VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

And while the sheer number of bitter brews on the market right now might be an annoyance to some , the IPA isn’t likely to fall out of favor any time soon. According to the Chicago-based data firm IRI , IPAs are the primary drivers of growth in the craft beer industry and account for 44.37

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VinePair

JANUARY 29, 2024

The earliest beers made thousands of years ago were a kind of porridge or beer soup made from cereal grains. So, in collaboration with nearby Intrinsic Brewing , Gutierrez started designing soup-inspired beers. There was a tom kha hazy IPA, based on the Thai coconut soup. I mean, these beers are just interesting.”

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VinePair

JANUARY 27, 2025

The beer industry has come a long way in the past 20 plus years. Weve seen bourbon barrel-aging work its magic on stouts , the IPA has birthed multiple substyles , and the number of craft breweries in the U.S. Of course, with more breweries comes more beer, and subsequently, more beer names. Other Half Brewing Co.:

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VinePair

JULY 3, 2024

If there’s one guiding law IPA devotees are taught at the beginning of their craft beer journey, it’s to drink their hazies fresh. For many, checking the canned-on dates on the bottom of IPAs is standard practice, and some are quick to pass up an otherwise automatic purchase if it’s more than a few weeks old.

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VinePair

AUGUST 7, 2024

And though people love to loathe them, IPAs are the current bread and butter of the American craft brewing industry. Part of the style’s success are its numerous substyles, which have allowed IPAs to straddle nearly every major beer category on the market. There’s very little that the IPA hasn’t been able to achieve.

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VinePair

JUNE 20, 2024

The broad category of IPAs contains some of the most popular beers in the United States. Among them are hazy IPAs, the juicy, ultra-hoppy brews that captured the attention of American craft beer drinkers — and may never let go. Keep reading for picks from the beer pros. It’s a great off-the-radar beer.”

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VinePair

OCTOBER 23, 2024

New Belgium has played a major role in shaping the craft beer industry as we know it. Then came the now-infamous Voodoo Ranger, a rebrand of the brand’s Ranger IPA. The original 2017 line consisted of just two beers: the Voodoo Ranger IPA and Imperial IPA. Voodoo Ranger Electric Thunderclap IPA ABV: 7.5%

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 24, 2024

The striking flowers of woolly bluecurls, an evergreen shrub, lend a mix of candied lavender, mint, and pine to Island Brewing ’s HopLiner IPA. This is a floral beer, so we add flowers to it,” says Draughtsmen Aleworks co-founder Scott Stefan. Botanical gardens are joining forces with breweries on herbaceous beers.

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Where bitter IPAs and rich imperial stouts polarized beer drinkers, an approachable style of ale that originated in Cologne, Germany, is finding fans in beer enthusiasts and casual imbibers alike. Having a low-alcohol beer as your flagship is definitely more desirable [than a double IPA],” says co-owner Jeff Huss.

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VinePair

JANUARY 27, 2025

At a craft beer bar in Brooklyn called Queue Beer , all of the 24 taps feature premium and hard-to-find beers but one tap faucet stands apart from the rest. Change of Pace The beers 4.5 percent Bud Lights and Michelob Ultras of the world, but still low also makes it an ideal change-of-pace beer.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

Pacific Northwest-based Alaska Airlines serves Straightaway canned cocktails and Stumptown coffee from Portland, Oregon, as well as a custom-brewed IPA from Seattle’s Fremont Brewing and the nonalcoholic Electro Lime Cerveza from Northern California’s Best Day Brewing.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

craft beer has been around so long that it’s experienced several significant booms and several subsequent busts. Start a brewery, crank out some IPAs , and you, too, could become a millionaire! Their Pale Ale might be the most iconic craft beer ever made; their Celebration IPA one of the most seasonally beloved.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 2, 2024

When the American craft beer boom took off in the 1990s, it didn’t take long before we got brews that were hopped to high heaven. But in the grand scheme of beer history, hops are actually a relatively recent addition. When the Bavarian beer purity law (a.k.a. They were trying to be more proper and civilized,” Hunt says.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 10, 2024

So, we consulted Beer Advocate’s list of top-rated beers from breweries in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., As a baseline, the only beers that were considered were those with over 100 ratings on the platform. In what will likely come as no surprise, IPAs — the most popular craft beer style — claim the top spot in 21 states.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Craft beer distorts the concept of locality. Big flavor is a selling point in beverage alcohol, from potent Buzz Ballz cocktails like Sour Apple Chiller to New Belgium’s Voodoo Ranger line of imperial IPAs, including punch-like Fruit Force and Juice Force. Imperial ciders would slot nicely next to juicy IPAs.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The beer business is constantly evolving. It long ago departed from European styles to the great American lager, and then again straight into the craft beer era. And after the initial boom of West Coast IPA, the cloudy New England style came along to dominate the scene. Ipswich, Mass.

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VinePair

APRIL 30, 2024

In the dawn of the post-Covid landscape, the beer industry was poised to see what its new normal would shape up to be. Craft beer sales have been slipping, and the tried-and-true path of “instant profit ahead” by cranking out IPAs isn’t working like it used to. Unfortunately, thus far, it’s been a whole lot of nothing.

