What We’re Drinking This Holiday Season
From a cold-weather spritz to a biscotti stout and more.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Everyone Loves to Hate the IPA
How did a style that was once the face of craft beer become so... cringe?
- story: Courtney Iseman
- illustration: Andy Bourne
The Anti-Hype Brewery
Can a minimalist operation serving only two beers challenge the industry’s hypebeast culture?
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Bonnie Durham
Even Beer Is a Spritz Now
Camparty. Bromosa. NASCAR Spritz. The never-ending crop of “beer spritzes” has carved out a high-low niche within the realm of aperitivo.
- story: Hannah Selinger
- photo: Lizzie Munro
“Pool Beer” Was Built for Summer
Beer slushies made of Mexican lager and shaved ice are a fast track to refreshment.
- story: Mary Anne Porto
- photo: Punch
Honk for Beer
Once ubiquitous across the Midwest and the South, drive-thru liquor stores face a host of modern challenges. But for a handful of owners, they are a tradition worth preserving.
- story: Laurel Miller
- photo: Drew Anthony Smith
Upgrade Your Cocktail With Five Easy Beer Syrups
How to turn Guinness, gose, IPA and more into syrups, and the cocktails to pair them with.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
By All Means, Mull Your Beer
A staple of European holiday drinking, spiced glühbier, which can be made with sours, ales or stouts, is an easy-to-make addition to your seasonal lineup.
- story: Garin Pirnia
- photo: Lizzie Munro
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
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