Glueh Kriek
A glühbier recipe that works with sours, stouts, ales and more.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- 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
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 Members-Only Brewery Has Arrived
In the age of direct-to-consumer everything, it was only a matter of time before boutique brewers went subscription-only.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- illustration: Nick Hensley
What Drink Trends Should Disappear in 2021?
This year saw the rise of Zoom happy hour, aperitiki and infinity cocktails. Which trends have what it takes to stick it out through the new year?
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
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
Postcard From Transylvania, Or, How I’d Rather Be Drinking in Bundoran
Stranded in Romania, Yolanda Evans finds herself wishing she were in the Irish surf town of summers past.
- story: Yolanda Evans
- photo: Yolanda Evans
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
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
