The Who’s Who of Beer Cool
PUNCH
APRIL 4, 2024
The best craft beer breweries in 2024, from a minimalist operation serving lagers to the brewers making IPAs that spotlight regional flavors.
What Even Is “American IPA”?
PUNCH
OCTOBER 24, 2024
What is “American IPA”? Craft beer experts and brewers weigh in on the substyle and how it differs from West Coast– or New England–style.
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For These Brewers, Craft Beer Requires a Full Rebrand
PUNCH
AUGUST 20, 2024
Craft beer brewers like Stillwater Artisanal are making “postmodern”beers brewed for flavor instead of specific styles like lager or IPA.
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Drink of the Week: Hopworks “Earth to Beer” West Coast IPA
Imbibe Magazine
APRIL 12, 2024
If there is any place better to enjoy a crisp, refreshing beer than out in nature, I haven’t been there. And that is, fittingly, how I plan to enjoy my four-pack of Hopworks ‘ new Organic West Coast IPA brewed for the Earth to Beer campaign. For Earth Day, or any day, go drink some beer outside.
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Taste Test: Session IPAs
Imbibe Magazine
AUGUST 30, 2024
It’s easy to define session IPAs by what they’re not: hard-hitting hops delivery systems with soaring ABVs. This selection of widely distributed options spans West Coast, hazy, and American IPA styles. percent ABV, this approachable beer from Michigan’s New Holland brewery sits well below mainstream IPAs’ 8 or even 9 percent ABV.
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What Ever Happened to the Session IPA?
PUNCH
MAY 29, 2024
But of the few still on shelves, these three beers represent the misunderstood category at its best. Once dubbed the “hottest style,” the low-proof spin on the genre is waning.
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The Mount Rushmore of IPAs, According to 8 Beer Experts
VinePair
JUNE 25, 2024
For pretty much the last two decades, the IPA has been the No. 1 craft beer style in America, if not the world. There have been black IPAs , white IPAs , red IPAs , cold IPAs , session IPAs , brut IPAs , even glitter IPAs. directive on the upper rim still hits like few others.
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This Week's Beer News: Good "Vibes" Only.
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Tomorrow, over a hundred people will be gathering for the brew day of Vibes Since 1920 , a collaborative beer slated for release in March for Women’s Month. ” The variety of participants in this project runs the gamut across the beer enthusiast spectrum. . ” That’s a lot of people around one brew deck.
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Oktoberfest Season Is In Full Swing: This Week's Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
AUGUST 2, 2024
Sketchbook’s celebration is already on their calendar as well, and while not a true Oktoberfest celebration, I think it’s worth mentioning that the Metropolitan beers from Short Fuse are getting a proper release party (with brats and schnitzel) one week from today. We’ll be out there with you. Nice to see.
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A Taproom, a Tease and a Deal: This Week's Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
JULY 19, 2024
Get 20% off for 1 year Last night’s birthday beers included a Gnosis Brewing Gnack lager, a Farm Club Schwarzbier and a Hop Butcher Grid IPA. Waypost Brewing Company is hosting a traditional kolsch service in their beer garden tonight from 4-9pm. Here’s the full beer list that’ll be pouring at the party.
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The Return of Honkers: This Week's Beer News
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
OCTOBER 7, 2024
One of Chicago’s original craft beers is coming back. We broke the news of its discontinuation back in early 2019 , calling it “the end of an era” as Goose was pivoting to beers like Old Man Grumpy and Next Coast IPA. Earlier today, Goose Island made it official : Honkers Ale is returning to package format.
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The 5 Best Wheat Beers to Drink Right Now
Chilled Magazine
JULY 17, 2024
Summer is a great time for lighter, refreshing beers. And while it’s tough to beat the appeal of a classic pilsner or hoppy, piney IPA, one of the best choices for the summer months is a refreshing, balanced wheat beer. Now that you have learned a little bit about wheat beers, it’s time to find some to drink.
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This Week's New Beer Labels: IPAs are Hoppy
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
AUGUST 14, 2024
The New Illinois Beer Label of the Week: Obviously the Beer Hug line has been doing well for Goose Island since they keep rolling out variants like this one, which just came through this week. Imagine trying to explain this beer label to someone from 2009. Let’s all get acquired by Tilray this week.
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This Week's Beer News: Weed Edition + ICBW Pint Glass Preview
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Today, we’re bringing you an exclusive first look at this year’s Craft Beer Week pint glass, courtesy of the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild. Only breweries can pre-order at this point; the rest of us will have to just get ready to grab one of these glasses from participating breweries once Beer Week kicks off in mid-May.
