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The 7 Best Things Your Beer-Loving Dad Needs In His Life

It's time to toast your dad.
For the last few years, I’ve bought my dad beer or some type of beer-adjacent gift for Father’s Day. And dad, feel free to chime ...
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The Best Hazy IPA We Tried This Week Is From a 25 Year Old California Brewery, And It Only Has 96 Calories

Firestone Walker's first foray into better-for-you beverages.
Over the last 25 years, California’s Firestone Walker Brewing Company has made a name for itself by driving innovation in craft beer. Starting as an ...
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The Hype is Real: Fidens Brewing Co. Is the Best Brewery You’ve Never Heard Of

We discovered one of the best hazy IPA breweries you haven't heard of yet.
Stop the (juice) presses: There’s an emerging talent in the world of hazy IPAs you might not know. Of course, you’ve heard of Monkish, Tree ...
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The Story Behind Oberon Day and The Release of One of Bell’s Most Popular Beers

The first signs of spring.
Flowers budding, sun shining, snow melting, baseball bats cracking. And, Bell’s Brewery Oberon flowing. Certainly for those in Michigan and now for people around the ...
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Meet Crowns & Hops, Hop Culture’s Best New Brewery of 2020

Crowns & Hops is changing the craft beer industry for the better.
Crowns & Hops isn’t your ordinary brewery. The founders, Benny Ashburn and Teo Hunter, weren’t homebrewers who turned pro after quitting their day jobs and ...
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The Best Beers to Pair with Valentine’s Day Dinner

What's more romantic than a rosy red kettle sour?
We at Hop Culture have devoted plenty of time to the topic of beer and food pairings. (See here and here and here and…) Ultimately, ...
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The Best Beer Snacks for the Big Game, According to Brewers

Make sure you're stocked up for The Big Game.
If there’s one thing arguably more important than watching The Big Game this Sunday, it’s what you’ll be eating. Even the most fervent Football fans ...
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The 8 Best Coolers and Coasters For Just About Anything

Keep your beer cold and your tables spotless.
A combination that no one expected, but everyone needed: coolers and coasters. While the two may seem like an unlikely pair, both are absolute essentials ...
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The Best Hop Culture Articles You Missed in 2020

The top articles we published in 2020.
Well, this is it. 2020 is nearly over. And, frankly, we’re ready to cross over into a new and hopefully brighter year. 2020 presented challenges ...
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The 20 Best Beers We Drank in 2020

These were the best beers we drank in 2020.
Here it is. The article that’s a year in the making. We’re rounding up the best craft beers of 2020. Every year, we take stock ...
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The 12 Best Craft Breweries of 2020

The best of the best.
The piece I wait all year to write! The dozen best breweries of 2020. These are the breweries that, over the course of the year, ...
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The 20 Best Brewery Instagram Accounts of 2020

The breweries we love following in 2020.
Late last week, we shared our picks for the best brewery websites of the year. And now, with our list of the best brewery Instagram ...
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The 10 Best New Breweries of 2020

Meet the best rookie prospects in craft beer!
Normally, after a year of traveling and drinking our way across the country, the Hop Culture team has a pretty great idea of the top ...
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The 20 Best Beer Label Designs of 2020

Beauty is more than skin deep.
Over the last five years, much of craft beer’s momentous growth was achieved through the high margins yielded by taproom sales. Rather than selling beer ...
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The 5 Best Damn Beers to Buy at Best Damn Beer Shop Right Now

Give yourself the gift of damn good beer.
With the last crumbs of our Thanksgiving leftovers successfully devoured, it can only mean one thing. The holiday season must be in full swing. Lights ...
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