The Top 7 Craft Breweries in the Midwest

Get yourself some beer and food at these 7 Midwestern breweries.
Fields of corn and swathes of prairies compose the breadbasket in the middle of the United we’ve come to call the Midwest. But this “flyover ...
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The 5 Best Beer Cities of 2019

As festival throwers and frequent travelers, the Hop Culture team has had the privilege of seeing quite a bit of the country. Over the course ...
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The 10 Best Record Shops of 2019

Our top pick for 2019 is Nice Price Jr.!
If you’ve been following the Hop Culture website closely, you’ll notice we’re smack dab in the middle of our end of year editorial schedule, which ...
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The 10 Best Coffee Shops of 2019

Our top pick for 2019 is Tandem in Portland, ME!
Every morning I rub my eyes and swing my legs out of bed. After a few quick stretches I head to the kitchen to put ...
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The 10 Best Natural Wine Bars of 2019

It was April 20th, 2019. The Hop Culture team had just finished cleaning up from Juicy Brews WestFest, one of our best festivals of the ...
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The Best Craft Beer Festivals In The World

Our top picks for rocking festivals from around the world.
The beer festival landscape is changing rapidly. For instance, gone are the days of convention center events with plastic cups, and you’ll be hard-pressed to ...
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The 10 Best Bottleshops of 2019

Beverage Warehouse in Winooski, VT is our number one pick.
So many breweries have adopted the direct-to-consumer model of operation that, in 2019, the concept of the bottle shop almost feels outdated at first blush. ...
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The 5 Best Beer Bars in Nashville, TN

If you're getting tired of honky-tonks.
Mention of Nashville’s name likely conjures the sights, sounds, and smells of whiskey distilleries for most; Music City’s just an hour and change away from ...
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The 5 Best Beer Bars in Chicago

Finding quality brews in Chicago.
This past summer the Hop Culture team traveled to Chicago to throw Juicy Brews Art Gallery at Marz Community Brewing. Beyond getting a chance to ...
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The 5 Best Bottleshops in Chicago, IL

Where to get a 4-pack in Chicago.
In a city touting the most breweries among any other metropolitan area in the United States (not per capita, mind you), great sources for beer ...
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Shacksbury Cider’s Harvest Camp is Summer Camp for Grownups

Where we drink cider and eat cheese.
Sitting around a roaring campfire on a crisp October night in Pittsford, Vermont, Krista Scruggs, winemaker and founder of ZAFA Wines and Co Cellars, pops ...
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5 Spooky Breweries to Visit This Halloween Season

These spooky days call for boo-tiful beers.
Once upon a full moon, beer and witches (well, the concept of witches) went hand in hand. In medieval times and more recent history, alewives ...
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The 5 Best Craft Beer Destinations in Tokyo, Japan

If one wants to trace the proliferation of American craft breweries back to its roots, he or she need not look further than 1978, when ...
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Four Essential Beer Destinations in Belgium

Consider Belgium the ultimate beer destination.
If you’re on a quest to drink a wide range of phenomenal Belgian beers at the source, here are four venues—one brewery and three bars—that ...
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The 5 Best Breweries in Munich to Visit During Oktoberfest

Prost!
Heritage and heart drive the humming beer scene in Munich, Germany. With Oktoberfest officially beginning Saturday, September 21st, 2019, the Bavarian capital will welcome an ...
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The 5 Best Craft Breweries in Mexico City, Mexico

¡Salud!
Beer is an international drink. While it sometimes feels like craft beer is localized to the United States, brewers and bartenders around the world are ...
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