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Bright, bold, and juicy, Zero Gravity's Conehead IPA is brimming with tropical flavors thanks to a dose of Citra hops.
The Brooklyn brewery is reluctant to label it a blonde ale or a cream ale or a wheat beer, settling to present it as something in between.
Beautiful settings? Check. Awesome food. Check. Top-notch draft list. Check.
Today, the Canadian quartet leaves the brewing to the experts, but still find time for the occasional collaboration.
This week's best new beers.
"This is a drinking town with a golfing problem, so if they’re going to start drinking at 11 or noon every day, they’ve got to have something they can crush."
Three Weavers' Seafarer is a light but flavor-packed German-style kölsch that's ideal for beach-ready temperatures.
The newest beer in Perennial Artisan Ales's single hop series showcases the tropical fruit flavors of Mosaic hops.
You can pop the Cantroller in the fridge, down the 12 oz. of sweet, sweet beer within, then go back to using it play thousands of games.
Blackberry Farm's Classic Saison tastes like it should come straight from an ancient Belgian brewery, not poured from a can you bought at a grocery store.
We love the gorgeous artwork on these special release beers celebrating the LGBTQ community.
A juicy, fruity haze bomb isn’t what you'd expect from Anchor Brewing, but its San Franpsycho IPA stands up to its maker’s storied history.
Superior Bathhouse Brewery is not only the first brewery in a national park, but it's also the only one in the world using thermal spring water.
We spoke to rap legend Tech N9ne about touring for his new album, his collaboration with Boulevard Brewing, and finding balance in between it all.
Taking inspiration from Game of Thrones' Tormund Giantsbane, this stout from Fair State is bold but ultimately sweet—much like its namesake.
Oga’s Cantina is the only place serving booze in Disneyland, and it’s bringing Ballast Point and New Belgium with it.
We’ve got your summer drinking line-up covered.
Is it a hoppy pilsner or an India pale lager? This easy-drinking offering from Threes Brewing is good no matter what you call it.
Writers, activists, and brewers making sure that sexism, racism, and homophobia no longer are welcome in the beer world.
As the first black female brewery owner in America, Celeste Beatty is using beer to bring communities together.
Heidi Geist has spent the past several months traveling the country and designing beer labels from a converted school bus.
Jill Pavlak and Deb Loch just wanted to get married and open a brewery. They didn't realize how much discrimination they'd face to make Urban Growler happen.
“Here's the thing—you don't have to use sexist or racist imagery or statements to sell booze. You simply don't. It's a choice."
Beer. Diversity.'s Ren Navarro and Airelle "Airie" Peters of Railyard Brewing Co. discuss their experiences in an industry that's been slow to change.
"As someone who often feels alienated in much of the existing craft beer world, it’s empowering to think about how I can actively be a part of an overall shift, even in a tiny way."
These Denver-based advocates have a simple strategy: Brew great beer and give the proceeds to non-profits that lift up women.
Each sip of this Berliner weisse from Independence Brewing Company delivers cucumber crispness again and again.
This week, we're celebrating the women of beer and giving them a platform to talk about the issues that matter to them.
Barbecue season has officially begun. Here’s what’s going in our coolers.
As the number of breweries in the country continues to increase, it’s becoming exceedingly apparent to brewers that they can’t survive on IPAs alone.
It took centuries and a cache of secret manuscripts, but these monks pulled it off.
On June 1, Cincinnati’s Urban Artifact brewery will release a beer made using yeast hidden underground for decades.
"This beer is, by far, one of the best barrel-aged sours I’ve come across."
Low-carb, low-calorie beers are on the rise, and Dogfish Head has entered the field with Slightly Mighty, a low-cal IPA.
When Able Brewery's Casey Holley became a brewer, he dreamed of making his own malt from local grains, too. As it turns out, making malt is not easy.
Sierra Nevada’s Sierraveza is a good beer. It’s probably even good on the beach, but pretty much all beers hold up in that setting.
A sprinkle of salt can do wonders for soups, meats... and beer.
Federal regulations aren’t doing enough to cut carbon emissions, which is why some brewers are taking on the challenge themselves.
Floral and fruity New Zealand hops take center stage in this less bitter IPA that is making its way from the Land Down Under to the States.
The brightly colored frozen beer concoction is perfect for patios as well as Instagram.
Brews with a view? Sign us up.
Shamone manages to bring together the best parts of a New England-style IPA and kettle sour in single can.
Combining co-owner Chris Maestro's twin loves of vinyl and craft beer, BierWax is an inclusive space where the walls are lined with over 6,000 records.
The latest twist to Victory's popular Golden Monkey isn't another Belgian tripel.
In Destihl Brewery's Piña Colada Gose, the tartness of a standard gose mellows out the sweetness of a piña colada.
Bauhaus Brew Labs' Matt Schwandt had to give up drinking alcohol due to acute pancreatitis, but that didn't mean he had to give up beer.
Omission's gluten-reduced IPA stays balanced with a hefty punch of Northwest hops, but it's more about what isn't there than what is.
