7 Under-the-Radar Breweries to Visit This Summer

Throughout the past three decades there are certain breweries that have changed the landscape of the industry, often introducing curious beer drinkers to their first ...
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The 5 Best Breweries to Visit in San Diego, California

Sun-drenched IPAs and standout stouts in America's finest city.
We know what you’re thinking: Isn’t San Diego old news? Hasn’t this city been the homebrewing capital of the country for years? And we say, ...
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The 5 Best Breweries to Visit in Houston, Texas

The Space City has a few breweries that are out of this world.
Over the last half-decade, Houston has become a hub for breweries excelling at bringing the hazy IPA craze to the South. In fact, breweries in ...
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Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Brings Their Off-Centered Ales To Wynwood, Miami

Dogfish Head's newest venture will be an art project first, brewery second.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is coming to Miami. The Delaware-based brewery, which teamed up with Boston Beer Company in 2019 to form the nation’s second-largest ...
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Miami’s Newest Brewery, Shōjō Beer Co, Features One Heck Of A Crazy Backstory

Double tap if you like Miami's newest brewery.
Over the last several years, one of the most engaging craft beer personalities on Instagram has been Haidar Hachem, aka @thirsty_samurai_piggy. Whether posing in a ...
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The 10 Best Breweries to Watch in 2021

The breweries we'll be keeping an eye on in the new year.
With 2020 firmly in the rearview, it’s time to focus on 2021. A couple of weeks back we shared both a few of our favorite ...
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The 12 Best Craft Breweries of 2020

The best of the best.
The piece I wait all year to write! The dozen best breweries of 2020. These are the breweries that, over the course of the year, ...
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The 10 Best New Breweries of 2020

Meet the best rookie prospects in craft beer!
Normally, after a year of traveling and drinking our way across the country, the Hop Culture team has a pretty great idea of the top ...
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A Drive-Thru Review of Hoof Hearted Dragonsaddle Day 2020

As the editor of a craft beer magazine, I’m not supposed to have favorites. But Hoof Hearted Brewing, with locations in rural Marengo, Ohio, as ...
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How to Spend a Beer-Fueled Day in Phoenix, Arizona

Your craft beer travel guide for Phoenix.
Across the United States from my home of Pittsburgh sits a city with no daylight savings, heat so humid you could fry an egg on ...
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How to Spend Summer 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Enjoy a day of beer drinking in the city of Brotherly Love.
Philadelphia, the city of Brotherly Love, the cheesesteak capital, Wawa wonderland, and home to the iconic Liberty Bell, is a metropolis bursting with culture, history, ...
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Hop City Is the Best Bottle Shop in Atlanta Right Now

Where to buy beer to-go in ATL.
If you’re looking for a recommendation in Atlanta the most likely response will be “what part of town are you in?” As the city is ...
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The 5 Best Breweries in Atlanta, Georgia

ATL's finest.
It seems like just yesterday when the brewery behemoth of Atlanta was home to a mere scattering of breweries. Before “the city too busy to ...
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Hop Culture’s Guide for Summer 2020 in Boston, MA

Your guide to a socially distant summer in Boston.
Boston: Beantown, The Cradle of Liberty, The Athens of America, the Hub of the Universe, and most importantly: my home. A place truly near and ...
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A Cicerone®’s Guide to Beer on an Airplane

Beer in the sky.
As a Certified Cicerone® people constantly ask me what beer I’m drinking and what they should be drinking. Every once in a while the question ...
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How To Spend Summer 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh: the City of Champions, the Steel City, the City of Bridges (446 to be exact). A unique city full of culture, art, and food ...
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