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July’s Peaking …and you’re desperate to do something fun. Well good, we’ve got your back. From the nation’s coolest beer events, to movies, music and cutting edge TV - we’ve got you covered. Plus we’ve a special summertime weekend beer pick for you, because we know you’ll be drinking.

For the last fifteen years, the American Homebrewers Association has run an online poll asking its members, who clearly know their beer, to vote for up to 20 of their favorite commercial beers. Zymurgy, (the journal of the AHA), recently released the results – and we’ve got some of the highlights for you.

America's hot new thing isn't so much just a style, but a mentality. The era of the high ABVs and sours is slowly ebbing, being replaced instead with fresh, hazy ales - a symbol of the industry's shift to a more local focus over national distribution.

They go by many names nowadays - anything from the New England IPA, to hazy or cloudy IPAs, and now even “juice bombs.” But whatever you call them these cloudy, less bitter and hugely flavorful ales, they have fast become a nationwide phenomenon. And here are 5 Hazy IPAs that you need to try before you “kick it.”

With the holidays coming, we’re highlighting some of this season’s more interesting craft beer gift ideas for that beer lover on your list. And this year we’ve so many suggestions that we’ll be running this series almost daily. So stay tuned to Planet ACB for the best craft gift ideas of the season

Hey, we get that we’re not Consumer Reports, but we do cover the craft beer scene 24/7 and as a result, beer-themed merchandise occasionally comes our way…And a variety of new products just arrived at the ACB compound, hoping we’ll spread the word - and none of them would have ever happened if it wasn’t for craft beer.

There are currently more breweries operating in the states than ever before and according to the Brewers Association more than seventy-five percent of Americans live within 10 miles of one. But when you calculate the number of a state’s residents up against the current number of breweries operating there, you come up with a Top-5 Beer State ranking that includes both the obvious and the surprising

From smaller craft brewers who don’t have the brewhouse space for whole fruit in their fermenters, to larger brewers who’re thinking outside of the box, the artful flavoring of craft beers is the newest trend and it’s already seeing great success.

For the last fourteen years, the American Homebrewers Association has run an online poll asking its members to vote for up to 20 of their favorite commercial beers. Zymurgy, the journal of the AHA, has just released the results - and in case you don't get the mag, we've got all the relevant news bytes for you...

There is an adult equivalent to the post-holiday candy swap, and it's happening with craft beer - the increasingly popular bottle swap.