This light, hoppy IPA brewed in New York’s Hudson Valley is an easy beer to say yes to on a hazy, hot summer day.
Six events around the country just received funding to make beer a more inclusive space for everyone.
After tasting through a dozen of the most popular low-ABV ales on the market, these are the best beers that will only get you a little buzzed.
Lagunitas has jumped on the low-carb and low-calorie trend with DayTime, a session IPA that clocks in at 98 calories.
Mich Golden is both rumor and legend in Minnesota. Jerard Fagerberg tries to separate fact from fiction with the Gopher State's favorite light lager.
Introducing Liquid Death, a “punk” brand of plain old water that’s making a killing.
The Kansas City contender in the new wave of low-cal, low-carb ales comes out of the gate ahead of the pack.
If you plan to break out the chips and guac to celebrate Cinco de Mayo this weekend, try one of these good ol’ American-made, Mexican-inspired beers.
The Oakland-based brewery calls its hopless Golden State of Mind a “California Tea Beer,” thanks to the local grains, herbs, and spices in the recipe.
Last month’s beer offerings were incredibly diverse and seriously delicious.
Over pints of peanut butter and jelly stout, Cage the Elephant's Brad Shultz and Matthan Minster discuss the anxiety and loss that inspired their latest album.
While the humble glass growler has achieved symbolic status, it’s far from the best tool for storing and transporting beer.
Denver-based Crooked Stave is better known for its stellar sour program, but its take on a hazy double IPA hit nearly every note I look for in a beer.
The Fab Five's JVN is teaming up with Elysian Brewing to celebrate marriage equality.
The Cincinnati brewery's take on the classic American lager checks all the boxes.
Mile-long walls of taps only make choosing the perfect pint even more difficult—especially when more options come at the cost of freshness.
Using cutting-edge technology, archeologists at the Field Museum learned the secrets of a thousand-year-old brew.
Hop in your time machine, we're heading to ancient Georgia, when winemakers used clay amphora to make and store wine.
Thanks to Folksbier Brauerei and Black Seed, you can have your bagels and drink them too.
Massachusetts brewery Lord Hobo has married New England's hazy IPA with the region's pro sports dominance in a liquid celebration of Boston.
The Kentucky Common, Chicago Common and California Common are all terrific beers—with completely different origin stories.
"When someone tells me they like the beer, it feels the same as someone liking one of my songs," Chill Moody said about his collaboration with Dock Street Brewery.
With a cornucopia of ingredients, DuClaw Brewing Company's Strawberry Letter 23 is neither IPA, sour ale, nor fruit beer, but something entirely original.
Before there was the hazy IPA, there was Hazed & Infused, Boulder Beer Company's unfiltered pale ale that has been in production since 2002.
With 4/20 just around the corner, we decided to round up some of our favorite dank beers to celebrate hops’ more infamous cousin, cannabis.
Brewing at 10,000 feet may be tough, but that hasn’t stopped these guys from doing it.
For better or worse, powdered milk sugar is helping brewers turn beer into something that resembles a smoothie shop special.
Always a must-buy for beer collectors across the nation, the latest edition of Deschutes' barrel-aged imperial The Abyss still delivers.
It may not wow your palate with mind-blowing flavors, but Reformation's beer-wine hybrid Alani is fun, fruity, subtly intriguing, and quaffable at 4.7% ABV.
The rapper, comedian, and sometimes-pro-wrestler's new "socially aware stand-up and music series" debuts on Comedy Central on April 19.
If anything can cut through the heat of a dragging day, it might be Four Peaks' light and fresh-flavored Sunbru Kölsch.
Crisp, clean, and refreshing, Saint Archer's Mexican Lager begs for a wedge of lime and a sunny day.
The Scottish craft brewery created Speedbird 100 so passengers on British Airways could have their beer and fly with it too.
From a cannabis-inspired beer festival on 4/20 to a celebration of wild ales, these are the best fests coming up this spring.
Once considered among the trendiest additions to any style, rye is now a signifier that the beer you’re drinking was probably concocted a decade ago.
True to Stone, where hops reign supreme, this new beer is a contemporary spin on the lager style with a robust smattering of tropical, aromatic hops.
Most participants assumed a woman-brewed craft beer was cheaper and of poorer quality. Luckily, beer snobs knew better.
“I wanted to launch a new business model here that makes a social and environmental impact mission core to the business,” says 7 Bridges founder Stanley Boots.
I snapped up SweetWater’s Peach, Love & Happiness with no thought of how the brewery's best offerings are hop-forward. That proved to be a mistake.
Bucking the tropical and hazy trend, Great Divide's signature Denver Pale Ale is dank and sticky, leaning into a flavor profile that captures its roots.
By setting up shop in shopping centers, breweries are changing public opinion one pint at a time and, in turn, attracting like-minded businesses.
San Francisco-based Almanac Beer Company's Dogpatch Currant brings the strong sweet and tart flavors of blackcurrants to a base of sour red ale.
Resident cranky old guy Aaron Goldfarb wants all you kids to get off his lawn and start respecting your beer elders.
The reappearance of Schell’s Bock is another sign of spring.
