If You Haven’t Heard, Great Notion Just Opened A New Taproom

More Double Stack for everyone!
I first tried Great Notion Brewing’s beer during a trip to Brew Gentlemen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The beer was made a few thousand miles away ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week

Our favorite beers of the week.
We had a killer weekend in Pittsburgh, PA throwing our Juicy Brews Late Night fest with Cinderlands Beer Co. The beers were great, the vibes ...
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Our Mutual Friend Brews Traditional Sours for the Modern Drinker

Gorgeous beer in gorgeous bottles.
Our Mutual Friend at a glance: Our Mutual Friend (OMF) is a brewery based in Denver, Colorado. It was founded in December 2012. Chéne Cerise ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week

Our favorite beers of the week.
The Hop Culture team continued its jetsetting trend with Kenny shipping off to Nashville, TN for Southern Grist’s 3rd Anniversary party and Grace went home ...
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You Should be Drinking Hazy IPAs from These 5 Breweries in 2019

The latest crop of hazy IPA breweries.
Hazy IPAs, beer’s most delicious marvel, continue to grow in popularity. Since the booming style’s birth in New England nearly a decade ago, these fogged-up, ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week

Our favorite beers of the week.
We hope all you lovelies had a good Valentine’s Day/President’s Day Weekend. I took a harrowing bus trip down to Richmond, VA but enjoyed a ...
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Catching Up with 9 of the Best Barrel-aged Stout Breweries

Tracking down the best barrel-aged stouts.
It’s been 27 years since Goose Island’s brewmaster Greg Hall gifted us with what has been accepted as the first barrel-aged stout. In 1992, Hall ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week

Our favorite beers of the week.
After two straight weeks of beer fests, the Hop Culture team finally has time to take a breath. We had a blast throwing the Horus ...
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The 10 Best Beers from WakeFest 2019

Miami Vice, baby.
I had heard that WakeFest is more than a festival; it’s an experience. Ok, sure, I thought. That’s kind of what everyone says about everything. ...
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The Best Beer from Extreme Beer Fest 2019

Taking a look at the meaning of "Extreme."
BeerAdvocate’s Extreme Beer Fest is the perfect staging ground for heightened creativity and pushed boundaries in craft brewing. In the festival’s 16th annual run, “extreme” ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week

Our favorite beers of the week.
After throwing a banger of a fest on the West Coast with Horus Aged Ales, Kenny and I jetted off to Miami for J. Wakefield’s ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week

Our favorite beers of the week.
We did it. We teamed up with Horus Aged Ales to throw the Horus HOOTenanny this past weekend. It was a gorgeous day in Southern ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week

Our favorite beers of the week.
It’s crunch time for Hop Culture. We are hard at work making sure the Hop Culture x Horus Aged Ales ‘Horus HOOTenanny’ goes off without ...
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What Is the Solera Brewing Method?

A mathematical approach to brewing.
Imagine barrels of beer, stacked as far as the eye can see, row upon row of wooden casks tenderly nurturing their contents as they age ...
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Sour vs Wild: What’s the Difference?

We asked a couple of brewers what the difference is between 'sour' and 'wild.'
You may have heard the terms “sour” and “wild” used interchangeably to refer to brews with tart or funky flavor profiles. Although those words can, ...
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The 5 Best Beers We Had This Week

Our favorite beers of the week.
It’s been a busy week for the Hop Culture team. I’m still in the Triangle area of North Carolina, Olivia flew out to San Diego ...
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