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Podcast Episode 329: Best in Beer 2023 with Jamie Bogner and Joe StangeBy Jamie BognerIn this special once-per-year episode honoring the pinnacles of the craft, our editors reveal their Best 20 Beers in 2023 and the results of the annual Craft Beer in Brewing Readers’ Choice poll.
Best in Beer Readers’ Choice: Your Top 25 Beers of 2023You voted, we tabulated. As determined by our annual Readers’ Choice poll, here are your favorite 25 beers of 2023.
Video Course: Fresh Approaches to Fresh-Hopped Beers with Single HillBy Zach TurnerJoin Single Hill cofounder and head brewer Zach Turner on an expedition to the Yakima Valley at harvest time to pick up the freshest hops, then take them back to the brewery and add them—in different forms and different ways—to beers brewed on the same day.
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The Best 20 Beers in 2023By Jamie BognerFrom more than 1,000 beers winnowed down via blind judging throughout the year—and then winnowed further by more blind tasting with our top writers and editors—here are 20 beers that represent the very finest in brewing today.
TrailKeg Carbonated Growlers: Mini Kegs Engineered for Much More Than BeerHow a Christmas gift and a camping trip led two friends to develop one of the most versatile carbonated growler systems available.
Best in Beer Readers’ Choice: Your Favorite Breweries in 2023You voted, we tallied. From our annual Readers’ Choice survey, here are your favorite breweries—broken down by size, based on how many barrels brewed per year.
Recipe: Misfit Outpost Subcontinental Jackfruit Rice LagerBy Sarah NadeemFrom Misfit Outpost in Cypress, Texas, this beer celebrates South Asian flavor in the form of sweet, creamy jackfruit, which adds its tropical accent to a light, crisp, rice-lager frame.
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Podcast Episode 328: Art History is Finding Innovation in Its Focus on TraditionBy Jamie BognerFrom its outpost an hour outside of downtown Chicago, Art History has quietly built momentum by focusing on a range of Czech- and German-inspired lagers as well as bitters, milds, and other English styles. In this episode, head brewer Greg Browne and cofounder Tom Rau share their approach to making traditional beers cool again.
Special Ingredient: JackfruitBy Joe StangePopular in South Asia, this hulking tropical fruit with a sweet, creamy flavor may have something unique to add to the conversation.
Video Tip: This Key Step Sets Brewing for THC Apart from Using Cannabis for Flavor and AromaBy Ross KoenigsRoss Koenigs, founder and brewer at Second Dawn in Aurora, Colorado, explains the basics of decarboxylation, why that step is necessary to activate THC, and why a tincture is the the most prudent route for homebrewers to take.
The Business Case for Automating your Depalletizing Operations—Get Moving!Are you still manually depalletizing in your packaging operation? Here are four easy steps to immediately increase your brewery’s profits.
Podcast Episode 327: GABF Gold! Rob Malad of Metazoa Doubles Down on Decocted Scottish-Style AleBy Jamie BognerOver the years, Metazoa has won more than a dozen GABF and World Beer Cup medals. The latest gold—for a double-decocted, Scottish-style ale made with ingredients on hand, minimal specialty malts, open fermentation, and yeast borrowed from their hazy IPA—is proof that there is more than one way to make a compelling and malt-forward ale.