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Oskar Blues Double Dale’s: A Nod to the Classic, a Finger to the World
Big, bold, badass.
Here’s a zinger for you: How can you possibly brew a beer that respects one of the most influential American craft beers of all time ...
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Hop Culture’s Annual Best Beers to Drink for the Holidays 2022
Tradition! Tradition!
What are the holidays good for if not spending time with friends and family around a fireplace, around a table, around a [insert any communal ...
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The Top 11 Beers We Drank in November
The best beers we drank this month.
This month as we gather around the table to have dinner with friends and family we give thanks…for the top beers we drank this month. ...
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Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale: A Celebration of the Freshest Hops for the Holidays
The greatest gift to beer.
For most brewers, heading to hop harvest means one thing: locking down lots for the year. And yes, that is certainly true at Sierra Nevada. ...
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Take a Peek at the Exclusive 2023 Firestone Walker Brewmaster’s Collective
4 collections. 25 bottles. One bottle society.
When one of the most prominent breweries in the business started a bottle society during the pandemic, we put our feelers on high alert. Excited ...
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Squatters Captures Lightning in a Can With New Experimental IPA Series
New experimental IPAs.
If Wasatch Brewery is like the quintessential mountain town brewery in Utah, then Squatters Pub Brewery is like the city slicker. Contemporary, convivial, and community-driven, ...
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Anchor Christmas Ale: The Ultimate Holiday Tradition
Tradition! Tradition!
What is your holiday tradition? Do you gather with your family around the fire and play Scrabble? Do you go ice skating and sledding before ...
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The 22 Best Stouts to Drink for International Stout Day
Imperial, pasty, milk, oatmeal, coffee...
The fact that we’ve felt the need to update this piece for the past few years should be a big sign to you that stouts ...
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Last One Down: Wasatch’s New Beer Brewed for the Outdoors
First one up...last one down.
Every state has something special. In Minnesota, they spend summers boating and winters ice fishing on one of the 14,380 lakes. In California, they surf. ...
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The Top 10 Beers We Drank in October
The best beers we drank this month.
If the beers we drank throughout October were Halloween costumes, they might go a little something like this: Micheal Phelps, aka a perennial gold-medal winner. ...
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A Crowded Hard Seltzer Shelf Causes Beer Brands to Differentiate With Real Fruit
Real fruit, hard seltzer ripe for success.
Earlier this year, we wondered if hard seltzer had lost some of its fizz. Turns out the bubble hasn’t popped yet. But the extreme growth ...
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Welcome to the Voodoo-mocracy: Vote for Your Favorite New Beer from New Belgium
The power is in your hands...literally.
Can you show us a beer that has conjured up more Instagram followers and Twitter followers than New Belgium’s Voodoo Ranger? At 91.4k fans on ...
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What Is an Oatmeal Stout?
Creamy is supreme-y.
As the weather turns (a good name for a new soap opera?), our palettes shift. Colder temperatures send us scrambling around our closet, pulling out ...
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The One Competition That’s More About Cheers and Camaraderie Than Medal Counts
And the (beer) Oscar goes to...
The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is back baby! For the first time in two years the country’s largest and most well-respected beer festival returned ...
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The Top 10 Beers We Drank in September
The best beers we drank this month.
Heck yes, it’s that time of year again! Fall, autumn, harvest, whatever you want to call it. Personally, we’ve dubbed this Oktoberfest season, baby. Sure, ...
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