The Top 15 Beers of 2018
Aaron Goldfarb picks the most memorable beers he tasted this year.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- illustration: Nick Hensley Wagner
The New Hybrid Brews
A growing number of wine, beer and cider producers are partnering to create crossover bottlings that defy easy categorization.
- story: Justin Kennedy
- photo: Shacksbury Cider
A New Style of IPA Is Born
The light, bracing "brut IPA" is the West Coast’s answer to the juicy New England style.
- story: Justin Kennedy
- photo: Lizzie Munro
In Memoriam: The Great Beer Whales of Yore
Why did these seven coveted beers fade into obscurity?
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- illustration: Nick Hensley Wagner
The Rise and Fall of Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer
How a homebrewing accident yielded an oddball beer that took the Midwest by storm.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: PUNCH
How Loirette Became the Official Beer of the Natural Wine World
“I was primed to fetishize it, a ‘beer for natural wine geeks’—and fetishize it I did.”
- story: Zachary Sussman
- photo: Lizzie Munro
IPA in Paradise
Brewers are adopting tiki flavors, drawing on tropical fruits, sharp citrus and rum-redolent spices.
- story: Justin Kennedy
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Local 44
A stalwart in West Philadelphia’s Spruce Hill, 44 keeps neighborhood thirsts slaked via two distinct rooms—its main bar, pouring 20 selections on draught (lots of local representation), and its adjoining…
- story: Talia Baiocchi
Why It’s Time for English Bitter Ales
With sessionable ABVs and a nuanced balance of hops and malt, English-style bitters ought to be the beer of moment.
- story: Megan Krigbaum
- photo: Valeria Alonzo
Can America Do Lambic Like the Belgians?
Aaron Goldfarb and PUNCH's editorial team find six standout bottles in a lineup of Belgian and American expressions of lambic and gueuze.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
