Finding Home with a Hatchet: The Wonderful World of Axe Throwing

Hurling hatches and breaking barriers.
At a Christmas party a few years ago, Mike Morton walked into Bad Axe Throwing, a local axe throwing venue in Burlington, Ontario, in Canada. ...
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Free the Whales: The Best Birthday-Party-Turned-Beer Festival

Find these whales!
When Kris Marino started Free the Whales eight years ago, he simply wanted to throw the best birthday party ever. So he teamed up with ...
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New Belgium Deepens DEI Commitments with Key New Hire and Inclusion Investments

How one pioneering brewery is breaking down barriers in the industry.
When Kim Jordan and Jeff Lebesch founded New Belgium in 1991, they committed to “kindling social, environmental, and cultural change as a business role model.” ...
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From Utter Defeat to Turning Up the Heat: One Man’s Journey to Turn Hops into Hot Sauce

The hotter side of hops.
It all started with an experiment gone wrong. While trying to create an aromatic jalapeno cloud, Alchemy Peppers Founder George Altshuler accidentally made a pepper ...
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This Brewery Owner Started a Super PAC to Fight Corruption One Beer at a Time

Kirk Bangstad and Minocqua Brewing: "Dark money for good"
Kirk Bangstad owns a brewery; he also owns a Super PAC. How many brewery owners can make that statement? Founder of Minocqua Brewing Company in ...
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Other Half D.C. Joins Queer Beer

Introducing our newest ally to Queer Beer
The first-ever in-person Queer Beer will take place at The Wharf in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 3rd, and Saturday, June 4th, 2022. As someone ...
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Has the “Bubble” Burst on Hard Seltzer?

The heat is on: will hot hard seltzer sales cool this summer?
For the last half decade hard seltzer has been hot. Every year sales for cans of alcoholic fizz bubbled over the top. But is that ...
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Best AAPI-Owned Breweries and Brands to Support Right Now (And Forever)

When Oscar Wong left Jamaica, where his parents had immigrated from China, to attend Notre Dame at eighteen years old, he never imagined he would ...
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Everything You Need to Know About Orval Day 2022

One day to drink the best Belgian pale ale in the world!
Beer holidays have become like coveted traditions. In the fall, we wait with bated breath for International Zwanze Day for a chance to taste the ...
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Prison Pals Brewing Co. Is the Hottest New Brewery in South Florida

Escape with the most insane smoothie sours and hazies.
In recent years, South Florida has become a hotbed for breweries, welcoming standouts such as Unseen Creatures, 3 Sons, Odd Breed, and Tripping Animals into ...
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Technology is the Future of Beer, and GoTab’s Leading the Way

The future in beer is here.
The global pandemic has changed craft beer culture significantly. Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic originally hit, breweries, bars, brewpubs, and restaurants are still grappling ...
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Everything You Need to Know About the 2nd Annual Hop Culture x New Belgium Presents Queer Beer Festival

Support the colorful, thriving voices of the Queer community in the craft beer industry.
In 2020, I conceptualized the first Queer Beer festival to capture the unique, vibrant, diverse, and thriving voices of the Queer community in the industry. ...
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Hop Culture Partners with Safe Bars for Premier Festival

Here is how we committed to make our festivals safe and inclusive spaces.
In December 2020, Hop Culture joined the Next Glass family of brands. As Next Glass returns to hosting in-person beer festivals around the world, our ...
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GoTab’s Revolutionary Technology Helps Breweries Boost Their Bottom Line

Revolutionizing craft beer technology.
The business of brewing beer has changed. Today, breweries need to consider everything beyond the beer, from the flow of their taproom to how their ...
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Meanwhile Brewing Teams Up with Dutch Artist for New IPA Series

How art and beer collide on the can.
What goes in a beer can matters more than what goes on a beer can. On this, we can all agree. But people drink with ...
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Texas’ Tastiest Sparkling Water Actually Looks and Drinks Like a Beer

Even the water is bigger and better in Texas.
Seltzer, sparkling water, bubbly—no matter what you call it, people love their fizzy H2O. And we’re not even talking about hard seltzer. Long before hard ...
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