Hop Culture Announces Beers With(out) Beards Design Contest

Get drawing!
Calling all female artists! For Hop Culture Magazine’s Beers With(out) Beards Week, the world’s largest celebration of women in the craft brewing industry, we’re seeking ...
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Buying Booze For Dad: A Father’s Day Poem

Would you drink beer in a house? With a mouse? In a blouse?
My dad is awesome. My dad is cool. He helps me with my work from school. I want to get him something nice For always ...
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Cheers and Thank You to Our Veterans

In appreciation of those that have served.
Last October, at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, I found myself in an Uber with Dennis Hock, Owner and Brewer at Strange Roots ...
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Mother’s Day Letter From the Founder

Sharing some love with all the moms in craft beer.
Mother’s Day isn’t officially until the 13th of May, but there’s no reason we can’t start celebrating our mothers a bit early. In that spirit, ...
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Hop Culture Heads To The Bay Area

Get ready for our 4/20 drop, a collaboration with Oaklandish, and Juicy Brews WestFest.
A week from today, the Hop Culture team will pack their bags and fly to San Francisco, California. If you’re also traveling next week, keep ...
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Hudson Valley Brewery And The Importance Of Good Design

Hudson Valley Brewery in Beacon, New York, takes the art of brewing to an exciting new level.
If a single brewery has embraced the “new brewing” mentality, it’s Hudson Valley Brewery in Beacon, New York, which gives happy fans exactly what they ...
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Win a Beer Vacation and Travel to Pittsburgh for Juicy Brews Hotel Party

Plane flight, hotel room, merch package, and two tickets to Juicy Brews Hotel Party.
Sup dog? Heard you like free stuff. We’ve decided to combine our favorite things (free stuff, beer, and pets) into our biggest giveaway yet. One ...
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The First Year of Hop Culture

We gifted ourselves a website redesign.
Hop Culture turns one today, and to celebrate we gave it a facelift. Thanks to everyone who made this possible! ...
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Juicy Brews and Where This Is All Going

Reflections on the juiciest festival in all juicedom.
The Juicy Brews festival in New York City was Hop Culture Magazine’s biggest celebration of hazy IPAs and juicy sour beer yet. ...
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Letter from the Editor: What the Funk!?

The Great American Beer Festival isn't the only reason to visit Denver.
Crooked Stave’s What the Funk!? beer festival in Denver, Colorado provides a sour-filled alternative to the Great American Beer Festival. ...
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Letter from the Editor: Juicy Brews Beer Festival

A big thank you.
A huge thank you to everyone involved. ...
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Letter from the Editor: Ivan Ramen Japanese Doesn’t Disappoint

A second look at Manhattan's favorite ramen shop.
We review Ivan Ramen, a Japanese restaurant that serves some of the best food, beer, and sake in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. ...
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Letter from the Editor: Earth Eagle Brewings

Empyreal Ales, Wonder Gruits, Lunch, Dinner, and Beyond.
Craft beer in Portsmouth, New Hampshire is booming thanks to Earth Eagle Brewings, which specializes in a near-extinct style called Gruit. ...
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Letter from the Editor: Drink Beer at Your Wedding

Could there be demand for a service that provides craft to the party planning industry?
Want to drink independent craft beer at your next wedding? That’s the thought behind our newest idea, Hop Culture Celebrations. ...
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Letter from the Editor: How to Make the Hudson Valley a Craft Beer Mecca

All you need is a bus.
A bus that explores the many breweries of New York State’s Hudson Valley? You bring the playlist; we’ll get you where you need to go. ...
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Letter from the Editor: Juicy Brews Beer Festival

Oh, you like hazy beer? Hop Culture and Dancing Gnome are throwing Pittsburgh's greatest new festival.
Hop Culture and Dancing Gnome are teaming up to throw the Juicy Brews Beer Festival, a Pittsburgh-based celebration of hazy IPAs and fruit-forward beers. ...
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