We’ll See You at Ansari’s in Minnesota for Shish Kabobs, Belly Dancing, and Great Beer

From our Love Handles files on the world’s great beer bars: Just south of the Twin Cities, Ansari’s offers some of the country’s finest craft beers with Mediterranean food, pull-tabs, hookahs, and other diversions.

By: Louis Livingston-Garcia

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Podcast Episode 395: For Marcin Chmielarz, Baltic Porter Day Is Every Day

The expert, brewer, and publican who helped to elevate Poland’s true national beer style—porter—dives into the style and its modern evolution from a local perspective, also telling the story behind the special day he conceived nearly a decade ago.

By: Jamie Bogner

Editors’ Picks: Easy-Brew Gadgetry, Revisited

Have those countertop, push-button homebrew machines gotten any better over the years? Let’s find out.

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Dialing in the Bitterness of West Coast IPA | Video Tip

Evan Price, cofounder and head brewer of Green Cheek in Orange, California, details how pH, water chemistry, hop varieties, and grain choices are all among the knobs you can turn to shape your ideal perception of bitterness in West Coast–style, hop-forward beers.

By: Evan Price

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Recipe: Thai-Style Homemade Sato

Based on input from Nattachai “Ob” Ungsriwong of the Devanom Brewing Company in Nonthaburi, Thailand, here’s a recipe for making your own sato—inspired by traditional methods, but with a few optional twists.

By: Nattachai Ungsriwong , Joe Stange

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Sato: Thailand’s Enigmatic Sticky-Rice Beer

Amid craft beer’s rise in Thailand, brewers there are taking a fresh look at what their uncles and grandmas concocted—a folk drink fermented from sticky rice, wild yeast, molds, and a seemingly random mix of botanicals. (They’re also figuring out how to make it better.)

By: Joe Stange

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What Happens at the Silver Stamp Stays at the Silver Stamp

From our Love Handles files on the world’s great beer bars: The Silver Stamp in Las Vegas pours an incredible selection of beers in a comfy, divey atmosphere.

By: Jamie Bogner

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Podcast Episode 394: Marcin Ostajewski of Browar Grodzisk Is Spreading the Gospel of Grodziskie

The low-ABV, 100-percent-oak-smoked-wheat-malt beer came back from the dead in the past decade, and the original Grodzisk brewery was similarly revived to focus on the style. In this episode, head brewer Marcin Ostajewski shares history as well as contemporary techniques for making the beer dubbed “Polish champagne.”

By: Jamie Bogner

Pick Six: Marcus Baskerville’s Sixer of Foundations & Friendships

The accomplished brewer and president of the National Black Brewers Association shares his curated six-pack—and it’s the lineup of a geek who’d queue for special releases, get together with buddies to share hard-to-get bottles, and seek out beers of exquisite quality and flavor.

By: Jamie Bogner

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The Evolution of West Coast IPA | Video Tip

How did we get here? Green Cheek cofounder and head brewer Evan Price traces the recent history of IPA in the West Coast style, as it’s moved away from caramel and fully embraced pilsner malt.

By: Evan Price

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Best in Beer Editors’ Picks: Our 2025 Bucket List

When it comes to memorable beer experiences, we get to do more than most—and we love that part of the job—but we can’t do it all. And yet … what if we could? Here are our picks for where we’d love to be in the year to come, given druthers, time, and wherewithal. See you there?

By: Joe Stange , Jamie Bogner

Recipe: Atlas Bullpen Pilsner

From Atlas Brew Works in Washington, D.C., here’s a recipe for their popular pilsner, a bronze medal–winner at the 2022 Great American Beer Festival. Easy-drinking yet flavorful, this pils gets subtle extra character from its Cal Common yeast strain.

By: Daniel Vilarrubi

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Podcast Episode 393: Your Favorite Craft Beer & Brewing Podcast Episodes of 2024

These are the conversations that piqued your interest, with highlights from the most-downloaded podcast episodes of the past year.

By: Jamie Bogner

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