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The 20 Best Brewery Memberships, Bottle Societies, and Beer Clubs
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You all loved this piece so much the past couple of years that we’ve decided to keep updating it yearly, adding new brewery memberships and ...
Top 10 Beers We Drank in November 2024
Stouts...lots of stouts.
Last month, we drank a lot of beer, traveling from Bellevue to Yakima Valley, WA, for the hop harvest and finally to Denver for the ...
The Best Homebrewing Gifts of 2024
Elevate your craft!
While we’ve already covered our favorite beer glasses, beer fridges, and best beer merch of the year, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. How many ...
The Best Beer Gifts for the Holidays 2024
On the first night of the holidays my beer lover gave to me...
Do you love beer? Silly question, right? You’re reading Hop Culture, so you obviously enjoy beer to some degree. But let’s dig a little further. ...
Best Beer Fridges of 2024
Fun with fridges!
Working for a beer magazine has its perks. We love trying new beers that brewers across the country send us. It’s one of the best ...
Beers We’re Thankful for This Thanksgiving
We give thanks for these influential and life changing beers.
Let’s be honest: This year has been another one full of twists and turns. But as we round the corner to December, we’ve decided to ...
Best Brewery Merch of 2024
Stock up.
We have a secret to admit. If you open up our closet at home or pull out one of our dresser drawers, you’ll find a ...
The 21 Best Breweries in Denver, Colorado
The best beer in the Mile High city.
Every year, the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) descends in Denver, CO. We just went a couple of weeks ago, attending the GABF Awards Ceremony, ...
Best Beer Glasses to Buy in 2024
Fill 'er up!
The best beer glasses, like any coveted item, have changed over the years. 8-tracks became cassette tapes, became CDs, became iPods, became Spotify. Are we ...
The 10 Best Stouts Available in Most Stores Right Now
Find these stouts on shelves near you.
When we talk about stouts, it’s usually because we’re recommending a highly touted release or barrel-aged beauty. These are genuinely some of the greatest examples ...
Top 21 Beers We Drank in October 2024
From Washington to Denver.
Well, folks, October was a doozy for the Hop Culture team. Back-to-back-to-back trips to Bellevue, WA, the Yakima Valley, and Denver for the Great American ...
48 Hours Drinking and Eating in Yakima Valley
Hopping around the land of beer and hops.
“Welcome to Yakima. The Palm Springs of Washington,” reads a black, white, and red billboard on your way into town. I’ve been to Palm Springs, ...
Breaking Bales (and Tacos) With Bale Breaker: The Freshest Fresh Hop Beers
Freshhhhhhhh!
Two years ago, Firestone Walker Brewmaster Matt Brynildson shared a story with me. He had just come back from picking hops in the Yakima Valley. ...
The 30 Most Iconic Beers to Drink in Fall 2024
All hail fall! As I’m sure you know by now, autumn is one of our favorite seasons. To us, this is indisputable. We get goosebumps ...
48 Hours Drinking and Eating in Bellevue, Washington
The Bellevue of the ball.
While everyone knows about Seattle, just across Lake Washington, you’ll find a city that should become your base camp for epic adventures and drinking—Bellevue. The ...
