Best of 2017

The results are in! We have the results of The Best in Beer 2017: Homebrewers' Picks, where you can check out homebrewing trends, favorite glassware, and more!

The Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine® social media manager and Georgia native is an unabashed and unapologetic craft-beer fan girl, and her picks for best of the year showcase those Southern roots.

The long-time journalist and the author of the American Craft Beer Cookbook joined the staff of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine® earlier this year as senior editor. Here, he loosens the bow tie and offers his picks for 2017.

Josh Weikert is the founder of beer-simple.com, a BJCP Grand Master, and a columnist and regular contributor to Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine®. We asked him to go beyond homebrewing and offer some of his favorites from the larger beer world.

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine®’s Gearhead columnist and the author of the blog Beers of Tomorrow carefully reviewed his notes from the past calendar year to offer up these beer picks, brewery experiences, and more.

The prolific author of critically acclaimed beer books and noted hop expert, took a few minutes to reflect on the past year and the breweries, beers, trends, and more that stood out from his travels.

The cofounder and editorial director of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine® shares his highlights from the past year of beer.

Once again we asked the blogger behind the irreverent site DontDrinkBeer.com to step away from the satire and open up his notebook for an honest and encouraging list of favorite beers, breweries, and trends from the past year.

Our editors, writers, and blind review panelists collectively tasted through thousands of beers from around the country and across the globe over the past twelve months in order to bring you this list of our top seventeen beers that define the year 2017.