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Tasting Appleton Estate’s Rare 30-Year-Old Rum
Only 900 bottles available for purchase in the US.
I’m not usually into rum, but when I got an email from Appleton Estate’s PR agency, asking me if I wanted to try one of ...
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Postcard: Hop Culture x Five Boroughs Brew Day
We brewed a beer with Five Boroughs!
It always rains when Team Hop Culture heads deep into Brooklyn. So of course the skies opened up as we walked from the subway station ...
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Photo Essay: Spooky Brews Craft Beer Festival
A spooky scary night full of beer and friends.
October 26th | Boston, MA – Our biggest single-session festival kicked off at 7 p.m. on a Friday night. Outside the Cyclorama in Boston’s South ...
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Juicy Brews Winter Invitational Craft Beer Festival: December 8th in NYC
Our hazy IPA beer fest comes to Brooklyn.
Juicy Brews NYC is taking place on December 3rd in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Buy your tickets today! ...
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As Is, Beer Karma, and Mikkeller Run Club Team Up on Pre-NYC Marathon Event
Running is always better with beer involved.
As Is, Beer Karma, and Mikkeller Run Club are teaming up for Run & Chug, an Urban Beer Run on Friday, November 2nd as a ...
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Planters Brews a Peanut IPA with Noon Whistle Brewing
Things are getting nutty!
We’ve seen some pretty out-there beer releases this year (see IHOPS beer and Dunkin’ Coffee Porter), but today we learned that Planters Peanuts are getting ...
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What Is Oktoberfest’s Gay Sunday?
How a random day during Oktoberfest became one of the biggest queer drinking celebrations in the world.
Every year, the cooler, shorter days of September and October usher in a much-welcomed transition for most beer drinkers. The flurry of summer activity dissolves ...
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Eat and Drink Like a Viking with Mikkeller NYC at Citi Field
No pillaging allowed.
Lots of people think the Hop Culture team consists of faceless beer gods, sitting on golden thrones in the Upper East Side of New York ...
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A Company in Oregon is (Re)Introducing Reusable Beer Bottles
No need to reinvent the wheel.
The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative (OBRC) is resurrecting an old practice to make craft beer greener. The solution? Reusable glass bottles. Reusable bottles were popular ...
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Hop Culture’s Favorite Horror Movie and Beer Pairings
Get spooky.
Bad news: summer is coming to a close. Good news? That means Halloween — and, more importantly, Spooky Brews Halloween Party — is just around ...
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Thoughts on Hop Culture’s First Ever Female Focused Craft Beer Festival
I’m tired. I’m dog tired. My calves and forearms are sore from carrying kegs and my brain has gone into hibernation. I’m worn through from ...
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Fresh Fest Brings the Best Black Brewers in the Country to Pittsburgh
Despite the recent boom of the craft beer industry, several segments of the craft community have been underrepresented — namely, women and people of color. ...
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As Is Collabs With Anyone Worldwide on Beer, Teku, and Playing Cards
Obviously there will be some juicy beer.
As Is, one of the best beer bars in New York City, is dropping a massive, multi-brand collab and celebrating with an afternoon of amazing ...
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How to Cool Down Beer Quickly
It's science.
We’ve all been there. You want to drink that new can or bottle right now, but it’s still lukewarm. This is a constant struggle during ...
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How Women Ran the Beer Industry for Thousands of Years
Join us for a conversation about the history of women in beer.
She appears to be floating on a bubbling, undulating golden river. With long tendrils of red hair billowing behind her crowned head, she stands tall, ...
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