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
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
Lauren Woods Limbach | Wood Cellar Director and Blender, New Belgium Brewing
Long before sour beer could be found at nearly every craft brewery, Lauren Woods Limbach was experimenting with French-oak foeders and wild yeast—since 1998 to be exact. From those early…
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: New Belgium
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
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
Partner Content
Red Texas Spritz
In her riff on the Aperol spritz, Abigail Gullo infuses the Italian liqueur with lemongrass and blackberry.
- story: emma_g
- photo: Lizzie Munro
How Cantillon Became the Unicorn Wine of Beers
The producer of the world's most sought-after sour beers, Cantillon, has become a totem of beer greatness for today's wine crowd.
- story: Justin Kennedy
- photo: Miguel Discart
The Year Sour Beer Became a Sensation
Today, virtually every brewery of note has a sour in their portfolio. Just a decade ago, that was hardly the case. Aaron Goldfarb on how “sour” became an overnight sensation.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Daily News: Experiences with a Homebrewing Robot, The Falcon Whisperer of Napa
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - In Lucky Peach, Justin Kennedy offers a guide to sour beer around the world. - Due to climate change,…
- story: Chloe Frechette
