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
Bringing Craft Beer Back Down to Earth
Averie Swanson has made some of the country’s most coveted beers. At her new brewery, Keeping Together, she wants to make beer for “literally everyone.”
- story: Bailey Berg
- illustration: Nick Hensley
There’s an IPA for That
With styles that range from Low-Cal to New England to Brut, the modern IPA is whatever you want it to be.
- story: Megan Krigbaum
- illustration: Rymie
Fan Fiction for Beer Nerds
The home-brewed spinoffs of one of the world’s most sought-after beers have become collector’s items in their own right.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- illustration: Nick Hensley
They’ll Be Drinking in the Street
Photographer Clay Williams surveys how Brooklyn is drinking this summer, from Carroll Gardens to Bed-Stuy.
- story: Clay Williams
- photos: Clay Williams
Buy Sam a Beer
I asked strangers on the internet to buy me a quarantine beer. Surprisingly, they did.
- story: Sam Wagner
- illustration: Buy Sam a Beer
To Covet Counterfeit Cantillon
What happens when imitation beer becomes more valuable than the original?
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- illustration: Lauren Cierzan
The New Who’s Who of Beer Cool
The country’s top brewers, beer writers and buyers weigh in on the trending touchstones of 2020.
- story: Justin Kennedy
- photo: PUNCH
What Drink Trends Should Disappear in 2020?
This year saw the rise of piquette, foraged beers and White Claw. Which trends have what it takes to stick it out through the new year?
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Our 10 Most-Read Stories of 2019
From mastering the Amaretto Sour with Jeffrey Morgenthaler to exploring suburban New Jersey's secret bar scene, here's a look back at the most popular stories on PUNCH this year.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: YouTube