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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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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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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Beer IPA Happy Hour Stout 264

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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Beer Pilsner IPA Craft Beer 264

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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Beer IPA Craft Beer Pilsner 246

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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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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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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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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Craft Beer Beer Stout Happy Hour 241

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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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MARCH 7, 2025

The highest rated beer from Illinois this year belongs to Phase Three , whose Consume S-101 Stout broke the Top 20. Beermiscuous Highwood hosts a bonsai workshop and demo on Sunday but check their calendar for their We+Su Beer Stand featuring Japanese-style pour service throughout the month. Man, Untappd users absolutely love mead).

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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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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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Beer IPA Craft Beer Promoter 246

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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IPA Beer Craft Beer Bitters 124

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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IPA Beer Pub Bitters 128

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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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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IPA Craft Beer Beer Pilsner 246

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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IPA Beer Muddling Craft Beer 116

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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IPA Craft Beer Beer 122

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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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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Craft Beer IPA Beer Alcohol 116

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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IPA Beer Wine 116

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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IPA Beer Bitters Craft Beer 116

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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IPA Beer 111

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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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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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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Beer IPA Pilsner Alcohol 147

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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IPA Beer Bitters Craft Beer 111

Cheers

MAY 22, 2024

Founders All Day IPA, originally launched in 2009 and today one of the leading craft beers , has undergone a rebranding. The beer itself remains unchanged. The post Founders All Day IPA Gets a New Look appeared first on Cheers. This is the product’s first brand refresh since 2011.

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IPA Craft Beer Beer 110

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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IPA Beer Bitters Craft Beer 111

Cheers

JANUARY 8, 2024

Oskar Blues has expanded upon its beer brands with higher-ABV and larger-format takes: the recently rebranded Dale’s Double IPA (9.0% ABV) and Imperial Hazy Blues IPA (9.5% Dale’s Double IPA in early 2022 underwent a rebrand to put the Dale’s name front and center, including the Dale’s Pale Ale 19.2

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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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Beer Stout IPA Craft Beer 133

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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IPA Beer Tiki Bitters 116

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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IPA Beer Bitters Alcohol 119

Drinkhacker

JULY 1, 2024

Karbach’s Hopadillo is mainstay beer offering in Texas (reportedly the best-selling IPA in the state for 11 years), and now you can punch up that IPA character even further with the addition of Hopadillo Juicy. Nothing shy here at a 7.3% abv — 0.7% higher than standard Hopadillo. Nothing shy here at a 7.3%

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Cheers

AUGUST 9, 2024

has revealed the latest addition to its line of non-alcoholic beers: Road 2 Ruin Zero Non-Alc IPA. The new NA version of Two Roads’ flagship beer is made with the same hoppy flavor of its namesake brew, the brewery states. Road 2 Ruin Zero follows the brand’s first two non-alcoholic offerings, an American IPA and a Juicy IPA.

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IPA Beer Alcohol 108

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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