The Anti-IPA Is Having a Moment
Rauchbier is neither cool nor easy to love. But in a world of fruited slushy sours and pastry stouts, the assertive smoked beer stands apart.
- story: Justin Kennedy
- photo: Lizzie Munro
So Everything Is “Crushable” Now?
How a vaguely violent word co-opted from bro culture became a catchall for carefree drinking.
- story: Danny Chau
- illustration: Mallory Heyer
The Yeast Hunters
Meet the couple supplying some of the country’s most lauded brewers with a taste of native Texas terroir.
- story: Laurel Miller
- photo: Dingding Hu
Czech Beer, Lost and Found
Modern brewers are rediscovering the allure of Czech-style beer—Old World design and all.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
When Craft Beer Became Big Beer
In the final installment of a three-part series, Aaron Goldfarb examines the 2010s, when rarity was king and the meaning of “craft” was called into question.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Raphaelle Macaron
The Palate-Wrecking IPA Is Born
In the second installment of a three-part series, Aaron Goldfarb examines the early 2000s, when the hop wars reached their height and the beer can went modernist.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Raphaelle Macaron
How Lager Got Its Groove Back
Domestic brewers are plumbing the depths of the category and proving that it’s far more than “fizzy yellow beer.”
- story: Justin Kennedy
- photo: Nick Hensley
The Coronation of Craft Beer
In the first installment of a three-part series, Aaron Goldfarb examines the 1980s and '90s when the brewpub was born, “micro” was king and beer met the barrel in earnest.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Carmela Caldart
Ice Beer, Beyond Bud
Once the dominion of macrolagers, “icing” is experiencing an unlikely craft revival.
- story: Ryan Pachmayer
- photo: Nick Hensley
Has Craft Beer Already Imagined a Better Future?
Though far from perfect, the grassroots spirit of craft beer has made it a model for the drink industry’s larger push toward diversity and inclusion.
- story: Beth Demmon
- photo: Eliana Rodgers
Great IPAs, Better Goodwill
Imagine Nation’s founders bring their experience in trauma psychology and humanitarian aid to a new kind of community brewery.
- story: Adam Erace
- illustration: Nick Hensley
RIP Quarantinis, and Other Drinking Resolutions
A handful of our favorite drinkers look back at 2020 to determine what they absolutely won't (and will) do again.
- story: Punch Staff
- illustration: Rymie