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When it comes to memorable beer experiences, we get to do more than most—and we love that part of the job—but we can’t do it all. And yet … what if we could? Here are our picks for where we’d love to be in the year to come, given druthers, time, and wherewithal. See you there?

• Best in Beer
• Bucket List
• Beer Festivals

We asked five of the brewers behind our Best 20 Beers in 2023 to share their own favorites from 2024.

• Five on Five
• Best in Beer

From Atlas Brew Works in Washington, D.C., here’s a recipe for their popular pilsner, a bronze medal–winner at the 2022 Great American Beer Festival. Easy-drinking yet flavorful, this pils gets subtle extra character from its Cal Common yeast strain.

• Beer Recipe
• Pilsner

These are the conversations that piqued your interest, with highlights from the most-downloaded podcast episodes of the past year.

• Podcast

From a word on water to dry hopping, fining, and carbonating, cofounder and head brewer Evan Price shares an overview of Green Cheek’s process for West Coast–style beers.

• Video
• Video Tip
• IPA

Need a treat for that holiday gathering? Here, a spiced holiday ale contributes subtle warmth to these profiteroles, nicely complementing the mousse's rich maple flavors.

• Featured Cooking With Beer
• Pairing Beer & Food
• Cooking With Beer

An important piece of this old-fashioned lager’s puzzle is the Swiss-style lager yeast, which Elder Piper cofounder and brewer Trace Redmond says provides floral notes that accentuate the hops.

• Beer Recipe
• Amber Lager
• Rotbier

Neutrality has long been a goal of lager fermentation, but some brewers are taking steps to coax more character from their yeast. From strain selection to variable pressure and temperature, here’s how they’re adding complexity, flavor, and nuance to today’s craft lagers.

• Lager Yeast
• Lager
• Fermentation

Much like a great schwarzbier, the combination of color and drinkability makes this one as rewarding in winter as it is refreshing in summer.

• Beer Recipe
• Saison

Does the world need a new style of IPA? Never mind, don’t answer that—instead, we’ll let Beachwood brewmaster Julian Shrago respond with this recipe for what he calls a “hyper IPA.”

• Beer Recipe
• IPA
• American IPA

Brewing in Czechia is steeped in tradition, but there are corners exploring modern craft styles in a very Czech way. In this episode, the brewers of Zichovec in Louny, Czechia, talk through their approach to classic styles with modern flair as well as modern styles with a local touch.

• Podcast

Evan Price, cofounder and head brewer of Green Cheek in Orange, California, explains the thinking behind using different chloride-sulfate ratios for their West Coast pilsners, IPAs, and double IPAs.

• Video
• Video Tip
• IPA