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Nestled in the volcanic foothills of Mexico City, Monstruo de Agua brews with native ingredients like agave sap, prickly pear, and pine needles.
This hazy IPA from the town that has seemingly perfected the style manages to rise above the rest.
Women in South Africa have long home-brewed beer, but now the craft beer scene is seeing young black women come up as brewmasters, too.
Not sure what beers to pair with your Mission Chinese Food bites? We’ve got you.
Indeed's Mexican lager elevates every facet of the style, from the glorious color and magnetizing aroma to the perplexing mix of flavors.
"It's cold and it's got that sharp taste, it's just simple and it's not offensive—kinda like me!"
The double IPA iteration of the classic boasts two and a half times the Centennial hops and a whopping 11.0% ABV.
This week's best new beers.
Gluten-free? Non-alcoholic? Hard kombucha and seltzer? Octfest has something for every drinker.
Muzzle of Bees, made with honey from Right Bee Cider’s own urban beehives, is a not-too-sweet, pretty perfect tribute.
The Copenhagen rock band has performed in the demilitarized area between North and South Korea and drank in Serge Gainsbourg’s favorite bar.
Tart and sessionable at only 4.5% ABV, Threes Brewing's grisette Passing Time is extremely refreshing and tantalizing on the palate.
Hank Schrader’s Märzen-style lager has gone from the TV screen to the pint glass.
"If I have an afternoon free, I’ll go sit in a bar and read a book. Some people go to cafes. I’m ashamed to admit that I just go to a bar and drink beers."
We’re going to go ahead and call Karbach Brewing’s Crawford Bock a home run.
I used to think German beers were too tied to tradition to be interesting. I’ve realized just how wrong I was.
"Being in a band and encouraging a culture among your fans is a very small thing to do, but it’s a real thing that does something. Or so I like to think."
An homage to the cocktail made famous by The Big Lebowski, Left Hand's White Russian Nitro is a white stout brewed with coffee and vanilla.
The brewery describes Dr. Robot as a “refreshing year-round sipper” made with blackberry juice and lemon zest to enhance the beer’s tart flavor.
Fall has blessed us with a bounty of beers.
Wild fermented, dry-hopped, and topped with pear juice, Sunshine & Opportunity is a beer that combines everything great about craft beer in America today.
Mike Kinsella's first drink was a Cosmopolitan in Orlando, Florida in his early-twenties.
Raise a glass of these criminally delicious beers
When a men’s rights activist filed a discrimination claim against Eagle Rock Brewery’s Women’s Beer Forum, Ting Su didn’t back down—she doubled down.
Danii Oliver made waves with Island to Island Brewery, then she decided to leave.
Wild Heaven teamed up with the Atlanta Botanical Garden to produce a “beer-coction” that showcases seasonal ingredients harvested directly from the Garden.
Of the widely available lagers out there today, Rolling Rock often goes overlooked while brews like PBR get all the love.
"One of the members of GWAR only drinks White Claw—the big guy, Balsac the Jaws of Death. If it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me."
A 1 oz. bottle contains 500 mg of CBD, plus aromatic terpenes from Citra and Denali hops.
Eric Dunaway is responsible for the beer program at the country's wildest supermarket, Jungle Jim's International Market.
When it comes to breweries hitting the juicy mark, California-based Alvarado Street Brewery’s Contains No Juice Double IPA knocks it out of the park.
By teaming up, brewers and chefs are creating new opportunities for up-and-coming culinary stars.
The iconic Long Island-based group have some words of wisdom for all the aging rockers out there.
Hopfentea takes a traditional, low-gravity Berliner weisse and flavors it with fruits found in tropical tea punch.
Based on an award-winning homebrew recipe, Funkwerks Saison is a good, solid beer—but it could use a little more funk for balance.
Suave Fest from Raíces Brewing Co. in Denver is an all-out celebration of Latinx brewing culture.
There are many fans of the cream-canned lager, but Banquet Beer is still awaiting its PBR renaissance.
Nightmare's imperial IPA Exposure—named after freezing torture—maximizes flavor and aroma through the use of cryo-frozen Citra and Mosaic hops.
Beer-drinkers around the world are speaking up to show that craft beer can be a diverse, inclusive space.
Longtime friends and Cape Cod characters Willie Fenichel and Nico Enriquez are creating a new kind of hard seltzer.
Pure Bathing Culture’s Sarah Versprille and Daniel Hindman discuss touring for their latest release 'Night Pass' and collaborating as a couple.
The uber-funk aroma of Deja Vous is appealing, but the beer itself doesn’t serve the same intrigue.
Pilot Project’s new brewers are serving boozy kombucha and beer-wine hybrids at this one-of-a-kind brewery and taproom.
