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To Find Our Best Brewery of 2023, Just Look for the Barn Hex Above the Door
What looks like a five-sided flower bud in marigold orange interspersed with teal hop cones sits proudly atop the brewery. Everyone who walks under the ...
The 12 Best Beer Festivals You Can’t Miss This Year
'Tis the season.
A few years ago, we traveled around the country, hosting a beer festival in a different city almost every month—Oakland, San Diego, Chicago, Portland, ME, ...
Dokkaebier: Where I’ll Always Remember My First Kimchi Sour
Seoulful brewing.
The inconspicuous pail sat bubbling away on a table in the back of the brewery. I wouldn’t have even noticed if someone hadn’t pointed it ...
Fast Friends Beer Co: When You’re There, You’re Family
Where everybody knows your name!
Shades of blue, orange, and green explode on the side of the wall in a colossal sunrise. Silhouettes of crops grow out of the cement ...
Our 17 Favorite Beer Labels of 2023
Liquid art.
Puzzles, pops of color, and people. Shapes, seminal movies, and songs. In 2023, beer labels wowed us almost as much as the liquid in the ...
BKS Artisan Ales: At the Corner of Crispy and Hoppy
For some, inspiration comes from the back of a napkin. Still, others find lightning striking in a bottle. For BKS Artisan Ales Co-Founders Brian and ...
What Is a Winter Warmer?
Pull up a chair by the fire.
A couple of reindeer sit in plush forest green chairs before a roaring fire. Outside, snow-capped mountains abound while a red sleigh sits unused. Each ...
The 9 Craft Beer Trends to Watch in 2024
We’ve set our new ‘beer’ resolutions for the year, we’ve told you which non-alcoholic brands to try, and we’ve shown you the breweries that we’re ...
What Is a Lager Coolship?
Coolships aren't only for wild ales!
Hot wort comes bellowing out of the kettle at boiling temperatures and into a large, stainless steel vessel. The steam rises as the wort cascades ...
Burning Barrel Brewing: Crazy Sours, Award-Winning Lagers, World’s Hottest Beer?
Beer on ????.
I wasn’t there, but apparently, it was a sh*tshow…in the best way. People came from across the state and further away, lining up outside Burning ...
Walking Tree Brewing: Staying Rooted, Shots of Barleywine
Shut the f**k up and drink a beer!
I hooked my thumb onto the rim of a 4oz shot glass full of English barleywine. Balancing my pinky underneath and keeping my knuckles plastered ...
The Most-Read Hop Culture Articles in 2023
Don't miss these!
With 2023 finally in our rear-view mirror, let’s look back at the most-read articles of the last twelve months. To us, 2023 finally seemed like ...
The 15 Hop Culture Articles We Loved the Most in 2023
Read these, right now!
Well, the clock has finally struck midnight on 2023; the sparkly crystal ball dropped; the last dregs of champagne have gone stale in those silly ...
The 13 Best Breweries to Watch in 2024
Keep an ???? out.
The gifts that keep on giving! Hopefully, you’ve already had a chance to check out our lists of “The Best New Breweries of 2023,” “The ...
Our Top 11 New ‘Beer’ Resolutions for 2024
Starting the year right.
Every early January, we put together a piece on the top trends to look out for in the new year. As we’re wont to do ...