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John A. Paradiso is the former managing editor at Hop Culture Magazine and current managing editor at Cool Material. His interests include listening to the tunes of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizzard and watching Wes Anderson films. His Wednesdays are spent picking up comics at the local comic book shop and his weekends are spent watching Premier League soccer. He's probably down to get a beer later.
Currently Drinking:
Saison Dupont
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Is ‘Deep Fried Beer’ Real?
As a kid, every year over Labor Day, my family would go to the Minnesota State Fair. The second largest of its kind in the ...
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The 5-Minute Guide to Pairing Pizza and Beer
Two of the finest things in life.
If you’re like us, two of your favorite things in life probably start with pizza and end with beer. Grab a slice, take a bite, ...
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The Top 11 Beers We Drank in January 2025
Happy new beer.
New year, new month, new beers. We’re approaching 2025 with a lot of drive, and it’s already kicking into overdrive. We have a slew of ...
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Amalgam Brewing: The Tiny Tank Engine That Could
The sum of all its parts.
Tucked away in the corner of one of the most respected lager breweries in the entire country is a tiny tank brewing some of the ...
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Varsity Brews: 10 Questions With Gali Hernandez
A new Hop Culture Q&A series.
We’re not surprised that we included three people involved with the Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing & Distilling (MJF) on our list of “The ...
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What the Czech!? Why Cohesion Brewing Is America’s Best Czech-Inspired Brewery
Czech it out.
Our two dimpled Czech mugs, one full of pale, clear gold liquid and the other a dark lager, clinked together over a sign in the ...
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At Brown Girl’s Brew, You Can Eat Your Cake…And Drink It Too
A delicious story.
Carrot cake, lemon pound cake, key lime pie, banana pudding, and German chocolate cake—all sound more like items in a bakery case than beers on ...
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My Beloved Community: How Metier Brewing Company Became One of our Top Breweries of 2024
Brewing damn good beer.
I’m standing before a large blackboard with the words “Give A Beer, Take A Beer.” Tacked all across the surface are Polarids with captions like ...
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What Is a Belgian Quad?
Four times the fun.
With its signature rich, malty flavor, medium bitterness, and impressive ABV, the Belgian quad is a beer that has literally stood the test of time. ...
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What Is Bierstacheln? Stoking the Fires of a Historic Beer-Poking Surge
Heat. Sizzle. Foam.
Groups of thirsty people waited in line, huddled around a fire pit, stamping their feet to keep warm. At the front, someone drank half their ...
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The 17 Can’t Miss Beer Festivals of 2025
Mark your calendars now.
A few years ago, we traveled around the country, hosting a beer festival in a different city almost every month—Oakland; San Diego; Chicago; Portland, ME; ...
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Busting Non-Alcoholic Beer Myths With Sam Adams Award-Winning NA Brewer
All the way on NA
Non-alcoholic beer is here to stay. That’s not a myth. According to NielsenIQ, off-premise non-alc sales from the last fifty-two weeks recorded $740 million, up ...
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The Top 14 People to Watch in Craft Beer in 2025
We all spend an enormous amount of time appreciating the liquid in the can, but what about the person behind the beer? At the beginning ...
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The 11 Craft Beer Trends to Watch in 2025
To thrive in 2025...
When the calendar page flips each year, we have a few things at the top of our minds. First, we put down on paper our ...
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Hop Culture’s Most-Read Articles of 2024
Grab a beer and catch up on what you missed!
With 2024 all wrapped up like a holiday present under the tree, let’s look back at the most-read articles of the last twelve months. Hop ...
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