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How Dogfish Head Passes on Homebrew Traditions | Popular Mechanics

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How Dogfish Head Passes on Homebrew Traditions | Popular Mechanics

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Craft Beers to Pair With Your Thanksgiving Feast | Men’s Journal

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Craft Beers to Pair With Your Thanksgiving Feast | Men’s Journal

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Winter Beer Trends | Men's Journal

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Winter Beer Trends | Men's Journal

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Fermenting Innovation in the Southern Finger Lakes

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Fermenting Innovation in the Southern Finger Lakes

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Imbibe 75 2020 Beer Bar of the Year: The Grand Delancey | Imbibe Magazine

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Imbibe 75 2020 Beer Bar of the Year: The Grand Delancey | Imbibe Magazine

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The Future of Cannabis Consumption Lounges | THCnet

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The Future of Cannabis Consumption Lounges | THCnet

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Clearing the Smoke on America’s Vaping Crisis | THCnet

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Clearing the Smoke on America’s Vaping Crisis | THCnet

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Hits From the Tap: Yes, Cypress Hill Made a Cannabis-Inspired Beer | October

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Hits From the Tap: Yes, Cypress Hill Made a Cannabis-Inspired Beer | October

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Best New Brewpubs in America | Men’s Journal

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Best New Brewpubs in America | Men’s Journal

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How California's Border X Is Forging a Multicultural Future for American Beer | SevenFifty Daily

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How California's Border X Is Forging a Multicultural Future for American Beer | SevenFifty Daily

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Has it really been nearly two years since we left Brooklyn? It has. Making it an annual tradition to head back every year after school lets out to see the best thing about the city: good friends. Also, the beaches, pizza, Chinatown, Broadway, and sev

Once again, every school year is the longest and shortest stretch of time. And that’s a wrap on seventh grade. Next stop: eighth grade! And then high school?! But first: summer vacation is here. We’re headed back to Brooklyn next week to

Several decades ago, organic beer felt like a transformational force in craft beer. Eel River and Wolaver’s Organic Ales, among others, proved that a brewery needed no GMOs to make standout beers. The North American Organic Beer Festival launch

Photo dump Friday! Scenes from the last few weeks o’ living in Columbus including: shellshocked running the concession stand at the middle-school dance (Dr Pepper and Takis for all!), a little punk rock, dive-bar food and concerts, awesome bump

Look at that throwback pic! That's me, just about 20 years ago, drinking lager in Riga, Latvia, during a twisty journey that took me from London to Mongolia in a broken-down car that, yes, broke down in the Gobi Desert.

But that's a story for anoth

During craft brewing’s 2010s surge and summit, drinkers flocked to proliferating beer shops to buy cans, bottles, and growlers filled with fresh beer, the rarer the better. Fans tailgated delivery trucks carrying IPAs from Lawson’s Finest

I’ve always been fascinated by towns built around the idea of health through consuming and soaking in waters like Saratoga Springs, New York, and @visithotsprings, where I took a little press trip last week.

Hot Springs is basically a nationa

Scenes from the last few weeks o’ Columbus, Ohio, living. I collaborated with @derivebeer on a fundraising beer for my daughter’s middle school! I won a chili cook-off! Re-potted plants! Drank some solid @hoofheartedbrewing IPAs! Headless

I began covering craft beer for @imbibe in 2006, for the magazine’s second issue, enjoying a bar seat to a bewildering boom. That year, according to the Brewers Association, 1,460 breweries operated in America; by 2024, that number soared to 9,

Winters are cold and long in the Midwest. Why not escape to Tucson, Arizona, to visit friends you’ve known for just about 30 years. Tacos, bike rides, cold beers, cacti, dive bars, great breweries, warmth in every sense of the word. All in all,