What Is Kölsch Service? And Why You Need to Try It Right Now

All you can drink kölsch.
As soon as I finished a cold, crisp gulp of my kölsch, setting the empty glass down on the table, a fresh, new one appeared. ...
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Breast Cancer in the Brewhouse: Stories of Sisterhood and Survival

Strength, solidarity, and suds.
“One in eight.” These words echoed in my head since I attended the Craft Beer Conference (CBC) in Nashville, TN, where Sarah Perez, director of ...
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Pouring Diversity: How Harlem Hops Redefines the Craft Beer Bar

Beer history is Black history.
In the heart of one of New York City’s most iconic neighborhoods, on the street named after the first African American from New York elected ...
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Crowns & Hops: The Dopest, Dankest Disruptors of Craft Beer

Crowns & Hops has always done things differently. Co-founders Beny Ashburn and Teo Hunter didn’t come from a background in beer; they didn’t quit finance ...
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The Virginia Beer Co. Friends of Dorothy Proudly Shouting for Inclusivity

From coded message to craft beer.
Beer. People. Purpose. Those three not-so-little words drive everything at The Virginia Beer Company (VBC) in Williamsburg, VA. These threads intertwine to create the brewery’s ...
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The 5-Minute Guide to Pairing Food With Beer

A cheat sheet to nailing your beer and food pairings.
Want to level up your dining experience with a choice beer but struggle with where to start? You’re not alone. I’ll confess, I make no ...
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Beerternational: An Israeli Woman Meets a Brazilian Woman in France, Bringing Her Japanese-Inspired Beers to the U.S.

One Israeli with family ties to beer. One Brazilian making Japanese-inspired beers. Both met at a French course in Paris. One new business bringing international ...
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Inside the Minds of Resident Culture’s Art Duo: Where Your Weird Is Welcome

A little kooky, a lot funny, and never too sad.
You can’t mention Charlotte, NC, and craft beer in the same sentence without writing Resident Culture. The brewery originally opened in the Plaza Midwood neighborhood ...
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Hop Water Makes a Big Splash Into Non-Alcoholic Beer

Hops + water = ❤️
A few years ago, we speculated: Is Craft Sparkling Water the Next Big Thing? While we can’t say we predicted that trend, we got pretty ...
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Creating Safer Spaces in Craft Beer, Part Ten — Why We Wrote 16,000 Words for This Series

Part ten of ten.
I stood on the top of a shipping container as the rain cascade down on me. A million thoughts poured through my head as I ...
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Necromancer Brewing: Breathing New Life Into Craft Beer

Scary good.
Rotbier, English golden, extra special bitter, cream ale, black pilsner, altbier, English dark mild, lichtenhainer (smoked, fruited sour), maibock, grisette, Scotch wee heavy, Czech-style dark ...
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Creating Safer Spaces in Craft Beer, Part Nine — It’s Okay to Make Mistakes, Just Don’t Tick Boxes

Part nine of ten.
If you’re trying to create a safer, more equitable brewery, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach. You will make mistakes. And that’s okay. “People are fearful ...
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A Hazy by Any Other Name Would Still Smell As Juicy

We ❤️ hazy beer!
When star-crossed lover Juliet proclaims, “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” in William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and ...
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Creating Safer Spaces in Craft Beer, Part Eight — How Consumers Can Champion Underrepresented Breweries

Part eight of ten.
The industry needs allies. And you can be one of them. More breweries speaking out and doing the work is great, but craft beer also ...
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Three New Black-Owned Breweries Diversifying the Texas Beer Scene

Turning up the heat in Texas.
Can you guess which state has the largest Black population in the U.S.? You might not immediately think of Texas, but with 3,936,669 Black people, ...
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Top 3 Awesome Australian Hops: Discover the Hops Reshaping Craft Beer

Galaxy, Vic Secret, Enigma, oh my!
Galaxy®, Vic Secret™, Eclipse®, Enigma®, Ella®, and Topaz™. What do all these hop varieties have in common? Not only are they some of the hottest ...
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