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VinePair

JANUARY 23, 2024

Among them are some of the more hype-y styles shaking up the industry since the craft beer boom. Some people scoff at these popular beers, while others line up to snag the first tastes of them. Here, we asked 15 brewers which beer styles they feel are the most overrated.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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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VinePair

DECEMBER 27, 2023

If you compiled all of the headlines covering craft beer over the past 12 months and gave your summation on the state of the industry, you might grumble something about a Bob Dylan song in between sips of your Flavortown spiked fruit punch. ” —Joe Stange, managing editor at Craft Beer & Brewing Blindhouse Beer Roanoke, Va.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 10, 2024

Monkey Club From the beer-and-shot specials at Bob & Barbara’s in Rittenhouse Square, to the 75-cent hot dogs at McGlinchey’s , Philadelphia dive bars are legendary. You can get cheap beer and even fancy craft beers for under $7,” he says. Monkey Club is Ducos’ go-to in Fishtown. It’s a true neighborhood dive.

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Cheers

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Craft beer sales have slowed with the rise of too many breweries, consumers not drinking as much beer, and those that do drink beer opting for less-expensive brews. And with all the great beers out there, it is fun to try different ones and enjoy a variety, especially those that complement our food menu,” he says.

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Advanced Mixology

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Craft beer is more than just a drink. For craft beer enthusiasts, tasting notes are a way of appreciating and sharing the complex and diverse experiences associated with different brews. Tasting notes are also useful for learning more about beer styles, ingredients, and brewing techniques.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It’s safe to say that the craft beer boom has now reached nearly every corner of the globe. Athens, Greece Credit: Athineo / Constantinos Kollias via Unsplash Beer production in Athens dates back to 3300 B.C. Strange Brew’s flagship, the Jasmine IPA, is a must-try, offering aromatic tropical fruits and relaxing jasmine notes.

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VinePair

JULY 29, 2024

As demand for craft beer spiked throughout the 2010s, breweries expanded to slake drinkers’ seemingly endless thirst for IPAs. “We Hunter and fellow founder Beny Ashburn centered Crowns & Hops on culture , aligning the brewery with hip-hop and HBCUs, inviting drinkers of color to enjoy an IPA. Hop waters ! —

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VinePair

DECEMBER 7, 2023

China’s thirst for American craft beer hasn’t yet peaked (unlike Americans’ own) and its drinkers’ interest is piqued. craft brewers (as defined by the BA) shipped some 12,000 barrels of beer to China in 2022, according to data assembled by the trade group. Chinese craft beer imports from the U.S.

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VinePair

JANUARY 1, 2024

craft beer production has more or less plateaued in recent years, the NA market continues to explode. According to Global Market Insights , the NA beer market was valued at over $22 billion in 2022, and is expected to nearly double over the next 10 years. Go Brewing Not Just Another Story Double IPA Naperville, Ill.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

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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VinePair

DECEMBER 2, 2024

percent beers,” says McFarland. Flavor First The craft beer movement made big (and largely accurate) claims about raising quality standards, and that’s now reflected on British bar-tops. lager specialists Utopian and, in the Midlands, Round Corner , with whom they’ve recently created a new Hazy IPA.

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VinePair

MARCH 8, 2024

Over the years, fans have fallen in love with the brewery’s pale ales and IPAs that are brimming with character and complexity, as well as the company’s clear dedication to the environment. Today, walking down the aisle of any East Coast craft beer store, you’ll likely spot Maine Beer Co.’s Today, Maine Beer Co.

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VinePair

JUNE 23, 2024

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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VinePair

JUNE 24, 2024

Hard ciders and teas taste like popsicles , double IPAs evoke fruit punch, and Simply and Mountain Dew have spawned boozy spinoffs. Now the flashiest flavor delivery vehicles are Mexico’s bold yet approachable Chelada and Michelada cervezas preparadas, or beer cocktails. “We We love to think about the Michelada as a blank canvas.”

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Adam is reading: The Sneaky Ingredients Making Your Cocktail More Expensive Joanna is reading: More Than Just IPA: Across America, Craft Beer Has Surprising Pockets of Regionality Listen Online Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify The article The VinePair Podcast: How the Negroni Went From Recipe to Vibe appeared first on VinePair.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the ‘70s and ‘80s, imported beers like Heineken , Stella, and Newcastle took the American market by storm, virtually the only available alternatives to the light adjunct lagers of the time. Tune in for more. Zach is drinking: 1994 Columbia Winery Red Willow Vineyard Syrah Joanna is drinking: E.

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VinePair

AUGUST 15, 2024

I love New England IPAs and I love West Coast IPAs, but I might have to go West Coast here because it’s hot and I want hops with a little more crispness. And as it warms up, you get all those classic West Coast aromatic notes of pine and citrus from the early days of craft beer. I’m a hop guy; I love hops.

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Cheers

MARCH 18, 2024

versus last year in the last 48 weeks of chain store scans, according to data provided for this article by the Canadian producer, Moosehead Breweries. Of course, much of that growth is made up of the explosive rise of Mexican beers. It makes people feel good about the beer.” founded in 1937) and Craft Beers of Canada.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

With beer-industry hype around him, Gallanosa continued pumping out his signature pastry stouts alongside lagers to hazies and West Coast IPAs. Now, as head brewer and director of beer operations there, Gallanosa straddles the responsibilities of brewing, marketing, and sales management. in Northern California.

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