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The Culture of Craft Beer
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Schlenkerla: The Historic Smoked Beer Brewery
When historians discuss smoked beers, or rauchbiers, one brewery stands the test of time—Schlenkerla, the quintessential smoked beer brewery. With a rich history dating back ...
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From Spuds to Suds: Idaho’s Hop Growing Story
Did you know Idaho is the second-largest hop-growing area in the country?
Idaho grows fantastic hops. Curious? Be honest: Did you even know that the Gem State harvests the second-highest volume of hops in the country? Everyone ...
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5-Minute Guide to Pairing Food With Oktoberfest Beers
Roast chicken, pretzels, sausages galore!
We’ve said it many times, but it bears repeating: We love this time of year. The NFL season started last week (check out the best ...
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Celebrating Over Twenty Years of Pumpkin Beers With Elysian Brewing
The boss of squash!
In 1997, Elysian Brewing’s now-longest-serving employee, Markus Stinson, made a bold decision. One that would change the Seattle-based brewery’s path forever. He brewed a pumpkin ...
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Mortalis: Mere Mortals Making Otherworldly Beers
Bowing down to beer.
In Upstate New York in the early 2010s, a couple of brothers-in-law dabbled in homebrewing, making beer for family and friends. Mortalis Brewing Co-Founders Paul ...
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Don’t Miss the Funkytown Collab Raising $5,000 for Diversity Scholarships
Paying it forward with pints.
Who in the Helles Left the Gate Open? That’s the name and question a new collaboration between Funkytown Brewery (one of our “14 Best Breweries ...
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All That Glitters Will Be Gold Again: A Shimmering Glitter Beer Resurgence?
Not just a mirage.
Swirling, translucent, shimmering, the glass almost seemed to vibrate, like a wormhole to another universe. Look long enough within its sparkling depths, and you might ...
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Schilling Oktoberfest Is Peak Gemütlichkeit: Warm, Fuzzy, and Full of Great Beer
Prost!
A brewery born from Germanic roots, Schilling has become one of the most well-respected lager-centric breweries in the entire country in a relatively short amount ...
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Lemonati’s Mighty Swell Brands: Redefining Spiked Seltzer and Disrupting RTD
Tiger’s Blood, Purple Magic, Bluepeary, Papaya Punch, Cherryosity…This short list of Mighty Swell’s sixteen Spiked Seltzer and five Spirited flavors sounds more like confections from ...
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The Cult of Underberg: What Is in Those Tiny Brown Bottles?
Twist, slap, drink, repeat!
Unwrap the brown paper, unscrew the plastic green cap, slap the little amber bottle down on the table, pick it up with your mouth, and ...
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How to Grow Hops at Home
Merge your love of homebrewing and planting.
Homebrewing has been climbing a steady slope of popularity for years, but the practice has been around for decades. Bringing the great outdoors inside is ...
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Hop Farms & How to Grow Hops in New England
The resurgence of hop farms in New England.
Besides potatoes, craft breweries, and arrogance over sports championships, not much grows easily in New England. Indulge in a local’s kvetching—this is an unpredictable meteorological ...
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Brewing for Impact With Fonio: A 5,000-Year-Old Miracle Grain from Western Africa Forging the Future
Hold the fonio.
It all began with a chance meeting at Questlove’s house. “That’s a line you can’t make up,” thirty-year Brooklyn Brewmaster Garrett Oliver tells me with ...
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A Day in the Mind of a Homebrew Competition Judge
Professional beer taster.
I walked down a hallway between the tap room and the barrel room of Funky Buddha Brewery. In the corner I saw a couple of ...
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The Three of Cups: Connecting the Dots Between Beer and Tarot
Three hooded figures raise goblets with skull-like faces up towards the sky, shimmering like the waves of a mirage. They seem on the verge of ...
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