Reviews

With 2013 fading in the rearview mirror, I’m ready to confess: These were the most unpredictable 12 months of beer in recent memory. This year challenged me to rethink styles I’d...

2011 saw an unprecedented wave of innovative and eclectic beer—from 100-percent Brettanomyces ales to session beers reimagined— while a torrent of new breweries burst onto the scene. This is our snapshot...

In 1825, a ship containing several cases of beer from the UK was lost to the English Channel. More than 160 years later, Dr. Keith Thomas salvaged intact bottles from the...

Barrel Republic, photo by Paul Body Aces and Ales – Tenaya Las Vegas, Nevada acesandales.com Far from the shining lights and broken dreams of the Strip, this low-key spot offers a different kind of jackpot. Sample from the...

We beer folks—those interested enough in the stuff to not just drink, but also to talk and read about it—we have a few elephants in the taproom. For example: Most of...

Beer geeks do not watch television or movies like normal people do. The difference is impossible to notice most of the time, but should a bottle or can of beer appear...

Some brewers have called for a swift death to IBUs, or international bittering units, as a data point for consumers. Critics say IBUs are a poor measure of how bitter a beer actually tastes, and...

You can’t really call yourself the Beer Runner if you don’t run the beer mile from time to time. But my last beer mile adventure was six years ago. I was...

THE 50 BEST IPAS IN AMERICA – THE TOP 25 25. General Braddock’s IPA The Brew Gentlemen (Braddock, Pennsylvania) ABV: 6.8% The Brew Gentlemen get a lot of hype for their New England-style hoppy ales,...

  Jess Suworoff for DRAFT Legit technological advancement, or fancy-sounding gimmick? When breweries tout some new ingredient or process, I’ll admit I’m skeptical. (Blame vortex bottles and color-changing cans for my raised eyebrow.) So what are...