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The Mount Rushmore of Craft Breweries, According to 8 Beer Experts

VinePair

craft beer has been around so long that it’s experienced several significant booms and several subsequent busts. There are around 10,000 craft breweries in America. We asked eight of America’s most insightful beer voices for their Mount Rushmore of craft breweries. Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Co.):

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Beer Collectors Can’t Get Enough of Costco’s $10 Imperial Stout

VinePair

It used to be that once a week there was an exciting one-off beer release that had fans rushing to breweries and stores — and then rushing to social media to post their scores. But then came the pandemic, the rise of seltzer-loving Zoomers, and what seemed to be the end of anyone giving a damn about rare beer releases.

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This Week's Beer News: Thousands of New Untappd Awards

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

Untappd announced their new Community Awards last week and I spent some time poking through them — before quickly realizing that it’s an absolute firehose of beer ranking data points. I thought I’d look at how some of the world’s most critically praised beers fared. Pretty cool. It didn’t even place.

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The Mount Rushmore of IPAs, According to 8 Beer Experts

VinePair

1 craft beer style in America, if not the world. In that time, we’ve seen the beer industry go from malty English IPAs to dank West Coast options — teeth-chatteringly bitter double and then triple and even quadruple IPAs — to softer, fruitier, and hazier New England-style options. Maine Beer Co.

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HBD Haymarket! This Week's Chicagoland Beer Events & Socials

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

On January 12, 2011, something very important happened in the Chicago beer world: Haymarket Pub & Brewery opened for the first time. I’ve also added the Crooked Arm Vinyl & Tap in Lisle which we mentioned in the Monday news roundup as a new entry in the beer-friendly bar/resto section. They’ll love that.

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27 Seasonal Beer Releases Worth Traveling For [MAP]

VinePair

But beer tourism? Even then, taking a vacation devoted to beer is a harder thing to justify. Nonetheless, there are stellar breweries around the country that bring beer nerds to their taprooms every year to score their most coveted releases. Wine tourism is a bonafide industry. Curating such a list is no small feat.

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Where To Drink in Salt Lake City, Utah

Imbibe Magazine

Neves points to early, influential spots like Bar X, opened in 2011. Fisher Brewing Company Hugely popular with Utah’s outdoorsy set, Fisher Brewing also stands as a piece of the state’s craft beer history. My favorite dive bar in the city is called Duffy’s—cheap beers and shots, great jukebox, epic sandwiches, pool table.