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Why Craft Brewers Are Migrating From Cities to Suburbs

Imbibe Magazine

Fast-forward to today, and craft beer fans that spent their 20s and 30s drinking hazy IPAs in downtown taprooms, driving the industrys explosive growth, are older and grayer. That might mean more stouts at one spot, more IPAs at another, or an expansive bourbon list. We realized that being practical is probably smart, Fearing says.

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The Mount Rushmore of IPAs, According to 8 Beer Experts

VinePair

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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Oktoberfest Season Is In Full Swing: This Week's Beer Events & Socials

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

Jake did a lot to pivot Windmill from a milkshake IPA and pastry stout destination to a place that could (and did) make delicious lagers, saisons and other less-hyped styles while also continuing that reputation for hazies and hefty beers. Happy 4th birthday to Goldfinger Brewing. No, it’s really great.

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In a World of Hazy IPAs, These Beers Use No Hops at All

VinePair

By the mid-1700s, IPAs were being shipped out from Britain, and hops became a staple of almost all beer from then on. And as recently as 2013, a number of craft brewers around the world banded together to mark Feb. That said, plenty of regional gruit beers survived the test of time.

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Breweries Are Finding Fertile Partnerships With Gardeners and Plant Collectors

Imbibe Magazine

The striking flowers of woolly bluecurls, an evergreen shrub, lend a mix of candied lavender, mint, and pine to Island Brewing ’s HopLiner IPA. The youthful crowd is lively and engaged, and conversations run from conservation to why fruity hummingbird sage excels in IPAs. It was mostly the place that your grandmother likes to come to.

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Christmas Tree Bonfires Are Coming to a Brewery Near You

VinePair

Fonta Flora will serve its Steinbock, a steinbier collaboration with Zillicoah, and Double Pine Zips, a stronger version of its resinous IPA flavored with eastern white pine needles. Would we be burning Christmas trees in the parking spaces right in front of the pub? Five years later, when Fonta Flora opened a second location in Nebo, N.C.,

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9 Things You Should Know About Maine Beer Company

VinePair

Since then, the Freeport-based brand has expanded several times, going from a small shop to a one-room tasting room in 2013, and finally expanding to a much larger brewery that can accommodate about 450 guests indoors with a barn, patio, and pizza oven in 2019. has a vast range of beers, but its most renowned brew is its flagship IPA Lunch.

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