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No Longer Just For Macro Lagers, Craft Beer Is Finally Embracing Rice

VinePair

Rice beer has roots in civilization’s earliest fermented beverages, and is a key part of some of the world’s top-selling beer brands. ( But despite — and in part because of — its mass-market appeal, rice has largely been overlooked by the craft beer industry. His Rice Kolsch is one of the brewery’s flagship beers.

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Craft Breweries Are Simplifying to Broaden Interest

Imbibe Magazine

Sometime in the 2010s, consuming craft beer turned into a personality trait. Acquiring, drinking, and discussing beer in granular detail became an all-consuming hobby. We’re trying to make craft beer less intimidating for anybody who wants to participate in the craft beer space,” he says.

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We Asked 22 Brewers: What’s the Best New Beer of 2023?

VinePair

It’s a gorgeous and artfully crafted beer, and it’s a lot of fun to drink.” North Park Beer Company Kiwi to Bogey 5.4% This New Zealand-style pilsner is dry hopped with Rakau, Nelson Sauvin, and Motueka, all grown by Freestyle Hops, who are putting out some of the best hops in the world. Providence, R.I.

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Why Craft Breweries Are Still Launching Hard Seltzer Brands

VinePair

Among its medal-winning IPAs and pilsners, Green Cheek regularly offers multiple hard seltzers, including purple-tinted Lavender Lemonade. Those hard seltzer brands broke wide as a broadly appealing commodity that looked clearly different, becoming an easy-to-enjoy answer to all that complex craft beer. Nobody cared.”

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The 20 Best Non-Alcoholic Beers for 2025

VinePair

For the best non-alcoholic beers of the year roundup, our tastings panel sampled more than 100 expressions at the VinePair HQ. IPA, lager, pilsner, fruited sour, etc.), while also evaluating each beer on its individual merits. We then pared a long list of favorites down to the 20 absolute best non-alcoholic beers.

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The 30 Best Breweries in the Country Right Now, According to Beer Pros (2024)

VinePair

The craft beer world is filled with passionate opinions and nowhere more so than among those who wield notebooks and pens. Ask any three beer writers to name the countrys single best brewery, and youre likely to get over a dozen well-argued responses, from the totally obvious to the truly arcane. August Schell Brewing Co.

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