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Best in Beer 2023 Readers’ Choice: Best Beer Bars Around the WorldPubs, bars, and cafés are crucial to the experience and communityof craft beer and a vital link between maker and consumer. Here are your 20 favorites in 2023.
Best in Beer Reader’s Choice: 2023’s Most Popular Beer StylesIPA continues to top the charts, but lagers made steady and significant gains in 2023.
Five Ways Brewery Software Can Help Your Bottom Line in 2024Track data, improve COGS, and drive ROI at your brewery.
Podcast Episode 331: Jacob Sembrano of Cruz Blanca Makes Technically Challenging Beers with Beautiful Ingredients and Stories to TellBy Jamie BognerChicago’s Cruz Blanca favors beers with a story to tell. In this episode, head brewer Jacob Sembrano tells the stories behind their their red corn lager, their thick and silky barrel-aged stouts, and their grisette made from 100 percent malted corn and acidified with native bacteria from the corn itself.
Recipe: Turkey’s Delight Holiday AleBy Josh WeikertThis seasonal ale is a bright enough red to match your Santa hat, and it goes well with just about anything on your holiday table.
Boxpop Joins the Party at Revelry YardsBoxPop recently designed, fabricated, and installed a custom shipping-container bar at the Revelry Yards brewery in Ithaca, New York. Here, learn more about how this distinctive outdoor space is expanding their capacity for seating and events.
Critic’s List: Jamie Bogner’s Best in 2023By Jamie BognerOur cofounder, editorial director, and podcast host shares his most memorable beery highlights from an eventful and far-ranging year.
Critic’s List: Joe Stange’s Best in 2023By Joe StangeOur managing editor—with his finger on the craft beer pulse from his outpost in Bangkok—selects top-of-mind picks and thoughts fresh off the past year in beer.
Podcast Episode 330: Our Top Writers Get Critical with their Best in Beer of 2023By Jamie BognerIndulge us: Once a year, some of our top writers dig into their notebooks and memories for the beers and experiences that they enjoyed most—the kind that everyone deserves to enjoy—and which left the biggest impressions on them. In this episode, they tell you why.
Critic’s List: Courtney Iseman’s Best in 2023The New York City–based writer, tarot enthusiast, author of the Hugging the Bar newsletter, and noted metalhead shares her beery high points from the past year.
Recipe: Mönchsambacher Weihnachts-BockBy Josh WeikertStefan Zehendner at Brauerei Zehendner shares a recipe for this strong, seasonal bock that he releases every December. As with his Maibock, the target is a full-flavored yet addictively drinkable strong lager with deep, bready malt flavor and surprising bitterness, complemented by herbal-minty Perle hop flavors.
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Ask the Pros: Brewing Heller Bock the Mönchsambacher WayBy Josh WeikertIn looking for tips on what makes for a great pale bock, Josh Weikert reaches out to owner-brewer Stefan Zehendner of the highly regarded Brauerei Zehendner, makers of the Mönchsambacher beers.