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Miller High Life: The Big, Corporate Beer That Won the Industry’s Heart

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At a craft beer bar in Brooklyn called Queue Beer , all of the 24 taps feature premium and hard-to-find beers but one tap faucet stands apart from the rest. The bottles distinct shape, with the neck sloping gently into the body, was originally meant to invoke Champagne bottles. Change of Pace The beers 4.5

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The 10 Most Iconic Beer Cans and Innovations of All Time — and How They Changed Packaging Forever

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The aluminum cylinder is one of beer drinking’s greatest inventions, equally a standard accessory at bars, concerts, and backyard BBQs, and a status symbol for drinkers seeking out the latest aromatic double IPA. became the first brewery to package its beer in cone-top cans ( check it out! Behold what I’m holding! In 1935, G.

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Belgian Brewers Are Struggling to Stay Afloat. Should Beer Lovers Be Worried?

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New Approaches In the Netherlands, Belgiums northern neighbor, beer has been buoyed over the past decade by the rise of American-style, hop-forward craft beer. But it hasnt taken off in the same way in Belgium, according to Koen Kostermans, co-owner of modern bottle shop/bar Hops N More in the student-heavy city of Leuven.

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

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It is a family-owned establishment specializing in craft beer. ” On beer types: “There are many types of beers depending on their flavor, bitterness, hop flavor, aroma, color, and a long etcetera.” ” Brewbound has the press release for the new foeder-aged Dragon’s Milk IPA from New Holland.

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More Than Just IPA: Across America, Craft Beer Has Surprising Pockets of Regionality

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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. So how do these regional beer favorites come about?

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The Mount Rushmore of IPAs, According to 8 Beer Experts

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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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Every Voodoo Ranger IPA, Tasted and Ranked

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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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