppy: The Story Behind Firestone Walker’s Hopnosis

Get hypnotized by hops.
As American IPAs, hazies, and double dry-hopped beers have grown ever more popular, hop technology has made similar strides. For instance, cryo hopping, a process ...
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The 11 Best Breweries in Chicago

Finding whales in the windy city!
People love to drink in Chicago. From something as simple as chugging Old Styles watching the Cubs to downing a shot of the infamous Malort ...
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The Best Breweries to Visit Near National Parks

As pandemic restrictions started to lift last year, U.S. national parks experienced an unprecedented increase in visitors. People cooped up indoors for months looked to ...
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Top Food Halls With Great Craft Beer

Food + beer + more food = ????
While traveling to a new city everyone has a few musts, right? For instance, the Hop Culture team has to find that perfect coffee spot. ...
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4 Exciting Hops to Watch in 2022

Getting our "hops" up for new hops in 2022.
Without a doubt these are currently the most popular hops in contemporary craft brewing: Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, Amarillo, Columbus, Centennial, Cascade. Maybe throw Galaxy on ...
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The 5 Most Unique Ingredients in Peruvian Beer

I hadn’t slept in 24-hours. Between the flight from Miami, Florida to Lima, Peru, ten hours running between Peruvian government agencies and import offices, and ...
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The Top 10 Beers We Drank in January

A new year means new beers!
Hop Culture has really hit the ground running in 2022. Last week we announced that our 5th annual women in craft beer festival Beers With(out) ...
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The New Brewery Incubator Helping Minority-Owned Businesses “Pilot” Their Brands

Letting minority-owned breweries soar to new heights.
With nearly 9,000 breweries operating in the United States, opening up a brewery has many challenges. But especially minority-owned businesses face special hurdles. Contract brewing ...
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What Exactly Is a Berliner Weisse?

The Champagne of the North.
Light, golden, zippy, and zingy, the Berliner Weisse beer style earned the nickname “Champagne of the North” from Napoleon’s troops. But what exactly is a ...
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8 Beer Industry Trends to Watch in 2022

What to watch in the craft beer industry in 2022.
Roll with the punches. Adapt. Pivot. These are phrases and words we thought we might have a chance to leave behind last year. Instead, for ...
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