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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The 24 Best Dive Bars to Visit in America
As voted by the Hop Culture and Next Glass team.
We love brewery taprooms. Give us a well-lit space, a bank of stainless steel taps, and a food truck, and we’re happy campers. However, sometimes ...
A Day in the Life of a Czech Tapster
1 million beers poured and counting.
The Czechs have a saying that goes something like this: “The brewer brews the beer, but the tapster makes it.” In the Czech Republic, drinking ...
Inside the Cellars: Discovering the Budějovický Budvar Hidden Fresh-Hop Beers
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The tan doors stood slightly ajar. Inside, a concrete floor slick with puddles of perspiration and white tiled walls reflected huge cream-colored tanks stacked like ...
Kazbek: Everything You Need to Know About This Surprising Czech Hop
Move over Saaz (just kidding).
We’re all standing around a long blue-top table. On top, swathes of blue paper with heaps of dried hops, each designated with a little white ...
Pivovar Proud: The Electrifying, Experimental Brewery at Pilsner Urquell
Light-bulb moment.
A white-haired man with a cherubic face and black thin-rimmed glasses greets us. Over his navy long-sleeve waffle knit, a light black vest stamped over ...
A Happy Accident: The History of Timbo Pils and the West Coast Pilsner
The new hazy?
Sometimes the best things materialize from thin air. In 2015, Highland Park Brewery stumbled into what has become an emerging style in craft beer: the ...
At Goldfinger, Lagers Are a Lifeblood, Literally
Lager is legacy.
“Did you go to Northwestern? Your name sounded so familiar, and you also looked familiar. Didn’t we go to Cuba together?” Goldfinger Owner and Brewer ...
Log Jammin’: For the Love of Lagerbier and Inclusivity
Lager, lager, lager, lager.
BarrieHaus, Bierstadt Lagerhaus, Cohesion, Fidens, Fox Farm, Goldfinger, Good Word, Marlow Artisanal Ales, Olfactory, Sacred Profane, Schilling, The Seed, Wooden Robot. Human Robot’s fourth annual ...
What’s Kveik? (And Why is Your Favorite Brewer Using It?)
It's pronounced “kuh-vike.”
As is often the case, what’s old is new again, and for many brewers, Kveik is proving to be no different. To put it simply, ...
61 Queer-Led and Queer-Supporting Breweries to Champion Right Now (And Forever)
Support LGBTQIA+ folx in the craft beer industry!
Inclusion, equality, and justice. These three words have become a cornerstone for Hop Culture Magazine. For the past three years, movements around the country have ...
Reflecting on the Rise of Edinburgh’s Moonwake Beer Co.
Half circles of navy inset in forest green and sunflower gold. Geometric shapes in bright red bounce off white half-moons dipped in baby blue. In ...