The New India Pale Ale (Spring 2014)

Looking for a light spring dish with character? This simple salad bring the perfect mix of bitter, sweet, crunchy, creamy, and tangy—and an opportunity to support your local saison.

We interviewed Adam Avery to gather his thoughts on how to store beer, what to expect from aged bottles, and the best ways to enjoy the experience of cellaring craft beer.

A guide to IPA styles

Here are 6 tips to help you get started barrel aging your own homebrew.

Seriously consider brewing an IPA for one of your first batches of homebrew.

This stout is darker and more bitter than style guidelines, but it is smooth and delicious.

Testing a container filled with whole leaf hops against late kettle hops additions.

These chocolate delights feature craft beer on the plate as well as in the glass.

Pair this hoppy beer bread with your favorite soup or salad.

This American IPA placed third in the 2013 NHC first round in Atlanta and advanced to the NHC Finals. Don’t blink or you’ll miss a hops addition.

The route from hobbyist to professional brewer can take many turns.

We’ve battle-tested this IPA on numerous occasions and love the way the dark wheat plays off of the high hops volume.

A stronger malt character and slightly lower attenuation from the ESB yeast give this English-style IPA a sweet finish that’s balanced with strong hops bitterness.

Here’s updated help in understanding your favorite beer geeks.

This is a delightful extract IPA with a light maltiness that profiles the Citra hops’s tropical fruit flavor and aroma.

This unique imperial IPA pairs a light malt bill with loads of late kettle hops from the southern hemisphere.

This Russian imperial stout forms the basis of Neil Fisher’s bourbon-barrel-aged stout.

What started as an attempt to brew a barrel-aged version of Stone’s Arrogant Bastard now forms the basis of Neil Fisher’s burgundy sour beers.

An unapologetic celebration of hops bitterness, flavor, and aroma, Imperial IPA showcases all that "Humulus lupulu"s has to offer.

Want to test hopbacking versus knockout hopping on your own?

Perennial Artisan Ales’s take on this golden pale ale is a light, clean, and decidedly herbal homage to the hops.

Looking for a tasty trip? Head to 1 of 5 featured cities with this guide to find some of the best beers in the world.

Portland’s beer culture offers something for everyone—from some of the best barrel-aged sour beers in the country to an expansive chain of locally owned craft brewpubs and bars, and craft-beer pioneers in their fourth decade of brewing.

Following the recent announcement of a creative partnership between Mikkeller and AleSmith Brewing Company, here’s a profile of the (once) nomadic brewer Mikkel Borg Bjergsø.

Cory King explains the importance of focusing on the fermentation side as well as the brewing side.

India Pale Ale is America’s favorite beer style, by a long shot.

The past decade has witnessed an explosion in the amount and variety of craft beer aged in wood, from hefty sours to bourbon-barrel beauties.

For growers around the world, the humble hops cone isn’t simply a vital ingredient in beer. It’s a livelihood.

DJ-turned-brewer Brian “Stillwater” Strumke approaches breweries the same way he approached recording studios, working with talented craftspeople at top facilities around the world to help realize his various visions.

Firestone Walker Brewing Company Brewmaster Matt Brynildson puts together a brewer’s dream 6-pack spanning multiple continents and styles. The only common denominator is quality.

Constant experimentation and a focus on the interplay of yeast and hops aids the perpetual evolution of The Alchemist’s Heady Topper.

Here are the three beer bars that we explored in the “Love Handles” column in our premiere issue (Spring 2014).