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More Than Just IPA: Across America, Craft Beer Has Surprising Pockets of Regionality

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Most craft brewers couldn’t imagine life without IPA. But at the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas, the vast majority of sales come from a very different beer style. Seven out of every 10 beers we sell is Shiner Bock,” says Nick Weiland, the brewery’s brand director. So how do these regional beer favorites come about?

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Craft Breweries Are Simplifying to Broaden Interest

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Bars were closed but people still drank beer, and cans could be another conduit for communicating their mission. In early 2021, they debuted Dyke Beer , working with Brooklyn’s Wild East Brewing to create an approachable saison, the label featuring a dog and cat playing pool. A bad experience with bitter beers can linger.

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Fertilized by Opportunity and Innovation, Cider Is Expanding Its Appeal

Imbibe Magazine

His intimate Los Angeles bar, Alma’s Cider & Beer , which opened in 2021, is a 558-square-foot jewel box bathed in three shades of blue, decorated with quirky dioramas and a chandelier evoking flying saucers. Craft beer distorts the concept of locality. Imperial ciders would slot nicely next to juicy IPAs.

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Niche Sports and Games Are Helping Breweries Score Big

Imbibe Magazine

Beer is a reward for exertion, or what fans grip and sip while rooting for home teams and underdogs. Customers wear brewery merch and congregate in taprooms, bantering about smash-hit IPAs and others that swung for the fences but fell short. People attach themselves to sports the way they’ve attached themselves to beer,” Ashburn says.

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

VinePair

Since the dawn of craft beer, bars have played a pivotal role in the boom of American brewing. Nowhere is this more true than at the more specialized spots: the beer bars, as we know them, with their thoughtful selections across tap lines and bottle lists, and their dedication to service, atmosphere, and education.

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Q&A: Short Fuse Brewing Owner Nick Teague

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In business since 2017, Short Fuse has won GABF awards for their Tropical Hurt Locker and Vocal Jam beers, which helped them earn a Brewery of the Year award (2001-5000 Barrels) in 2021. Nick Teague is the owner and founder of the brewery, who got into craft beer while working in California.

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27 Seasonal Beer Releases Worth Traveling For [MAP]

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California: Russian River Brewing Company Pliny the Younger Availability: Late March-early April The Pliny the Younger release of 2010 pioneered line culture in American craft beer culture as we know it. over the beer’s Star Wars-centric can art. Connecticut: New England Brewing Co.

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