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Taste Test: Nonalcoholic Beer
Imbibe Magazine
JANUARY 10, 2024
It wasn’t long ago when nonalcoholic beer options in the U.S. In fact, the fast-growing category of nonalcoholic beer now includes NA alternatives in most beer styles. Note: If a beer contains less than 0.5 left much to be desired. Fortunately, U.S. Here are some excellent low-proof brews hailing from around the globe.
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This Week's Craft Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
MARCH 22, 2024
If you’re looking to get out and about over the next few weeks, the events calendar is still pretty dang full while breweries wait for warmer, more beer-friendly weather to arrive. On Saturday you can celebrate International Orval Day at The Beer Temple , one of the official destinations for the annual festivities.
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Was June 2014 Chicago's Craft Beer High Water Mark? (+Events & Socials)
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
JUNE 7, 2024
The amount of 10th anniversary events emerging over the last few weeks have made me wonder: Was May-June 2014 the busiest time in Chicago craft beer history? Hailstorm Brewing also celebrates ten years of beers with a party on Saturday and a special anniversary release of their GABF medal-winning Prairie Madness Pale Ale.
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This Weekend's REAL AMERICAN Beer Events & Socials
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
JUNE 14, 2024
So much stuff going on over the next few days, but before that, a gentle nudge as we head into this Father’s Day weekend, where it’s possible someone might say something like, “Hey, did you hear that Hulk Hogan has a beer coming out? It’s been all over the news in the past few days!”
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The Highest-Rated IPA in Every State (2024) [MAP]
VinePair
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Brewed in numerous substyles, the category has won over beer lovers with its hop-forward profile and tropical fruit flavors. 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. Curious to see if your favorite IPA made the cut?
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The Evolution of the IPA, from 19th Century England to Now
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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Are You Drinking Your IPAs Too Fresh?
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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We Asked 7 Brewers: What’s the Most Overrated Hazy IPA?
VinePair
JUNE 6, 2024
Hazy IPAs have been the headliner of American craft beer since the early 2000s. These New England-style brews redefined what craft beer means in the United States, spurring the popularity of a plethora of new hop varieties and breweries across the nation to conjure the dankest, juiciest ales they can. Ogden, Utah “All of them!
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Taste Test: Nonalcoholic Beer
Imbibe Magazine
JANUARY 10, 2024
It wasn’t long ago when nonalcoholic beer options in the U.S. In fact, the fast-growing category of nonalcoholic beer now includes NA alternatives in most beer styles. Note: If a beer contains less than 0.5 left much to be desired. Fortunately, U.S. Here are some excellent low-proof brews hailing from around the globe.
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Craft Breweries Are Simplifying to Broaden Interest
Imbibe Magazine
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
They bonded over their love of beer, lamenting that few mainstream beer brands catered to the queer community outside of Pride Month. Left to right: Sarah Hallonquist (left) and Loretta Andro Chung, owners of Dyke Beer in Brooklyn. Photo by Eric Medsker; Shift Beer at Hopewell Brewing in Chicago.
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Midwest, Mountain, and Northleft: Meet the Latest Regional IPA Styles
VinePair
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Today, his legend swims on in another historical artifact, the English-style Commodore Perry IPA from Great Lakes Brewing Co. To attract a broader audience of IPA drinkers, Great Lakes leaned into its geography to create a balanced, subtly sweet, not-too-bitter Midwestern IPA. Bell’s Two Hearted IPA is a bellwether.)
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More Than Just IPA: Across America, Craft Beer Has Surprising Pockets of Regionality
VinePair
AUGUST 29, 2024
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. craft beer scene is a lot more varied than it might appear.
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Brut Busts and Brett Who? The Next Big IPA Sub-Styles That Never Were
VinePair
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
annually collaborates with Venture Snowboards on a Ska-themed snowboard that might feature its logo, dapper skeleton mascot, or a new beer. A fizzy, fragrant, Champagne-inspired IPA couldn’t hack it in a world gone hazy. She was like, ‘That was my favorite beer. To this day, it’s still one of our favorite beers that we’ve made.”
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Every Voodoo Ranger IPA, Tasted and Ranked
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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This Week's Beer Events & Socials: Keeping Keeping Together Together
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
JULY 26, 2024
Some genuinely unfortunate news from Averie Swanson, owner of Keeping Together , the beer brand founded in Chicago that’s working to open a space in Santa Fe, NM. They actually sat down with the offending customer and had a beer together. You’ll get Dovetail beer and four samples of landjaeger, so how can you pass that up?
