Joe Stange

A stronger and darker Anchor Christmas Ale is here to help us try to forget about 2020. Here, Anchor’s brewmaster explains the thinking behind this year’s recipe and label.

• Christmas
• Anchor Brewing
• Winter Warmers

Small Brewery Sunday is November 29. The annual campaign to support smaller, independent breweries means more than usual this year, with a dire winter ahead for the hospitality trade.

• Brewers Association
• Small Breweries
• Small Brewery Sunday

If you’ve tried his pale ale, Taras Boulba, then you know that Yvan De Baets has a taste for hops. But it’s the focus on subtlety, balance, and fine details like tank geometry that make the beers of this Brussels brewery so compelling.

• Podcast
• Belgian
• Saison

Lagers are on the rise, and so are light beers and larger packs. Craft beer is looking more like supermarket beer, but there are good reasons why—and is it really such a bad thing?

• Garage Beer
• Light Beer
• Lager

Lallemand's new found-in-nature yeast produces a gentle lactic acidity without Lactobacillus or other bacteria. We took it for a spin.

• Lallemand
• Sour
• Editors' Picks

After 13 years living abroad, our Missouri-based managing editor spent the past year getting reacquainted with the American beer scene. Here are his beery highlights.

• Critic's List 2020
• Best in Beer 2020
• IPA

Five top beer writers from around the United States share insights and anecdotes about the best brewers, beers, and trends they've experienced in 2020.

• Podcast
• Best in Beer
• 2020

Got beers in your fridge? Check. Got a variety of random candies appearing in your house right about this time of year? Check. It’s time once again to mix and match.

• Beer Pairings
• Candy
• Halloween

Behind the alluring façade of what appears to be a pious cathedral of traditional lager, discover the dogma-busting heresies of Wayfinder Beer in Portland, Oregon.

• Wayfinder Beer
• Breakout Brewer
• Lager

The annual Best in Beer issue of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine is out now, and in this special episode Managing Editor Joe Stange joins Jamie Bogner to discuss the editors' picks for Best 20 Beers of 2020, along with various reader survey results.

• Podcast

Despite the challenges this year posed, we were able to taste thousands of beers over the past 12 months. Here are the very best of this unique (and unrepeatable) year.

• Best in Beer 2020
• Toppling Goliath
• Place Ads

This distinctively spicy folk ingredient has a long tradition of going into American drinks, including beer—though it comes with a few disclaimers. Ready to forage?

• Sassafras
• Special Ingredient
• Herbs