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The Top 10 Beers We Drank in April
National Beer Day, Saison Day, and many birthdays.
April showers bring May flowers, right? Well, this month certainly showered us with beer. We celebrated our fifth annual Beers With(out) Beards in Portland, ME, ...
The Top 10 Beers We Drank in March
St. Patrick's Day, spring, and sun.
March signifies spring. This month we shake off the last of winter’s icicles and emerge from hibernation. Accordingly, our beer tastes start to shift from ...
The 20 Best Beers to Drink in Spring 2022
Wake up and smell the fresh beers.
Last Sunday, the spring equinox officially ushered in a season of April showers, blooming flowers, baseball season (Wait, do we care?), and the promise of ...
The Top 10 Beers We Drank in January
A new year means new beers!
Hop Culture has really hit the ground running in 2022. Last week we announced that our 5th annual women in craft beer festival Beers With(out) ...
The 20 Best Beers to Drink in Winter 2021
The best winter warmers to keep you cozy, toasty, and buzzed.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Why is that? Well, in addition to naming our favorite breweries of the year and the best ...
What Is Rauchbier? A Smoky History
Let's clear this up.
All beer was once smoked beer or rauchbier in German. “It’s a lost knowledge that smoke beer was the original way of making beer,” Sixth ...
In Her Shoes: Brewing to the Beat of Rhythm Brewing Co.
Step into the boots of professional brewer and salsa dancer Alisa Bowens-Mercado.
Alisa Bowens-Mercado, founder of Rhythm Brewing Co., has always moved to the rhythm of her own feet. A professional salsa dancer, Bowens-Mercado has owned her ...
Top 10 Beers We Drank in September 2024
Fall, Festbiers, and Football.
Last month, we told you we were ready for the invasion of pumpkin beers, Oktoberfest events, and the promise of Festbiers, Märzens, porters, and amber ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
What Is an English Bitter / Extra Special Bitter?
These beer are extra special.
The name “English bitter” or “extra special bitter” is a bit of a misnomer. They’re English, they’re kind of special, but they’re not bitter at ...
What Is Schwarzbier?
The other black beer.
May the Schwartz be with you! For those unfamiliar with the iconic Star Wars parody from Mel Brooks called Spaceballs, let me fill you in. ...