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What Is a Kriek Beer?
We're cheery for cherry beer!
One of my first experiences with a Kriek was at The Sovereign, the Belgian beer bar in Washington, D.C. I was afforded the chance to ...
O-I Slim Stubby: Shattering Misconceptions of Glass Bottles With a Shape of the Past
Why do breweries believe that it’s easier to launch beer in cans? O-I, the creator of one of the most innovative glass bottles on the ...
The 5-Minute Guide to IPA Food Pairing
Hoppy meet tasty.
You like food, and you like IPAs. So why not enhance both by pairing them harmoniously together? Here’s my five-minute guide to IPA food pairing. ...
Duck Sauce, Duke’s Mayo, & Durham – Catching Up With DSSOLVR
Surrealist beers that melt your face.
Even Vince Tursi and Mike Semenec, co-founders of one of North Carolina’s most highly stylized and sought-after breweries, DSSOLVR, probably didn’t imagine mayonnaise and Chinese ...
Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated American IPAs
Hop Hop Hooray!
Happy National IPA Day! You may have already noticed, but we’ve been giving hops their humble (laugh) due for the past couple of weeks to ...
What Is Umqombothi? The Thousands Year Old African Beer Style
An untold beer history.
Mix sorghum and maize with warm water. Let the mixture sit overnight, bringing it to a boil the following morning. Add a starter—often more sorghum ...
The 24 Best Dive Bars to Visit in America
As voted by the Hop Culture and Next Glass team.
We love brewery taprooms. Give us a well-lit space, a bank of stainless steel taps, and a food truck, and we’re happy campers. However, sometimes ...
Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated American Light Lagers
Perfect for the Fourth of July!
We’ve come a long way from filling our red solo cups with that American light lager. And while we no longer play flip cup with ...
The 29 Most Iconic Beers to Drink in Summer 2024
C-A-N-N-O-N-B-E-E-R!
School’s out for summer! If only we could say the same about work, are we right? Just kidding. But summer does have us screaming at ...
Kazbek: Everything You Need to Know About This Surprising Czech Hop
Move over Saaz (just kidding).
We’re all standing around a long blue-top table. On top, swathes of blue paper with heaps of dried hops, each designated with a little white ...
A Happy Accident: The History of Timbo Pils and the West Coast Pilsner
The new hazy?
Sometimes the best things materialize from thin air. In 2015, Highland Park Brewery stumbled into what has become an emerging style in craft beer: the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...