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Craft Breweries Are Simplifying to Broaden Interest

Imbibe Magazine

For much of the brewery’s first half decade, Kunz worked first by himself and then with one other person to make and distribute his pilsners and IPAs. Kunz, who was a creative writing major in college, solves for that by focusing on modest, evocative names like Refresh, a light pilsner, and Irresponsible, a well-hopped triple IPA.

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Ask a Brewer: What’s the Difference Between Old World and New World Hops?

VinePair

Given that Old World hops traditionally lend themselves to the ingredient bills of lagers and pilsners while New World hops are more at home in IPAs , the difference between the two camps is more complexly rooted in brewing history, terroir, and flavor profiles. But in this case, boiling it down to the location of origin is a bit reductive.

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North Czar State: How Russian Imperial Stout Became the Sovereign Beer of Minnesota

VinePair

It’s nothing like brewing a pilsner, where you still have to make it tight. It’s nothing like brewing a pilsner, where you still have to make it tight. The BJCP change dovetailed with increased tensions between Russia and the United States over the 2016 election and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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The 30 Best Breweries in the Country Right Now, According to Beer Bars

VinePair

Founded in 2016 and on our shelves since the day we opened in 2017, Arkane is doing it right, and we’re looking forward to fawning over their beers for many more years.” As a pilsner evangelist, I’m thrilled that we get to keep a steady supply of excellent lagers on tap. Do not miss the Birmingham Pilsner.

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Who Let the Fizz Out? Why Bubble-Free Booze Is on the Rise

VinePair

Drinkers fetishize crisp pilsners topped with foamy poofs, while hard seltzers still bubble across a $3 billion landscape. By 2016, Americans drank more bottled water than soda, hydrating with Poland Spring and flavored waters like Vitaminwater, Propel, and Hint Water. These are interesting days for carbon dioxide.

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Staying Anchored: Why Homage Beers Are Everywhere Right Now

VinePair

Cloning Beers Is About ‘Replicating Greatness’ Beer drinkers are awash in choices — fruit juice IPAs, chocolate cake stouts, and classic Czech pilsners available far and wide. In 2016, Denver’s Call to Arms parodied Coors Banquet Beer with Khores Ballroom Beer , which was made with “pure 1000% ice-cold Rocky Mountain spring water.”

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The One Beer You Should Bring Home From Every State [MAP]

VinePair

Pick up a few cans of its flagship pilsner the next time you’re in the City of Brotherly Love. And if there’s one beer to take home, it’s the Granary Kellerbier, an unfiltered German-style pilsner that’s earned three awards at the Great American Beer Festival over the past five years. The beer itself, however, is another story.

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