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The 11 Best Breweries in Sonoma and Napa Valley

Where to find more than wine.
Last spring, I traveled to Manchester, where I met Track Brewing Co-Founder Sam Dyson. An epic bike trip from Virginia to California inspired Dyson to ...
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The Top 31 Oktoberfest Beers to Try in 2024

Lederhosen not required.
September 21, 2024, marks the beginning of the 189th Oktoberfest celebration! And you can bet that the annual festival that attracts millions of visitors to ...
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The Best Breweries to Visit in Munich, Germany

Munich, Germany, along with the greater Bavarian region, contains some of the world’s most famous breweries. Many of the German beer styles that drinkers across ...
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5-Minute Guide to Pairing Food With Oktoberfest Beers

Roast chicken, pretzels, sausages galore!
We’ve said it many times, but it bears repeating: We love this time of year. The NFL season started last week (check out the best ...
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15 Best Breweries in Hudson Valley and Upstate New York

Pure magic, 150 miles north of Manhattan.
Let me describe the Hudson Valley to those who have never lived in New York City. It’s a magical place about an hour’s drive north ...
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Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated Pumpkin / Yam Beer

The jack of all pumpkins.
Yes, we admit, the clock struck midnight for us this week, and we temporarily turned into pumpkins. We’re completing our trio of pumpkin features by ...
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Don’t Miss the Funkytown Collab Raising $5,000 for Diversity Scholarships

Paying it forward with pints.
Who in the Helles Left the Gate Open? That’s the name and question a new collaboration between Funkytown Brewery (one of our “14 Best Breweries ...
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What Is a Kriek Beer?

We're cheery for cherry beer!
One of my first experiences with a Kriek was at The Sovereign, the Belgian beer bar in Washington, D.C. I was afforded the chance to ...
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O-I Slim Stubby: Shattering Misconceptions of Glass Bottles With a Shape of the Past

Why do breweries believe that it’s easier to launch beer in cans? O-I, the creator of one of the most innovative glass bottles on the ...
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The 5-Minute Guide to IPA Food Pairing

Hoppy meet tasty.
You like food, and you like IPAs. So why not enhance both by pairing them harmoniously together? Here’s my five-minute guide to IPA food pairing. ...
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Duck Sauce, Duke’s Mayo, & Durham – Catching Up With DSSOLVR

Surrealist beers that melt your face.
Even Vince Tursi and Mike Semenec, co-founders of one of North Carolina’s most highly stylized and sought-after breweries, DSSOLVR, probably didn’t imagine mayonnaise and Chinese ...
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Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated American IPAs

Hop Hop Hooray!
Happy National IPA Day! You may have already noticed, but we’ve been giving hops their humble (laugh) due for the past couple of weeks to ...
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What Is Umqombothi? The Thousands Year Old African Beer Style

An untold beer history.
Mix sorghum and maize with warm water. Let the mixture sit overnight, bringing it to a boil the following morning. Add a starter—often more sorghum ...
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The 24 Best Dive Bars to Visit in America

As voted by the Hop Culture and Next Glass team.
We love brewery taprooms. Give us a well-lit space, a bank of stainless steel taps, and a food truck, and we’re happy campers. However, sometimes ...
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Untappd’s All-Time Top-Rated American Light Lagers

Perfect for the Fourth of July!
We’ve come a long way from filling our red solo cups with that American light lager. And while we no longer play flip cup with ...
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