Jamie Bogner
Critic’s List: Jamie Bogner’s Best in 2022By Jamie BognerOur editorial director and podcast host shares his top tipples from the year that was, plus a few thoughts on upcoming trends.
Podcast Episode 273: Top Critics and Writers Discuss Their Best in Beer of 2022By Jamie BognerStan Hieronymus, Kate Bernot, Alex Kidd, Courtney Iseman, and Joe Stange all talk through their personal lists of top ten beers of 2022, along with their hot takes and favorite growing styles.
Podcast Episode 272: The Best in Beer 2022By Jamie BognerIn this special once-per-year episode, we reveal all your favorite beers, breweries, beer cities, and more—as voted on by Craft Beer & Brewing readers—plus, we walk through each of our Best 20 Beers in 2022.
Editors’ Picks: Pedigreed Cultures & New Serving ToolsBy Jamie BognerFrom a cutting-edge growler to funky new pitches, here are a few new products worth checking out.
Podcast Episode 271: Brooklyn’s Grimm Artisanal Ales Apply a Yeast-Driven Approach to BrewingBy Jamie BognerLauren and Joe Grimm of the eponymously named Brooklyn-based brewery have built processes to optimize yeast health and performance, whether brewing hazy IPAs or wild and spontaneous beers.
The Ancient Owl Offers Sagely Craft Wisdom to California’s Central CoastBy Jamie BognerFrom our Love Handles files on beer bars we love, this indoor-outdoor beer garden in downtown Atascadero, California, offers a hop-forward selection that mines the best of the Golden State.
Podcast Episode 270: Sapwood Cellars Turns Research into Creative Practice with Hoppy and Wild BeersBy Jamie BognerHelmed by authors Michael Tonsmiere and Scott Janish, Sapwood Cellars’ shared focus on hop-forward beers and oak-aged mixed fermentations was a given. However, over the past four years, they’ve pushed into new territory and found spaces for even more creative exploration.
Podcast Episode 269: GABF Gold! Deadwords and Wye Hill Talk Winning with Light Lager and Hazy Pale AleBy Jamie BognerTwo brewers share insights into their gold medal–winning beers: a thiol-focused hazy pale ale and an unconventional American light lager brewed with Vista hops.
Podcast Episode 268: Garrett Ward of Sideward Layers Hops of Every Form in American and Hazy IPAsBy Jamie BognerCryo, Incognito, Salvo, Spectrum, Phantasm, and more are all tools that Garrett Ward uses to punch up hop flavor in their juicy (yet still bitter) IPAs. He discusses how they use these new hop formats in both hazy and clear American IPAs.
Podcast Episode 267: GABF Gold! Roadmap and Precarious Share Their Approaches to Gold Medal–Winning Pilsner and Cold IPABy Jamie BognerTwo pros share insights into their gold medal–winning beers: an international-style pilsner brewed on a single-infusion, two-vessel system, and a cold IPA with a “cool pool,” dry-hopped during active fermentation.
Podcast Episode 266: Barry Chan of Lucky Envelope is Developing a Chinese-American Voice in Craft BrewingBy Jamie BognerThe cofounder of Lucky Envelope in Seattle discusses building confidence with helles and other traditional styles, getting comfortable with his Chinese-American heritage in the beer world, and finding new avenues of expression with traditional Chinese ingredients such as lapsang souchoung tea.