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
The Top 10 Beers of 2019
Aaron Goldfarb picks the most memorable beers he tasted this year.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
How Does a Brewery Define Its Style?
A little-known technique is helping brewers establish distinctive house flavor profiles.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Evil Twin Wants to Be Your Neighbor
With its first brick-and-mortar, the boundary-pushing brewery is turning its attention to beers for “normal people.”
- story: Justin Kennedy
- photo: Caroline Lethbridge
Forever In the Beerlight
Poet and songwriter David Berman was a chronicler of darkness and duct tape, robots and radios—with a drink ever lurking at the periphery.
- story: Joshua David Stein
- illustration: Nick Hensley-Wagner
Your Move, German Pilsner
How a single Italian beer launched a whole new style of pilsner.
- story: Justin Kennedy
- photo: Alexa Bendek
The Genesis of Genesee Dream Ale
A collaboration beer so unlikely it made perfect sense.
- story: Christopher Osburn
- photo: Alexa Bendek
Suburban New Jersey’s Secret Bar Scene
Hidden within the quiet bedroom community of Maplewood, a growing crop of decked-out, dad-run “garage bars” have become fixtures of the town's nightlife scene.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photos: Lizzie Munro
How Amaretto, OJ and Coors Became a Rite of Passage
Developed in the late 1990s at Edna's in Oklahoma City, the "Lunchbox" has become the city's most beloved drink.
- story: Drew Lazor
- photo: Lizzie Munro
