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So, pickle beers are happening. What’s the big dill?

• Pickles
• Cucumber
• Salt

New to brewing? Welcome to the world’s most rewarding hobby. It can be as simple or as complicated (and as cheap or as expensive) as you want to make it. This opening section of our Illustrated Guide offers an overview of the basics—with much more to come.

• Homebrewing
• Beginners
• How to Brew

Using both spontaneous and culture-driven processes, this Ohio brewery is making award-winning mixed-culture beers with a focus on nuance, sustainability, and technical execution.

• Podcast

Here are the best cities in the United States and around the world for drinking craft beer, according to our readers.

• Beer Cities
• Best in Beer

Pubs, bars, and cafés are crucial to the experience and community of craft beer and a vital link between maker and consumer. Here were your 20 favorites in 2022.

• Beer Bars
• Best in Beer

In our annual Readers’ Choice poll, here’s how you answered the question, “How do you prefer to buy your favorite craft beers?”

• Package Power

With thanks to Wayfinder head brewer Kevin Davey, here is a homebrew-scale recipe for their Original Cold IPA—as illustrated by Em Sauter of Pints and Panels.

• Beer Recipe
• IPA
• Cold IPA

Scott Janish, cofounder of Sapwood Cellars and author of The New IPA, guides us on a science-driven deep-dive into ways to maximize and dial in hop aroma and flavor.

• Video
• Full Video

The processes that create beer’s deepest colors and flavors are incredibly complex—a Lovibond rating doesn’t begin to describe what you might get. Here, Randy Mosher digs into the science of those processes, makes the case for evaluating your malts firsthand—and shares a simple way to do it yourself.

• Flavor Fever

One of the most accomplished brewmasters in America and founder of the Pink Boots Society, dedicated to supporting women in the beer industry, Teri Fahrendorf shares six beers and memories from a career of defying expectations. Although recently retired from brewing, she’s not done with Pink Boots or with continuing to leave her mark on beer.

• Pick Six
• Women in Beer
• Pink Boots

Danyangju is a strong makgeolli made from a simple, single-step fermentation process—ideal for beginners to try at home.

• Beer Recipe
• Rice Beer
• Makgeolli

From a trick new cooler to deep-dive books into gluten-free brewing and lambic history, here are some picks to kick off the new year.

• Editors' PIcks
• Hangovers
• Lambic