VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In January, brewery president and cofounder Dave Thibodeau hit the slopes with a Ska snowboard that outlived its advertised beer: Moral Panic, a bone-dry brut IPA that debuted in 2018 and disappeared in late 2021. A fizzy, fragrant, Champagne-inspired IPA couldn’t hack it in a world gone hazy.

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IPA Beer Bitters Alcohol 119

Drinkhacker

JANUARY 12, 2024

At the end of 2023, Oregon’s Deschutes dropped a handful of new (and re-) releases, including the re-revamped version of its highly prized Dissident sour, tasted here next to a vintage version of the same beer from 2019, the last time it was made from this recipe. Let’s check them out. Still 6.4%

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IPA Beer Bottling Wine 106

Cheers

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Uncasville, CT-based casino Mohegan Sun held its 20th Sun Wine & Food Fest from Jan. The annual food and wine festival included more than 15 events combining culinary artistry, unique and premium wine and spirit selections and celebrity chef demonstrations. Here’s a quick look at some of the festivities we attended.

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Wine Vodka Beer IPA 78

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

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Among its medal-winning IPAs and pilsners, Green Cheek regularly offers multiple hard seltzers, including purple-tinted Lavender Lemonade. Brewing a beer with barley will create a grain flavor that a brewer might accentuate (stouts, barley wines) or mask (New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Fruit Force , Modelo’s Chelada line ).

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Tinctures Craft Beer IPA Beer 87

PubClub

MAY 2, 2024

The drink most associated with Monterey, CA, is wine. And for good reason – there are nearly 350 vineyards in Monterey County and in the town, along with neighboring Carmel, there are 18 wine tasting rooms. These are Alvarado Street Brewery’s 10th anniversary beers. Double Dry Hopped.

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Beer Pilsner IPA Craft Beer 52

VinePair

JUNE 26, 2024

Consequently, this marks the first year in nearly 30 years that the industry saw a slip in spirits, beer, and wine sales. According to the IWSR, inventory levels skyrocketed between December 2019 and December 2023 due to a jump in consumer demand during the height of the pandemic, and then further bolstered by supply chain disruptions.

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Alcohol Inventory Beer Wine 90