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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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The Top 12 Beers We Drank in May

Beerio!
Phew, what a spring it has been. April started with a two-week trip to the U.K. and Czechia, where we… ????Found some crown jewels, aka ...
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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 ...
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48 Hours Drinking and Eating in Manchester, England

Bask in the cask!
When most folks travel to the U.K., they have one city in mind: London. Look, we get it. England’s capital has an amazing beer culture, ...
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Everything I Learned Drinking at a Two-Time CAMRA Pub of the Year

Pub excellence
I hopped off the train and walked ten minutes to the center of town, my suitcase trailing behind me along the brick-red cobblestone. In the ...
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The Top 14 Beers We Drank in April

☔ Showers of beer!
Beer rained down on us this month! Well, who are we kidding? We could say that about any time of the year, but the clouds ...
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Why Left Hand Believes Its New Nitro Release Will Drink Best in Glass

Pour hard!
West Coast IPA vs. hazy, higher ABV vs. no ABV, and aluminum cans vs. glass bottles—just some of the most significant debates in craft beer ...
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The Top Fifteen Beers We Drank in March 2024

If March showers bring the proverbial April flowers than this month definitely rained beer down on us. We had so much good stuff to drink ...
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The Best Places to Buy Beer Online

Get beer without leaving your house.
Craft beer has entered the 21st century. Now, breweries have their own apps to help you restock their favorite beers or catch new drops. And ...
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The 27 Most Iconic Beers to Drink in Spring 2024

If April showers bring May flowers, then perhaps in our world (and yours, too), April saisons bring May…bocks? In the past, some of our favorite ...
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Here’s Why Time Magazine’s Best Invention of 2020 Will Power Your Best Year in Beer

Fresh beer here!
We love to drink fresh beer. And trust us, we drink plenty of it for “research.” And while making beer may seem magical, it all ...
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