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What Is a Vienna Lager?
A fairly rare find.
The Vienna lager isn’t your perennial tap list darling. In fact, this copper-hued and malt-forward brew is a fairly rare find. Partly because it’s a ...
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We Have the Official Answer on the Difference between a Porter and a Stout. Or Do We?
The age old question answered.
When a chill enters the air and the calendar flips to fall people often start shelving their IPAs and busting out their dark beers. Hops, ...
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The 20 Best Beers to Drink in Fall 2021
Our favorite festive fall finds.
Disclaimer: I f***king love fall. In fact, as I’m writing this, I’m watching the Minnesota Vikings beat the Seattle Seahawks. I just poured a Copper ...
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How to Increase Yield without Compromising Quality
Beer centrifuges lead to higher yields and higher quality beer.
Since stories about the latest beer releases often dominate the media and Instagram feeds, it’s easy to forget that brewing techniques themselves are constantly advancing. ...
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The Top 5 Hard Seltzers We’re Drinking Right Now
We're keeping summer alive with bubbles!
As we recently finished up Labor Day Weekend, we know that the fall months are ahead of us. The leaves may start to turn darker ...
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Hop Culture’s Guide to Spontaneous Fermentation
Spontaneous fermentation is one of the most romantic processes in the beer brewing world. But also, arguably one of the most confusing. Historically, some believe ...
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What Exactly Is a Golden Ale?
The golden years of a golden beer.
When the summer heat cranks up to what these days feels like 110 degrees and the humidity makes it feel like you’re walking through an ...
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9 Brewers Share Their Favorite Beach Beers
Sand, surf, and suds.
As craft beer lovers and writers, we’re constantly keeping our ears to the ground (and our mouths to the glasses) to find what’s new and ...
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What Is a Sour IPA?
It's a sour. But, it's also a hazy IPA.
“Some things just go better together and probably always will,” warbles Luke Combs on “Better Together,” one of the singles off his 2020 record What ...
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What Is a Witbier?
Three cheers for cloudy beers.
A 4-pack of Allagash White got me through a rainy Maine weekend back in 2014. My strongest memory of those two days is walking with ...
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The 20 Best Beers to Drink in Summer 2021
Simply the best of summer.
Each season brings another opportunity to drink a variety of beer styles. In the fall, we start to crack darker beers. In winter, we huddled ...
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The 12 Best Hard Seltzers For Summer 2021 According to the Experts
The buzz on bubbles.
We’ve said it before but we’ll say it again. Craft hard seltzer is having its moment. According to recent sales data from IWSR Americas, hard ...
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Humble Sea Brewing Co. Opens New Taproom in Pacifica
California's hidden gem brewery is heading up the coast.
Back in 2019, the Hop Culture team traveled to Northern California to host its second annual Juicy Brews WestFest beer festival at Drake’s Brewing Co. ...
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The 10 Best Craft Meads We’re Drinking in Summer 2021
Do you feel the need....the need for mead?
At Hop Culture, we believe there’s a craft beer out there for everyone. Like hops? Drink an IPA. Enjoy tart and juicy fruits? Try a ...
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The Best Beer Styles To Drink This Summer
Light 'em up!
Four score and seven years ago, Benjamin Franklin might have been drinking a beer on the Fourth of July, celebrating his signature on the Declaration ...
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