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Which beers do you love the most? We polled thousands of our magazine and newsletter subscribers on their favorites, and here are the results.

• Best in Beer
• Readers’ Choice
• Top 25 Beers

From El Segundo Brewing in Los Angeles, here’s a recipe for the impeccable Kölsch that the editorial team at Craft Beer & Brewing named one of their Best 20 Beers in 2025.

• Beer Recipe
• Kölsch
• All Access Recipe

From Seattle’s Fast Fashion, here’s a recipe for the German-style pilsner that we named one of our Best 20 Beers in 2025.

• Beer Recipe
• Pilsner
• German-Style Pilsner

Uncork the magnums, this is the winners’ circle. Through a gauntlet of judging panels and on to the editors’ table for a last round of blind tasting and spirited discussion, these are the beers that lit up our palates and our brains—or that simply had us yearning for another, and another.

• Best in Beer
• Edtors’ Picks
• Best 20 Beers

In this once-a-year episode, Jamie Bogner and Joe Stange share Craft Beer & Brewing’s Best 20 Beers in 2025, as selected by our judges and editorial team—plus, the results of our Readers’ Choice survey for best breweries, beer cities, bars, and more.

• Podcast
• Best in Beer

The diversity of styles is one thing that makes craft beer great. Here are your favorite brewers in eight different craft-beer niches. The 2024 rank is noted in parentheses.

• Best in Beer
• Who Brews It Best
• Favorite Brewers by Style

From the smallest Belgian beer café to the largest multi-tap beer extravaganza, these are your 20 favorite places to gather for beer in 2025.

• Best Beer Bars Around the World 2025
• Readers’ Choice
• Best Beer Bars

Oxygen is the enemy of hop-saturated flavor. In this clip from his video course, North Park founder and head brewer Kelsey McNair explains how his team halved oxygen in the package by slowing down their canning line.

• Video
• Video Tip
• IPA

This rich amber ale, featuring layers of roasted orange spice mingling with hops, is a vamp on the English winter warmers that are stronger, darker, and toastier than pale ales or bitters.

• Beer Recipe
• Winter Warmer
• Holiday Ale

Looking for some new creative avenues to explore, or want to try something special for your next holiday seasonal? Randy Mosher shares some insights into why botanicals have always been important to beer—plus, strategies to help you use them successfully, today.

• Flavor Fever
• Herbs
• Spices

Named for a tiny town on South Carolina’s St. Helena island, Frogmore stew calls for shrimp, corn on the cob, smoked sausage, and new potatoes steamed in a savory broth. Here, a rye IPA adds another layer of flavor.

• Cooking With Beer
• Stew
• Seafood

This beer style works just fine on its own as a fall or winter party tap—but it also makes a great base for winter-themed fruited or spiced beers.

• Make Your Best
• Dark Lager
• International Dark Lager