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The Culture of Craft Beer
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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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Beyond the Girl in the Moon: Brewing History at the Smithsonian
Women have always been a part of beer history.
A typical summer weekday morning: commute through soupy DC humidity to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Pass Michael Keaton-era Batmobile on display in ...
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Brewers Association Announces Digital Campaign For Beer Retailers
“Independence not only matters, it pays and rewards both retailers and beer lovers.”
About a year ago, the Brewers Association (BA) unveiled the independent craft brewer seal, a logo designed to drive awareness, preference, and sales of beer ...
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Crafting a Movement: Brewers Across the Country Raise Funds for the ACLU
Making a difference, one beer at a time.
Today’s craft breweries do much more than brew beer. They’re hype factories, art houses, book clubs, and concert venues. For Josh Stylman, co-founder of Threes ...
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The Story of How Houston Became “Juiceton”
Things are getting a little juicy in Texas.
On a humid afternoon in Houston in late March, after hours of drinking New England-style IPAs, all of them brewed locally, Larry Koestler, Marcus Wunderle, ...
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Standing Out in the Crowd: Remote Breweries in the U.S.
Breweries truly in the middle of nowhere.
With 6,300 breweries and counting in the U.S., it can be difficult for those making America’s most popular adult beverage to stand out. Yet with ...
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5 Questions with the Artists Behind Foam’s Gorgeous Can Art
It's a work of art.
We’ve been impressed with Foam’s world-class beers for a while now. The Burlington-based brewery has been consistently producing balanced, juicy IPAs, thirst-quenching pilsners, and funky ...
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