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The 11 Best Breweries in Sonoma and Napa Valley

Where to find more than wine.
Last spring, I traveled to Manchester, where I met Track Brewing Co-Founder Sam Dyson. An epic bike trip from Virginia to California inspired Dyson to ...
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The Top 31 Oktoberfest Beers to Try in 2024

Lederhosen not required.
September 21, 2024, marks the beginning of the 189th Oktoberfest celebration! And you can bet that the annual festival that attracts millions of visitors to ...
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The Best Breweries to Visit in Munich, Germany

Munich, Germany, along with the greater Bavarian region, contains some of the world’s most famous breweries. Many of the German beer styles that drinkers across ...
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5-Minute Guide to Pairing Food With Oktoberfest Beers

Roast chicken, pretzels, sausages galore!
We’ve said it many times, but it bears repeating: We love this time of year. The NFL season started last week (check out the best ...
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15 Best Breweries in Hudson Valley and Upstate New York

Pure magic, 150 miles north of Manhattan.
Let me describe the Hudson Valley to those who have never lived in New York City. It’s a magical place about an hour’s drive north ...
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Mortalis: Mere Mortals Making Otherworldly Beers

Bowing down to beer.
In Upstate New York in the early 2010s, a couple of brothers-in-law dabbled in homebrewing, making beer for family and friends. Mortalis Brewing Co-Founders Paul ...
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Are Pumpkin Beers ‘Squashed’ for Good?

What's Ailing Pumpkin Ale?
It’s that time of year: The air’s gone swampy, your lawn looks like a hayfield, you’ve used up all your vacation time, and the mosquitos ...
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The 11 Best Pumpkin Beers Available in Most Stores Right Now

Polarizing or popular?
It’s all pumpkin beers all week! ICYMI: Check out an update on our popular piece on the polarizing opinions on pumpkin beers. We are just ...
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Top 12 Beers We Drank in August

Drinking in the dog days of summer.
Summer is almost over. Let’s just get those words out of the way now. Honestly, we’re kind of excited to put these dog days behind ...
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The Top 11 Beers We Drank in July 2024

Summer standouts.
We’re deep into the throes of summer now. So, if you’re like us, you’re taking some summer snapshots of moments to keep in your brain ...
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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 ...
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The Top 12 Beers We Drank in June 2024

Czech it out!
Our spring adventures started in April with a visit to theU.K. and Czech Republic, the former of which we covered in last month’s “The Top ...
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48 Hours Drinking and Eating in Paso Robles

We may be biased, but we live in a fantastic state of beer—California. Sure, we all know that you can find amazing breweries around the ...
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The 9 Best Beers We Drank at the Firestone Walker Invitational 2024

The best beers from the best fest.
Now in its eleventh year, the immense Firestone Walker Invitational continues to be one of the can’t-miss beer festivals of the year. Firestone Walker graciously ...
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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 ...
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