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Ask a Brewer: What’s the Difference Between Old World and New World Hops?

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Given that Old World hops traditionally lend themselves to the ingredient bills of lagers and pilsners while New World hops are more at home in IPAs , the difference between the two camps is more complexly rooted in brewing history, terroir, and flavor profiles. They also are relatively low in bitterness due to their low alpha acid content.

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Staying Anchored: Why Homage Beers Are Everywhere Right Now

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Cloning Beers Is About ‘Replicating Greatness’ Beer drinkers are awash in choices — fruit juice IPAs, chocolate cake stouts, and classic Czech pilsners available far and wide. Copycat is a little more bitter, with a lighter dry hop. The ubiquity makes it easy to forget that options and distribution were once more limited.

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

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If Georgia’s peaches aren’t juicy enough for you, consider upping the ante with Creature Comforts’ fruit-forward yet slightly bitter Tropicália IPA. Pick up a few cans of its flagship pilsner the next time you’re in the City of Brotherly Love. Georgia: Tropicália From Creature Comforts Brewing Co.

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Who Let the Fizz Out? Why Bubble-Free Booze Is on the Rise

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Drinkers fetishize crisp pilsners topped with foamy poofs, while hard seltzers still bubble across a $3 billion landscape. By 2016, Americans drank more bottled water than soda, hydrating with Poland Spring and flavored waters like Vitaminwater, Propel, and Hint Water. These are interesting days for carbon dioxide.

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Kölsch Crush: The Crowd-Pleasing German Ale Finds a Fresh Following

Imbibe Magazine

Even then, in the mid-2010s, Texas was thick with IPAs and pilsners, two styles with proven track records of pleasing crowds of drinkers. Elmo Brewing in late 2016, and Carl the kölsch steadily cultivated a following at the taproom and around town. No one else was really doing anything like this around here,” Winslow says.

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The Birthplaces of Every Popular Style of Beer [MAP]

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In the early 1820s, brewers in the city are said to have reformulated the recipe for pale ales destined for export, hopping them up to produce a more bitter and drier brew. Pilsner Pilsen, Czech Republic It’s no surprise that the country that consistently drinks the most beer also created one of its most iconic styles — the pilsner.

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Craft Breweries Are Simplifying to Broaden Interest

Imbibe Magazine

A bad experience with bitter beers can linger. For much of the brewery’s first half decade, Kunz worked first by himself and then with one other person to make and distribute his pilsners and IPAs. Established in 2016, Industrial Arts has seen success with Wrench , its flagship hazy IPA, and assorted spinoffs.

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