The Best Beers of 2024 by Style Category

Brewers around the world continued to produce top-flight examples of beer excellence in 2024, and our judges were lucky enough to sample a fair few of them.

Each year, we like to produce a list of some of the most interesting and populous style categories that our judges reviewed. 2024 saw a wide range of styles cross our judges' desks (and palates).

Read on to discover some of the most flavorful and interesting beer styles from the year that was.

Top 15 IPAs of 2024 (All Styles)
Top 5 Hazy IPAs
Top 3 American IPAs
Top 5 Double IPAs
Top 12 Lagers of 2024 (All Styles)
Top 3 German Wheat Beers
Top 5 Fruit Beers
Top 3 Munich Helles
Top 4 Pale Bitter European Beers
Top 9 Specialty Wood-Aged Beers

Top 15 IPAs of 2024 (All Styles)

1. pFriem Double IPA
pFriem Family Brewers
Rated 97

2. New Grist IPA
Lakefront Brewery
Rated 95