Hoppy Brewing Company
East Sacramento - Sacramento:
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Certified Beer Nerd: What It Takes to Be a Cicerone
It's kind of like passing the bar, but at an actual bar.
Tribal Drinking: Why Do You Drink Craft Beer?
6 Little Known Tips for Getting Lean
Turn your beer gut into a six-pack with these alternative methods.
New beer books and what they're for
A utilitarian holiday shopping guide to 35 new tomes
How to: Throw a mystery beer party
A 6-step solution for an interactive beer experience that’s easy for you and keeps guests on their toes.
How to Make Beer Pancakes
Reason #57 to love a good brew: The carbonation in beer makes for extra-fluffy flapjacks.
Business is Brewing: Tips on Covering the Beer Industry
The beer business offers excellent story tips and angles for business reporters. Bottoms up.
The Non-Beer Snob's Guide to Ordering at a Craft Beer Bar
Five steps to navigating complicated beer menus without all the fuss.
Five craft beer trends
The world of craft beer is constantly evolving. As more and more breweries open, they have to offer things that will set them apart, whether that's a
How To Separate Beer Signal From Beer Noise
Excerpted from Eat More Better: How to Make Every Bite More Delicious, the new book by Dan Pashman of WNYC's The Sporkful podcast and the Cooking Channel's You're Eating It Wrong web series.
How Beer and Coffee Affect Your Brain
Beer and coffee are both great beverages when it comes to getting stuff done, but they each contribute to different stages of a project.
A beginner’s guide to pairing food and beer
If you’re new to food and beer pairings and want to learn more or even put together your own pairing menu, these quick tips will help you get started.
Craft Beer 101: How to Pair with Vegetarian Cuisine
The biggest—incorrect—assumption people make when it comes to beer pairing with food is that the dish needs to be carnivorous and heavy.
The 6 Beers You Should Always Have in Your Fridge for Killer Pairings
If you're like me, there's no friggin' chance you're going to run to the bottle shop to get the perfect beer for that dinner you just thought up. Don't think for a minute, though, that I'm left beerless and unsatisfied when it comes to supper sippin'. My fridge is prepared for everything, and yours can be too.
How Craft Beer Restaurants are Finding Success
Independently produced craft beers have become increasingly popular, and craft beer restaurants and brewpubs are a growing niche market. Learn more.
How to make beer can roast chicken
The good news is you need to pour out half a can of beer to make this work.
3 Tips for Hosting a Beer Tasting Party
Three important tips that will help you host a great beer tasting party!
This Is How Your Brain Responds To Beer vs Coffee
We all know the drinking a coffee first thing in the morning, will increase your energy levels with its caffeine boost. But how exactly does it work? And does it really give you a greater ability to focus? If you didn't have a cup of coffee before starting work, would you be less productive? And ...
Link: 5 Tips For Choosing better Beer at a Grocery Store
The Takeout gives us 5 Tips For Choosing better Beer at a Grocery Store. I might add a bit of snark: Tip 6: Don’t buy beer at a grocery store if you have better options.
Beer, adventure, food and nature: what could be better?
While The Nature Conservancy’s mission is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends, we’re glad that our work sometimes intersects with good food and beer. To that end, I’d like to raise a glass and toast Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head beer, adventurer, foodie, and lover of nature. Sam is…
