styles


Best in Beer Reader’s Choice: 2024’s Most Popular Beer Styles

With IPAs and pilsners still on top, your favorite styles remained relatively consistent year over year.

Taste Everything—and Think About Why It Tastes that Way | Video Tip

Beachwood co-owner and brewmaster Julian Shrago explains why it’s so valuable to expand your sensory knowledge and vocabulary.

The Flavor-First Approach to Designing Beer Recipes | Video Tip

Julian Shrago, co-owner and brewmaster at Beachwood Brewing in Los Angeles, explains how he first thinks about the flavors he wants in a beer before he begins thinking about ingredients.

The Beachwood Guide to Brewing Award-Winning Beers in New-to-You Styles | Video Course

Beachwood Brewing in Long Beach, California, has mastered a wide range of beer styles over the years and has the medals to prove it. In this video course, join brewmaster Julian Shrago as he charts the path from choosing an unfamiliar style of beer to brewing an example that can please the crowd and wow the judges.

Best in Beer Reader’s Choice: 2023’s Most Popular Beer Styles

IPA continues to top the charts, but lagers made steady and significant gains in 2023.

Ukrainian Golden Ale: The Battle for the Fields of Gold

Ukraine has been on the minds of many people around the world for more than a year now—but that’s not why its national beer style deserves a spot in the global canon. Instead, let’s consider Ukrainian golden ale on its own merits.

Best in Beer Readers’ Choice 2022: Most Popular Beer Styles

You voted on your favorite styles in our annual Readers’ Choice poll, and while IPA continues to top the charts, lagers made steady and significant gains in 2022.

Better Brewing: Why We Study the Classics

Few experiences in brewing are more rewarding—or make for better practice—than bringing some undersung, underloved, old-fashioned beer styles to life in your own brewhouse. Josh Weikert makes the case for learning, drinking, and brewing the canon.

Video Tip: Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

Study the classics, and use the best ingredients and equipment you can. One secret to making great beer is knowing that others have done the hard work for us—from the brewers who came before us to the farmers who produce our raw materials.

Whatever Happened to the American Stout?

American stout’s unlikely combination of roasted malt and American hops launched a movement and converted many a drinker. So, where the heck did it go? Drew Beechum isolates its elements and makes a plea.