Alex Kidd

The incisive mind behind dontdrinkbeer and the Malt Couture podcast shares his highlights of the past year.

• Best in Beer
• Critic’s List

One of the most influential and incisive voices in beer, the force behind Dontdrinkbeer and the Malt Couture podcast, has been leaning into nonalcoholic beer over the past year as he battles cancer. Here are his greatest hits.

• Best in Beer
• Critic’s List
• NA Beer

It was a memorable year, to say the least, for the driving force behind the Malt Couture podcast and DontDrinkBeer.com, and one of the wittiest commentators on the joys and absurdities of American craft beer.

An influential if irreverent voice among drinkers today, the driving force behind DontDrinkBeer.com and the Malt Couture podcast shares his top tips and beers of the past year.

• Best in Beer
• Critic's List

Instead of the usual Editors’ Picks, we recruited a guest critic whose perspective on this style—barleywine—is sharper than anyone’s we know: Alex Kidd, the mind behind the Don’t Drink Beer.

• Barleywine
• Editors' Picks
• Don't Drink Beer

The driving force behind DontDrinkBeer.com and the Malt Couture podcast shares his favorite beers of the year and unique views on current trends.

• Critic's List

The blogger behind DontDrinkBeer.com (DDB) and the Malt Couture podcast is back again with his list of year-end favorites, trends, and more.

• Critic's List 2020
• Barleywine
• Hazy IPA

Again this year, we asked the blogger behind irreverent DontDrinkBeer.com (DDB) and the Malt Couture podcast to take a break from his typical satirical approach and share his thoughts on all that’s good in beer.

• Critic's List
• Best in Beer
• 2019