The Culture of Craft Beer

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Unbranded Brewing’s First Festival Celebrates Beer in South Florida

Celebrating craft beer in South Florida.
When Zachary Swanson founded Unbranded Brewing in Hialeah, Florida, it was the first brewery to ever open in the predominantly Cuban city. Even though many ...
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Art Outside the Can and In: How Radiant Pig Became Liquid Artists

Art inside (and outside) the can.
Brewing may be a technical profession but any brewer worth his or her salt will describe it as a blend of art and science. And ...
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Everything You Need to Know About Hop Culture x YETI Presents Beers With(out) Beards Women in Craft Beer Festival

Learn all the info about Hop Culture x YETI Beers With(out) Beards Fest
In 2018, Hop Culture’s Head of Partnerships Grace Weitz launched Beers With(out) Beards as a part of her graduate school thesis capstone project at NYU. ...
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The Best Video Game and Beer Pairings, According to Hop Culture

Because you need your thumbs for both drinking and playing.
Here are some of the things the Hop Culture team loves: coffee, morning pastries, beer, and video games. On Friday afternoons, we’ve been known to ...
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How to Pair Beer and Fish According to the Expert

Hook, line, and sinker.
Beer and fish go together like, well, fish and chips. After all, that classic dish uses a beer batter and, traditionally, a malt (read: beer-based) ...
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A Return to Fun: Hoof Hearted Brewing’s Dragonsaddle Day

Getting back in the saddle.
It has been a long time since I’ve thought about fun. If you’re like me, the past year and change have been filled with board ...
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Upstate New York’s Tin Barn Brewing Is The Day Trip You Need To Take

Tin Barn Brewing is creating picture perfect hazy IPAs.
Turn at the red tractor and drive down the hill. On your right, a sweeping grass lawn. On your left, wetlands and railroad tracks with ...
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Untappd Sponsors Scholarship to Appalachian State Brewing Course

Get educated.
Back in November, I announced that Hop Culture was selling to Next Glass, the parent company to Untappd, Oznr, and BeerAdvocate. In that article, I ...
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Stormalong Cider Launches A First-of-its-Kind Nitro Hard Tea

We’re taking the pulse on Vital Sign, a new nitro hard tea brand.
Innovation drives the craft beer industry. Already this year, we’ve seen a new series of CBD-infused drinks, a line of sparkling hard teas, and even ...
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Ales for ALS™ Has Raised $3.5 Million Through Beer. Here’s What They’re Doing Next.

Raise a pint and help find a cure for ALS.
Beer has the power to create change. Over the past year, we’ve seen beer leveraged to fight racial injustice and police brutality, to raise money ...
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Check Out the Schedule for Queer Beer

Get ready for Hop Culture's most colorful and vibrant festival!
The day is almost here for The Hop Culture x Samuel Adams Presents Queer Beer Fest. With the festival just around the corner check out ...
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One Simple Thing New Belgium Did To Become One Of The Most LGBTQ+ Friendly Breweries In The Country

Leading the way in diversity and inclusion for over 30 years.
According to a first-of-its-kind benchmarking survey released in 2019 by the Brewers Association, 88 percent of independent brewery owners and 89 percent of brewers are ...
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How Chart Industries Helps Breweries Treat Wastewater

Chart Industries new technology helps breweries be more safe and sustainable.
Sustainability has become a tenet for many breweries, striving to reduce their carbon footprint and their impact on the environment. Unfortunately, brewing can be a ...
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A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: How Ballast Point Brewing Shaped Craft Beer for the Past 25 Years

How one brewery has shaped innovation in craft beer for the last two and a half decades.
During the late 1990s the craft beer scene in San Diego had just started to bloom. A strong homebrewing community had taken root and would ...
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Massachusetts’ Gayest Brewery Makes Damn Good Beer

Gay-owned Dorchester Brewing is a place of good beer and good company for all.
Once upon a time, before it was annexed by Boston, Dorchester was a city rather than a neighborhood. Were it still a city, it would ...
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How Samuel Adams Supports the LGBTQ+ Community

With initiatives like Love Conquers All, Samuel Adams has been a pioneer in the LGBTQ+ community for the last decade.
All across the beer industry, LGBTQ+ brewers and their allies are speaking up in favor of the value and voice of the queer community. And ...
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