The Culture of Craft Beer

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In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Heilig Hart

Holy water!
The bus pulled into an empty church parking lot on a Wednesday morning. Looking around, we found not a soul in sight. No parishioners… No ...
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Brasserie de la Senne: The People’s Brewery of Belgium

A river (of beer) runs through it.
Yvan De Baets and his team had to laugh when his brewery Brasserie de la Senne opened in Brussels, Belgium, in 2010. “We had a ...
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The 4 Golden Rules of Shower Beer

Shower beer safely.
Drinking beer in the shower is as natural to the progression of humankind as discovering fire, inventing the wheel, and developing written language. And these ...
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Patagonia Provisions Launches First National Regenerative Organic Certified® Kernza® Brewing Project

Food for thought.
When we make the beer we love, we use significant amounts of precious resources, particularly water, grains, and energy. But thanks to the growing climate ...
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What Is a Russian Imperial Stout?

Dark and mysterious.
Stout. Just saying that word out loud gives us goosebumps. Not because they’re scary. But because when we think of some of the beers that ...
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The 300-Year-Old Breweries Driving a Craft Renaissance in Lille, France

Drink in the history.
What are the oldest craft breweries in America? Some might point to the 127-year-old Anchor, which closed earlier this year. But Yuengling technically holds the ...
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Brewers Share the Scariest Stories of Their Careers

It was a dark and stormy night in the brewhouse!
You forgot to check the ball valve on your HLT after sparging, and in the blink of an eye, you’ve made a mess rather than ...
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Stumbling Into the Hot Pink Restaurant With the Most Pleasurable Food in France

Flipping Flemish food and beer on its head!
As I scramble over the cobblestone streets of Lille looking down at the tips of my toes to avoid tripping, a flash of pastel pink ...
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Cerveceria Itañeñe’s Lucía Carrillo Is Mexico City’s Self-Proclaimed Beer Witch

Mexico's hottest new brewery.
Lucía Carrillo considers herself a witch. The head brewer and founder of Cerveceria Itañeñe in Mexico City finds comfort in that identity for many reasons. ...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Lambic Style Beer

Dive head first into spontaneously fermented beer!
Lambic-style beers have an air of mystery and intrigue. While the style has deep roots and tradition in Belgium, it’s only within the last decade ...
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Kōkua Project: A Worldwide Collaboration Benefiting Those Impacted by the Maui Wildfires

'Ohana means family.
Lāhainā was an idyllic town of around 13,000 people (Data USA and U.S. Census Bureau); a place of history, royalty, and visitors. With resorts up ...
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Curating Craft Beer: A Growing Number of Museums Showcase American Beer Culture

Four score and seven beers ago.
As Anchor Brewing, America’s first and oldest craft brewery, bottles its final beers, craft beer lovers around the country scramble to find a last case ...
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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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