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The flagship beer from Wiseacre in Memphis, Tennessee, Tiny Bomb is a svelte, session-strength American lager with the full flavor of a German pilsner.

Over the span of two decades at Sierra Nevada in R&D and quality, Tom Nielsen helped usher in big changes in the way craft brewers work with ingredient growers and suppliers. In this episode, he shares his finely honed approach to evaluating and sourcing raw materials.

A classic style in the modern American pantheon, this hop-and-malt-forward strong ale serves as a great starting point for experimentation—for example, by subbing in your favorite hop varieties.

“Brewed as an ode to the sun,” this light, crisp, subtly sweet Mexican-inspired lager from Peaceful Side in Maryville, Tennessee, won the gold medal for International Light Lager at the 2025 World Beer Cup.

Seth Carter, head brewer at Peaceful Side in Maryville, Tennessee, cites the key factors that helped their Solveza lager win gold at the 2025 World Beer Cup—and it begins with a team-wide approach to quality.

This celebration of malt and American hops is one that should evolve nicely as the weeks pass, the bitterness rounds, and malt comes into the fore.

Based on details shared by the former lead brewer at Peoples Brewing in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, this mid-20th century American bock gets its color from a darker caramel Munich malt—not from the syrups that were common in dark adjunct lagers from that time.

The seven-barrel brewhouse at Fritz Family in Niwot, Colorado, may be be small by typical lager-brewing standards. But founder Cory Buenning takes an exacting approach to the lagers he brews for the cuckoo clock–lined taproom, focusing on malt that produces mid-sized proteins that build body.

This modern take on a Kentucky common comes from a collaboration between Bluejacket and DC Beer, a website that’s been covering the Washington, D.C., beer scene for more than a decade.

From Cloudburst founder-brewer Steve Luke, here’s a homebrew recipe for the West Coast double red that won gold at the 2025 World Beer Cup.

Hop waters and NA beverages aren’t a compromise; they’re a new creative playground. Water-soluble hop aroma products such as LLZ™, SalvoPlus™, and Hop Oils make it easier than ever to create flavorful, hop-inspired drinks that appeal to both traditional beer lovers and health-conscious consumers. Here, we want to show you just how easy it is to create scalable, low-lift, high-return recipes with applicable pricing.

In 2025, Seattle’s Cloudburst won World Beer Cup gold in the Strong Red Ale category for its throwback West Coast double red, Peaked in High School. Here, founder-brewer Steve Luke opens his yearbook to share the details.

On his two-vessel brewhouse in Duluth, Georgia, Good Word owner-brewer Todd DiMatteo hand-lugs buckets full of mash to make his decoction happen for their house helles—a process that he says is worth the effort.

For Helper Beer, 2025 was a great year, with a gold medal for German-style pils at GABF and a Craft Beer & Brewing Best in Beer editors’ pick trophy for Regis helles. But the methods they use for these classical styles—such as cool pooling with heavy whirlpool hop loads—are anything but stuck in the past.

There are many interpretations of modern saison. This one, from Oxbow in Newcastle, Maine, features local grains and multiple strains of yeast and bacteria—gently tart and funky, and highly drinkable.

There are certain biases that often creep into beer sensory panels and judging tables. DraughtLab cofounder Lindsay Barr describes three of the most common types—and how to avoid them.

Inspired by Wallonian farmhouse brewing yet distinct from classic saison, today’s modern, funky, mixed-culture creations—whatever you call them—enjoy a refined niche.

From Vine Street Brewing in Kansas City, Missouri, comes this juicy IPA that features a tropical aroma with notes of citrus and white grape.

There are no rude waiters here. From our Love Handles files on the world’s great beer bars: In central Paris, the Fine Mousse is a vanguard of the local beer scene, offering refined attention to French craft and world classics.

The former CMO and CFO of Revolution and social media commentator looks into the future to share meaningful movements and trends that he expects to gain steam in the coming year.