One resident in the Bahamas said, “Send Beer.”
Defiance Brewing Company’s flagship IPA Twisted Logik may be the best in a state that is becoming crowded with quality offerings.
The origins of the style are just as mysterious as today's interpretations.
If you can get past the ick factor, Reuse Beer might hold the key to sustainable water management.
Atlanta’s Monday Night Brewing has made a sessionable, unfiltered, hop-forward brew with the flavor of a juicy IPA.
Maybe it’s because Alaskan uses glacier-fed water from the Juneau Ice Field, but the beer tastes cleaner and crisper than most of the style.
From a killer rendition of an obscure style to a practically perfect pale ale, here’s what we’re drinking right now.
Drinking cheap beers by a lake is one of the best experiences in the Midwest. Now sober, I sought out a substitute for an experience I wasn’t ready to lose yet.
The Riot Fest 2019 lineup is all about the beer.
The Ohio brewery's fruited wheat ale is a little light on the fruit.
Phantom brewer Billy Powell is the mind behind these gruesome brews.
Broaden & Build in Copenhagen is a brewery, research center, and radically inventive testing ground for the future of the industry.
Every day’s a summer Friday when you’re sipping a beer slushie on a beach.
Salmon Pants, from 3 Floyds and Mikkeller’s collaborative WarPigs Brewery, is a gothic interpretation of the grocery store beer.
Makgeolli is a traditional Korean rice wine that's cloudy-milky in appearance and wields a tangy, fizzy, lactic-fermented flavor. It's also addictively good.
When Martin House Brewing in Fort Worth, Texas unleashed this salty gose, it created a phenomenon.
Tree House’s IPAs and double IPAs are world-class, but don’t pass over one of the brewery’s earliest offerings in Lights Out pale ale.
The drummer and producer isn't afraid of throwing back a few IPAs before a show as long as you "make sure it's not sloppy, but being loose is alright."
There is no other beer in Cologne. Crisp, light, delicious, kölsch is both the name of the local beer and the dialect of German spoken here.
Why some fine dining all-stars are swapping sommeliers for Cicerones.
Decadent Ales’ double dry-hopped double IPA Multiflora has the hop profile of a single IPA with the malty sweetness and ABV of a double.
Long Island’s Blue Point Brewing teamed up with Presidente on the plantain-infused golden pilsner Una Fría.
As the craft beer market gets saturated with more and more outlandish brews, these brewers decided to stop going wild and start embracing their mild side.
This Vermont-made beer is well suited for just about any drinker and any occasion.
Funkenhausen's beer program can transport you to Cologne.
Bourbon County Mon Chéri Stout is a seriously swoon-worthy beer.
First it was hard seltzer. Then it was Stronger Seltzer. Today it’s an unheard-of 14% ABV Four Loko Sour Seltzer.
This Cicerone-in-training took the latest internet food sensation and poured beer all over it.
SweetWater partnered with sunglasses brand Costa on Kick Plastic Pilsner to raise awareness about plastic waste in oceans and waterways.
Inspired by the classic Zombie cocktail, Social Hour blends pineapple and pink guava into a hazy summer ale.
After booming into the mainstream this summer, hard seltzer is getting its own party.
Mike Potter and Day Bracey are preparing for the second iteration of Fresh Fest, the first Black craft beer festival, after a wildly successful first year.
The Buddhist kingdom of the Himayalas is known for its stunning scenery and Gross National Happiness index. But craft beer? Not so much.
We turned to the pros for chef-worthy tips that you can pull off at home.
The Birmingham, Alabama brewery has mastered the art of the canned beermosa.
These new wave lagers are all about capturing an island vacation in a can.
Brewer Kathleen Culhane buries crystals in the brewery and performs Wiccan rituals before brewing a batch of beer.
The Florida brewery captures Grandma’s greatest hit in a 12-ounce package.
"I know that sounds crazy, but my parents would let me have a sip of wine or beer, and I loved beer when I was really young."
Grisette is a tart, low-alcohol beer historically enjoyed by miners. Jackie O’s take on the style, Scrip, does justice to this overlooked brew.
Celebrate IPA Day with a guide to the wide world of IPAs, courtesy of two Master Cicerones®.
Because sloths and alligators deserve beer too.
From double dry-hopped juice bombs to mouth-puckering sours, here are this month’s best beers.
Berliner Weisse was long dismissed by the city that made it famous, but now the beer is enjoying a renaissance at home—without those candy-colored syrups.
With Two Lights, Allagash attempts to combine the best qualities of cold beer and sparkling wine.
It’s easy to discern which side of the beer and cocktail divide Buckin’ Mule falls on.
