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The Best Hidden-Gem Places to Drink of 2025

Can you find these secret spots?
What does it mean to be a hidden-gem place to drink? That’s a tricky question. Just look at the submissions from the team, and you’ll ...
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The 19 Best Breweries to Watch in 2026

Keep an 👀 out.
A new year means 365 new days to try new beers and visit breweries we haven’t been to before. Hopefully, you’ve already checked out “The ...
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The Top 12 Beers We Drank in November 2025

We're thankful.
For us, November is always about taking time to think about the things we’re most thankful for. We’re thankful for the opportunity to travel to ...
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Beers With the Most 5-Star Check-Ins on Untappd in 2025

Cheers to 15 years of beers and check-ins!
In 2010, Untappd Founder Greg Avola had an idea: Build a social platform for the craft beer community. Avola had impeccable timing. Because while “Like ...
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The 9 Best Homebrewing Gifts for the Holidays 2025

Brew better.
‘Tis the season to brew something special! Whether your favorite homebrewer is just dipping their mash paddle for the first time or already speaks fluent ...
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By Word of Mouth: Discovering Italy’s Best Kept Beer Secret

Not just wine country.
My rented Nissan Juke pinged, telling me to turn right onto a slightly sloped dirt road. I carefully proceeded along the gravel path, dust swirling ...
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The Top 13 Beers We Drank in October 2025

Lager, lager, lager, lager.
October was about one thing and one thing only: Oktoberfest! Usually, during this time of year, we remind you that you can still celebrate this ...
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The 9 Best Porters Available in Most Stores Right Now

Porters, it's what's for dinner.
Yes, we know that stouts get all the love. And for good reason. But personally, we feel like people often overlook porters—kind of the jelly ...
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The 10 Best Disc Golf Courses at Breweries

Let's par-tee!
I strode up to the cement landing pad, gripping a flat plastic circle in my hand. I surveyed the landscape, spying my gray target in ...
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The Top 10 Beers We Drank in September 2025

One of our favorite months.
This is our favorite time of year. When those hot, hazy dog days of summer turn over a new leaf, ushering in the crisp, blustery ...
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The 13 Best Breweries to Visit in New Jersey

Greatness across the Garden State.
Famous for its beautiful coastline, seaside resort towns, and long winters, New Jersey now boasts a bevy of the best breweries in the Mid-Atlantic and ...
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The 16 Best Breweries in Cleveland, Ohio and Beyond

Where to get a beer in Cleveland.
“CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!” Lebron James screamed when he won their first NBA Championship in 2016, bringing back the city’s first major sports title ...
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The Top 15 Beers We Drank in August 2025

Busy drinking bees.
Busy-as-a-bee type of month here at Hop Culture. And not just because we spent an entire week talking about mead! We recounted our nine-day adventures ...
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The 17 Best Oktoberfests Available in Most Stores Right Now

Prost! Toast! Clinking steins.
This month, the 190th Oktoberfest will kick off in Munich, Germany. And for the first time in Hop Culture history, we’re hopping a plane to ...
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From Foraged Ingredients to World-Class Beers: Inside Forager Brewery

A new wild discovery.
Forager Brewery Co-Owner Annie Henderson never in a million years thought she’d own a brewery. She wasn’t a homebrewer with a garage full of carboys ...
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