VinePair

JUNE 25, 2024

For pretty much the last two decades, the IPA has been the No. 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.

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IPA Beer Bitters Craft Beer 140

VinePair

AUGUST 7, 2024

And though people love to loathe them, IPAs are the current bread and butter of the American craft brewing industry. Part of the style’s success are its numerous substyles, which have allowed IPAs to straddle nearly every major beer category on the market. There’s very little that the IPA hasn’t been able to achieve.

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IPA Beer Pub Bitters 128

VinePair

JUNE 23, 2024

Wine tourism is a bonafide industry. These days, the hordes still come flocking to Russian River Brewing during a two-week window every Spring to pick up a few bottles of the famous, crisp, and clean Triple IPA. One fine example is Market Rate, an American wild ale aged in wine barrels with strawberries. But beer tourism?

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Beer Stout IPA Live Music 126

VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

Start a brewery, crank out some IPAs , and you, too, could become a millionaire! Their Pale Ale might be the most iconic craft beer ever made; their Celebration IPA one of the most seasonally beloved. The thing that gets Bell’s to my Mount Rushmore is one of America’s all time favorite IPAs: Two Hearted.

Beer 140

Beer Craft Beer IPA Stout 140

The Whiskey Wash

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Established in 2011, Virginia Distillery Company is located in Lovingston, Virginia, and uses copper pot stills imported from Scotland to distill its single malts. Drinkers were fascinated by the difference that barley types can make to the final profile of a single malt.

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Whiskey Stout IPA Bottling 105

VinePair

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In 2011, it was finally able to reopen its doors following a resurgence of interest in Japanese whisky across the country. The brand also operates the Mars Hosaka Winery in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan’s top-producing wine region. Mars also operates a winery near Mount Fuji.

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Gin Wine IPA Infusions 98

VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Strange Brew’s flagship, the Jasmine IPA, is a must-try, offering aromatic tropical fruits and relaxing jasmine notes. And while Argentina may be better known for wine, the country has a craft beer scene that’s blossomed impressively over the past two decades. In 2010, there were roughly 70 breweries scattered across the country.

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Beer Craft Beer IPA Stout 135