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The Highest-Rated Beer in Every State (2024) [MAP]
VinePair
OCTOBER 10, 2024
2023 was a tough year for the American brewing industry, with overall beer production and imports down 5 percent year-over-year. But despite the doom and gloom surrounding the future of beer, Americans are still drinking their fair share of the stuff. According to beer shipment data and U.S. billion gallons of beer per year.
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In a World of Hazy IPAs, These Beers Use No Hops at All
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. all beer in Europe relied on gruit for the same purposes.
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Review: 6 Firestone Walker IPAs, 2024 Releases
Drinkhacker
MARCH 3, 2024
Firestone Walker never met a beer style it didn’t like, and while it is constantly churning out sours, barrel-aged expressions , iconic lagers , and more, it’s the IPAs that Firestone really seems to gravitate to. Lately, the brand has dropped three different mixed-IPA cases, all featuring something new and something old.
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We Asked 6 Brewers: What’s the Most Underrated Hazy IPA?
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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We Asked 15 Brewers: What’s the Most Overrated Beer Style? (2024)
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. The beer industry had a difficult year in 2023, and perhaps some of its stalwarts are beginning to feel a bit stale.
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Review: Stone Delicious Hazy IPA and Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA
Drinkhacker
AUGUST 9, 2024
New brews from our buddies at Stone Brewing, both in the IPAverse… Stone Delicious Hazy IPA – The newest addition to the Stone Delicious family is this spot-on hazy, a creamy and fruit-filled expression of tangerines, mangos, apricots, and lemon — all bright as could be but set against a backdrop of creamy, vanilla-scented malt.
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Taplines: Why Brut IPA Never Hit It Big
VinePair
JUNE 19, 2024
Over the past decade, IPAs have dominated the hearts, minds, and fridges of the beer drinking public. Some people joke that the acronym stands for “Immediate Profits Ahead” because of how much of a sure thing it is in the business, but today we’re going to discuss an IPA that sure wasn’t. Tune in for more.
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Breweries Are Finding Fertile Partnerships With Gardeners and Plant Collectors
Imbibe Magazine
APRIL 24, 2024
Normally, there’s no real good reason to leave Santa Barbara, California, and drive due north on Mission Canyon Road in search of great beer. That day, the 78-acre expanse temporarily transforms into the Beer Garden, a festival that encourages attendees to stroll past California plants—and drink them too.
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5 to Try: Kölsch-Style Ales
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. We hear a lot of people say, ‘I don’t really drink beer, but I drink KSA,’” says Fort Point chief brand officer Dina Dobkin.
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Does Beer Expire — And Is It OK to Drink Old Beer?
VinePair
JANUARY 11, 2024
Unlike wine enthusiasts, beer nerds face one particular restriction when they get their hands on a grailed bottle of suds: There’s really no saving it for a special occasion. Does Beer Expire? No, beer doesn’t expire per se. Luckily, most beer these days comes in cans, so lightstrike isn’t as much of a threat as it once was.
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The One Beer You Should Bring Home From Every State [MAP]
VinePair
JUNE 9, 2024
The same mantra applies to local beers. That’s why we compiled a list of the beers you should take home with you from every state. That means you’ll spy a lot of IPAs here, but you’ll also find plenty of seasonal stouts, dependable lagers, and eccentric sours, too.
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These Are the Winning Beers from the 2024 Great American Beer Festival
VinePair
OCTOBER 15, 2024
On Saturday, the Brewers Association (BA) announced the winners of the 2024 Great American Beer Festival. as the country’s largest professional beer competition. Approximately 9,200 beers and ciders were submitted from across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Bronze: IPA for Aliens, Masthead Brewing Co.,
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The 10 Best-Selling Craft Beer Brands of 2024
VinePair
MAY 5, 2024
This may sound like a backhanded compliment, but while craft beer sales continue to slow, the situation isn’t nearly as grim as it was this time last year. craft beer sales totalled $4.7 Circana compiled the sales data into a list revealing the top 10 best-selling craft beer brands going into 2024. 28, 2024, U.S.
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We Asked 12 Brewers: What’s the Next Big Beer Style? (2024)
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. But these days, the beer consumer has a more varied palate.
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The Mount Rushmore of Craft Breweries, According to 8 Beer Experts
VinePair
AUGUST 14, 2024
craft beer has been around so long that it’s experienced several significant booms and several subsequent busts. If craft breweries were once started by people with a pure passion for drinking “better beer,” eventually they started to be seen as easy money by entrepreneurial types. Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Co.):
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