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Best in Beer Readers’ Choice: Your Top 25 Beers of 2026

Which beers do you love the most? We polled thousands of our magazine and newsletter subscribers on their favorites, and here are the results.

Best in Beer Readers’ Choice: Your Top 25 Beers of 2026

We list the 2025 rank, if applicable, in parentheses.

1. Russian River Pliny the Elder (2)
2. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (4)
3. Russian River Blind Pig (15)
4. Highland Park Timbo Pils (5)
5. Pinthouse Electric Jellyfish (1)
6. Outer Range In the Steep (19)
7. Goldfinger Original Lager (13)
8. Guinness Stout (14)
9. North Park Hop-Fu! (7)
10. Sierra Nevada Celebration (8)
11. Alvarado Street Mai Tai P.A. (6)
12. Bell’s Two Hearted IPA (10)
13. The Alchemist Heady Topper (new)
14. Russian River Pliny the Younger (new)
15. Alma Mader Premiant (new)
16. WeldWerks Juicy Bits (new)
17. Civil Society Fresh (new)
18. Allagash White (new)
19. Humble Sea Socks & Sandals (24)
20. Ghost Town Inhume (new)
21. Lumen Slice (new)
22 New Glarus Spotted Cow (17)
23. pFriem Pilsner (new)
24. Burial Surf Wax (21)
25. Tree House Julius (25)