Night Shift Brewing Announces Canned Sour Beer Lineup

Same good sour beer, new juicy cans.
Recently, Night Shift Brewing Co. has made big moves in the Northeast. About a year and a half ago, the Everett, MA brewery announced its ...
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How to Pair Pizza with Beer, According to Roberta’s in Brooklyn

The original food and beer pairing.
Grab a decent slice and a can of beer. You have a perfect pairing. Combining pizza and beer is a simple and easily replicable process. ...
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How to Pair Beer with Valentine’s Day Chocolate

The perfect combination.
As Hop Culture’s executive assistant Olivia Hurley said, “you can’t go wrong with beer and chocolate.” Too true. But, we wanted to get the most ...
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The Best Beers to Bring on a First Date

Pair these beers with Valentine's Day dinner.
So you matched on Tinder. Or you’re finally connecting with that old friend. Or you’ve been set up with someone’s coworker. Whatever the reason, you ...
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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with These 5 Beers

Beer to set the mood.
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. For some, that means gift-giving, romance, and quality time with significant others. For others, it’s heartache, ice cream ...
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The Best Beers from Beer Advocate’s Extreme Beer Fest

Beer trends to look out for in 2018.
The intent of Beer Advocate’s Extreme Beer Fest is not only to give beer drinkers an opportunity to try beers from some of the nation’s ...
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A Blind Tasting of 5 Hyped East Coast Breweries

Yum.
The rising popularity of craft beer canning, especially among the hazy IPA crowd, has spurred new beer creation at amazing rates. Wednesdays are now release ...
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The Best Beers You’ll Find at WakeFest

February 17th is J. Wakefield Brewery's 3rd annual WakeFest in Miami, Florida.
February 17th marks the 3rd annual WakeFest, the Miami-based beer festival thrown by J. Wakefield Brewery in Miami, Florida. With 100+ brewers, food, music, and ...
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Our 12 Favorite Can Designs of 2017

Celebrating good art and aesthetic.
The 16-ounce can is a canvas. Here are our favorite can design and artwork from 2017. ...
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Our 12 Favorite Beers of 2017

As picked by our Managing Editor.
Hop Culture’s Managing Editor chooses the craft beers of the year, from Hill Farmstead’s Nordic Saison to Scratch Brewing’s Strawberry Rhubarb Sour. ...
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Our 12 Favorite New Breweries of 2017

As picked by our Editor in Chief.
We round up the best breweries to open in 2017, from Hudson Valley Brewing in New York to Green Cheek Beer Co. in California. ...
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Sam Adams Is Now the Official Beer of the Boston Red Sox

Insert baseball pun.
Starting with the 2018 Regular Season, Sam Adams will replace Budweiser as “the official beer of the Boston Red Sox.” ...
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Meet the Brewers Coming to This Week’s NYC Juicy Brews Fest

On inspiration, hops, and creating the best IPAs they've ever tasted.
We chatted with 10 craft brewers coming to this week’s Juicy Brews in NYC to find out where they look for inspiration, and what beers ...
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The 6 Beers We’re Drinking This Thanksgiving

Pairs well with good food and better company.
Thanksgiving is a time for good food, great conversation, and getting sloshed with the family. Here are the 6 best craft beers to pair with ...
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Is Bourbon County Back?

Tasting the entire 2017 series with brewmaster Jared Jankoski.
We sat down with brewmaster Jared Jankoski to taste and chat about this year’s Bourbon County Stout line-up from Goose Island. ...
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10 Infamously Bad Beers From Otherwise Great Breweries

Even the best of us make mistakes.
It has been said that to err is to be human. Well, alas, to err is to be a craft brewery as well. Here are ...
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