The Culture of Craft Beer

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The Best Summer Music Festivals of 2017 for Beer Drinkers

Everything sounds better with a beer in hand.
As summer approaches, it’s getting to be music festival season. Now is the best time to snap up some tickets and these are the best ...
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Resurrect Beer Project: Atlanta Ice & Bottling Company

This week, we bring back a staple of vintage brewing in Atlanta, Georgia, back when the city wasn't even known as Atlanta.
This week, we bring back a staple of vintage brewing in Atlanta, Georgia, back when the city wasn’t even known as Atlanta. ...
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Has LeBron’s Career Been One Long Ad for Great Lakes Brewing?

Looking into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the LeBron "beer grab".
We did some detective work and realized that LeBron’s “beer grab” on Monday was actually an elaborate ploy decades in the making. ...
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Resurrect Beer Project: Deer Lodge Brewery

This week we go to Montana, for weird laws, weirder festivals, and a whole lot of fly fishing.
This week we resurrect a brewery in Montana, with a nod toward the state’s weird laws, weirder festivals, and extensive fly fishing. ...
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A Beer Lover’s Pregnancy, Part IX: What’s in My Fridge?

After months of planning and long nights of research, Caroline has finally stocked her hour and her fridge for her baby.
After months of planning and long nights of research, Caroline has finally stocked her hour and her fridge for her baby. ...
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Why Can’t I Bring My Dog to the Bar?

Combining two of man's best friends: dogs and beer.
With craft beer exploding, heading to the bar for a local pint has become commonplace. Now, if only we could bring our dogs along, too. ...
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Five Tips for Launching a Successful Startup

Hop Culture Editor in Chief Kenny Gould drops knowledge on starting a business.
Starting a business isn’t easy. Here are five tips from Hop Culture’s Editor in Chief on how you can launch your own successful startup. ...
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If Each of the 4 Starting Shrines in “Zelda: BotW” Was a Craft Beer

Reliving a childhood game as a craft beer fanatic.
Almost 20 years after Ocarina of Time, Link returns to Hyrule. Most early fans are now of drinking age, so we paired each starting shrine ...
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If You’re a Brewery, This Agency Will Do Your Branding For Free

The beer-loving folks at Top Hat are looking for a case study.
Pittsburgh-based design agency Top Hat Inc. is offering their services free of charge to one lucky brewery. Apply within. ...
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A Beer Lover’s Pregnancy, Part VIII: Drinking While Pregnant

Pregnant Hop Culture writer Caroline Southern dives into the science that dictates the rules for alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
Pregnant Hop Culture writer Caroline Southern dives into the science that dictates the rules for alcohol consumption during pregnancy. ...
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How One Brewery Is Defining Southern Beer

At Fullsteam in Durham, NC, local ingredients are used to revitalize an industry, and make delicious beer.
At Fullsteam in Durham, NC, local ingredients are used to revitalize an industry, and make delicious beer. ...
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The Best Beers to Pair with 5 Girl Scout Cookies

It's that time of year.
The Culture of Beer How to Drink Alone The Joyous Ballpark Bud 5 Imaginary Breweries All Are Taprooms the New Dive Bar? For the budding ...
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Watch a Pro Chili-Eater Review 5 Spicy Beers

And ultimately crown a surprising champion.
Complex’s Sean Evans, a master of the ridiculously spicy chicken wing, reviews a panel of five chili-infused beers — and crowns a winner. ...
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Does Drinking Beer Make You Fat?

Not necessarily...
Most likely, your metabolism has slowed since college, while your love for booze… not so much. But does drinking actually make you fat? ...
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A Beer Lover’s Pregnancy, Part VII: Doctor’s Orders

Pregnant Hop Culture writer Caroline Southern gets the official word from her doctor about drinking and pregnancy.
Can you drink while pregnant? Pregnant Hop Culture writer Caroline Southern researches the scientific evidence behind the taboo. ...
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Resurrect Beer Project: Zix Brewery

The defunct brewery from New Alsace, Indiana gets an overhaul.
With the Resurrect Beer Project, PJ Engel designs cans and bottles for defunct breweries. Here he reimagines Indiana’s Zix as a brewery and coffee roaster. ...
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