The Culture of Craft Beer

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Blue Ox: Started From the Floor-Malting, Now We’re Here

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Blue Ox: Started From the Floor-Malting, Now We’re Here

The Perfect French Press Ratio, According to Press House Coffee

The perfect cup of French Press. Every time.
“French press is my preferred way of making coffee,” says Adam Randall, founder of Pittsburgh-based Press House Coffee. Launched initially as Green Dragon Coffee in ...
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Smoldered Society

Ring the alarm!
Smoldered Society Brand Manager Cameron Frank once almost burned his mom’s house down. While watching his mom’s dogs, Frank says he had left the house ...
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Blue Brew: Kenneth & Masako Mukai’s Brewery Dream Comes True in Kochi

From the big city to the little island.
Up in a little mountain valley in Kochi Prefecture, on Japan’s smallest main island, Shikoku, is the Mukai Craft Brewing / Blue Brew Taproom, a ...
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At Vector Brewing, Beer Isn’t Always Linear

Up, up, and away
Somewhere over in the east side of Dallas rests one of the best brew pubs in the country: Vector Brewing. They’ve been knocking it out ...
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Grainbakers: Shaping Community One Loaf and Pint at a Time

I pulled my hands out of the bowl and held them up in front of my face in awe. Covered tip to palm in a ...
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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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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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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 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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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 Cult of Christmas Beers

Twelve bottles a popping....
What makes us stand in line for hours just to pick up a few hazy boi cans? Or what has us planning a dream vacation ...
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Saving People With Prostates One Pint at a Time

The line wrapped around the entire building, stretching into the parking lot and curling around on itself like a puppy chasing its tail. In the ...
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