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Mad Fritz: The Mad Scientist Behind One of Napa Valley’s Best-Kept Secrets

Beer with heart, soul, and origin.
Some pages were weathered by time, stained and streaked with dirt, or patched with crumbling masking tape. Each filled with slightly illegible handwritten notes in ...
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61 Queer-Led and Queer-Supporting Breweries to Champion Right Now (And Forever)

Support LGBTQIA+ folx in the craft beer industry!
Inclusion, equality, and justice. These three words have become a cornerstone for Hop Culture Magazine. For the past three years, movements around the country have ...
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What Is an English Bitter / Extra Special Bitter?

These beer are extra special.
The name “English bitter” or “extra special bitter” is a bit of a misnomer. They’re English, they’re kind of special, but they’re not bitter at ...
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The London Black Nitro Beer Giving Guinness a Run for Its Money

David vs. Goliath.
The two glasses stood tall on our table, brown liquid cascading and bubbling to black. I palmed the imperial pint, bringing it to my lips. ...
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48 Hours Drinking and Eating in Manchester, England

Bask in the cask!
When most folks travel to the U.K., they have one city in mind: London. Look, we get it. England’s capital has an amazing beer culture, ...
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What Is Schwarzbier?

The other black beer.
May the Schwartz be with you! For those unfamiliar with the iconic Star Wars parody from Mel Brooks called Spaceballs, let me fill you in. ...
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Garage Project: The Mighty Brewery at the Bottom of the World

Covered in sh*t, fenced in by barbed wire, graffitied to the gills, the old petrol station in Wellington, New Zealand, had seen better days when ...
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What Exactly Is a Saison?

Things are getting funky.
I wax poetic about lagers from time to time. And you’ll likely catch me enjoying a West Coast IPA or even a pastry stout now ...
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What Exactly is a Cream Ale?

The cream of the crop.
In the 1800s, American brewers created a beer style that baffled drinkers past, present, and future: the cream ale. Despite its name, the beer does ...
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Tenma Beer Project: Not a Brewery. Not a Brewing Company. A Beer Project

Beer Project. Not Brewing Co. Not Brewery. At Tenma Beer Project, one of our “Best New Breweries of 2023,” co-founders Dana Martindale and Brennan Perry ...
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The Top Fifteen Beers We Drank in March 2024

If March showers bring the proverbial April flowers than this month definitely rained beer down on us. We had so much good stuff to drink ...
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The Best Places to Buy Beer Online

Get beer without leaving your house.
Craft beer has entered the 21st century. Now, breweries have their own apps to help you restock their favorite beers or catch new drops. And ...
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Is It the Year of the Dark Lager?

Go over to the dark side!
Look, sometimes, when you make a prediction, it’s spot on. Whoever said denim on denim would come back into style, good for you! Did you ...
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The 27 Most Iconic Beers to Drink in Spring 2024

If April showers bring May flowers, then perhaps in our world (and yours, too), April saisons bring May…bocks? In the past, some of our favorite ...
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At von Trapp Brewing, The Helles Are Alive With the Rounds of Beer

Any day at around 4:30 p.m., Sam von Trapp’s cell phone might ring. “If it says Pop’s cell … I know there’s a good chance ...
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