craft beer education

Hip Hops: Culture shock in ME, NH, VT and MA (and Kentuckiana too)

Last week I observed that in 2025… Maine, with only 1,414,874 residents (42nd) had 157 breweries (21st), or 14.2 per capita (2nd). That’s right. Second ― to Vermont nearby, which has 15.4 breweries per capita. When I wrote these words prior to our vacation departure, I knew we’d be visiting Maine. However, Vermont wasn’t on […]

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Hip Hops: As craft beer convulses, Gen Z embraces cask ale in Great Britain

Today’s atypically brief stream of beery consciousness is brought to you by Spain, where we just enjoyed a week relaxing in Valencia and Palma de Mallorca. Our journey abroad coincided with the post-Great American Beer Festival news cycle, centering on craft beer’s decline, death and zombie afterlife, or whatever the adjustment is being called this […]

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Hip Hops: Might as well go down swinging, right?

Recently we stopped for beers at a Louisville brewery taproom, and it was fine. There were no problems. Customers brought their own food, all ages were present, and the atmosphere felt suitably festive. The recorded music wasn’t terribly intrusive, and we were able to chat without shouting, which was a pleasant change. Edibles & Potables: […]

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Hip Hops: Cold beer conversation (a little truth, a little frustration)

With apologies to George Strait. If you grew up as an American during the 1960s and 70s, nothing could have prepared you for a future of stylistic diversity as it pertains to beer and brewing. Naturally the same might be said of food and dining, in a broader sense, given that our role models back […]

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Hip Hops: Does beer knowledge matter? If so, how do we know for sure?

Does knowledge matter? If so, how do we know for sure? Such a discussion might have occurred at the agora in Athens, with Socrates merrily harassing thoughtless passers-by. The question might also be ripped from today’s headlines, as when Secretary R.F. Kennedy Jr. lip syncs Pink Floyd in a post to X: “We don’t need […]

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