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Taste Test: Rice Beer

Imbibe Magazine

There’s no denying the supreme drinkability of a cold, crisp rice beer, as industry stalwarts like macro Japanese breweries Sapporo and Asahi demonstrate. But smaller craft brewers are increasingly tinkering with the style, recognizing the mass appeal of a clean, crushable beer while still experimenting with their own interpretations.

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Two Beer Stories, One Great, One Not, In This Week's Beer News

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This sounds like someone who actually likes beer , writing about beer! The whole story traces the lifespan of one incredibly influential beer barrel, from a winery to New Belgium to Russian River and Side Project and now to Off Color, with tons of sourced quotes and just an overall fun narrative in beer. What a concept.

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The Best Beers to Bring to a BBQ, According to 14 Pitmasters

VinePair

At the same time, grilled and smoked dishes should be paired with drinks that highlight their savory, charred, and juicy characteristics, so cookout beers need to be more than just thirst-quenching. Houston Lone Star Original American-Style Lager Beer is the only beer for Texas barbecue. It is so good, crisp, and clean.

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Midwest, Mountain, and Northleft: Meet the Latest Regional IPA Styles

VinePair

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. As craft beer boomed, location had scant bearing on a brewery producing directional IPAs, reducing geographic callouts to shorthand for aroma and flavor. Its motto: All for Ohio.

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The Mount Rushmore of Craft Breweries, According to 8 Beer Experts

VinePair

craft beer has been around so long that it’s experienced several significant booms and several subsequent busts. There are around 10,000 craft breweries in America. We asked eight of America’s most insightful beer voices for their Mount Rushmore of craft breweries. Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Co.):

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5 to Try: Kölsch-Style Ales

Imbibe Magazine

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. The robustness of Munich and Vienna malts is balanced by the Saphir and Warrior bittering hops for a clean finish. “We

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The VinePair Podcast: Can Craft Beer Enter the Light Lager Conversation?

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With brands like Montana’s Montucky Cold Snacks on the rise , we’re left wondering if beer consumers are still thirsting for high-ABV juice bombs like they have been in recent years. Joanna is reading: The Bitter Truth? Tune in for more. appeared first on VinePair.