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The Evolution of the IPA, from 19th Century England to Now

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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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NYC Beer Expert Shares Picks For NA Brews

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Its a hazy IPA with the bold, juicy hop flavors that beer enthusiasts crave, she notes. The Bitburger N/A is a fun choice to serve with German fare for a traditional pub hall type of experience, Benecke says. What NA brews has Benecke been recommending for January? One of her top picks is Athletic Brewings Free Wave.

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Breweries Are Finding Fertile Partnerships With Gardeners and Plant Collectors

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The striking flowers of woolly bluecurls, an evergreen shrub, lend a mix of candied lavender, mint, and pine to Island Brewing ’s HopLiner IPA. The youthful crowd is lively and engaged, and conversations run from conservation to why fruity hummingbird sage excels in IPAs. It was mostly the place that your grandmother likes to come to.

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Light Years: Has Britain Finally Fallen for Low-Calorie Beer?

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There are at least half a dozen similar beers available in pubs and supermarkets up and down the U.K. lager specialists Utopian and, in the Midlands, Round Corner , with whom they’ve recently created a new Hazy IPA. Lowrise’s new Hazy IPA offers a good example of where low-calorie beer in the U.K.

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The One Beer You Should Bring Home From Every State [MAP]

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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. Arkansas: Amadeus Vienna Lager From Stone’s Throw Brewing To break up the onslaught of IPAs and stouts to come, we’re tapping this stellar Vienna lager from the folks at Little Rock’s Stone’s Throw Brewing.

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This Week's Beer Events & Socials: Keeping Keeping Together Together

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

Wax Wings released a new Comeback Kid IPA to celebrate their brewer going to the Paris Olympics as a discus hurler. You mean I can drink Duvel and help a bartender at Monk’s Pub perfect her pour for a contest in Vegas ? Maplewood is really leaning into the 90s vibe with the two new NA hop waters they introduced this week.

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Christmas Tree Bonfires Are Coming to a Brewery Near You

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Would we be burning Christmas trees in the parking spaces right in front of the pub? Fonta Flora will serve its Steinbock, a steinbier collaboration with Zillicoah, and Double Pine Zips, a stronger version of its resinous IPA flavored with eastern white pine needles. An upcoming burn, on Jan.