Best In Beer 2017

While some purists love to hate “Pastry” beers, even more find fun and excitement in exploring the range of flavors they offer. We asked a few of our favorite brewers to share some of their favorites.

The right ingredients, added the right way, can be the difference between a successful pastry beer and a hot mess.

When it comes to adding sugar to your beer there are pitfalls to avoid, and lots of wonderful, complex flavors to gain.

Yakima, Washington might have a historical reputation as a sleepy agricultural town, but the rapid growth of craft beer has shown a new light on the valley that produces more than a quarter of the hops used in brewing around the world.

We Asked Ska Brewing cofounder Dave Thibodeau to pick memorable, flavorful, and standout beers he’s encountered in a lifetime of beer drinking, we found he’s fond of the classics.

Here are the three beer bars that we explored in the “Love Handles” department in Issue 22 of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine®.

Borrowed, or more accurately salvaged, from the wine industry, foeders are nothing more than big barrels where fermented beverages develop the deliciousness sought by the craftsmen.

Is it possible to make an all-barley malt beer of very low color, and still avoid DMS?

This beer is much more about process than ingredients, so don’t let the simplicity of it fool you.

This Double IPA with 'expressive yeast' is one of Alvarado Street Brewery’s most popular beers.

American Pale Ale should be a beer that drinks easily and highlights its American hops flavors and aromas. Its closest analog isn’t IPA; it’s British Golden Ale, Americanized! Here’s how to brew a great one.

Father and son team John and J.C. Hill opened Alvarado Street Brewery in 2014 as an upscale brewpub in tony Monterey, California with modest goals, but their exploration into hazy IPAs and fruit-forward kettle sours quickly put them on the map.

The California Common is rumored to be the only indigenous American beer style, and its hybrid nature makes it an interesting and delicious beer to reach for in the late summer months.

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.

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.

Our Editorial Director talks about the importance of independent media in an age where the lines are blurred.