In this issue, we delve into a plethora of fascinating subjects, ranging from beer gifts to “super sniffers,” so we invite you to read on and discover the wondrous world of beer within our pages.

We begin with Dionne Roberts taking a look at what the day in the life of a head brewer looks like as she shadows Alyssa Thorpe, the head woman at Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery in Denver, Colorado.

After that, Clayton Schuster details The Resurgence of the American Malt House as craft breweries continue to seek out the finest ingredients they can find – now available a bit closer to home than they used to be when it comes to malt.

Then, we offer an in-house look at 21 of the best beer gifts available for that beer aficionado in your life that seems to always hook you up with tasty brews. Return the favor with these charming and useful trinkets.

Carl Kins offers up a history of Italian Grape Ale – as well as a look ahead to how this style will continue to gain traction, and then Jim Dykstra returns with an education piece on the fascinating gruit beverage.

After that, we head back to Colorado with writer Jessica Zimmer to visit Greeley’s famed WeldWerks Brewing Co. and speak with the brewery’s “super sniffer,” Patrick Combs, who offers up his story as well as the way that aroma impacts beer more than any other element.

Welcome to the Spring 2021, Issue #53 of The Beer Connoisseur magazine!

Issue 53 kicks off with a deep dive into the state of beer media and journalism, much like our The Beer in Review annual print edition delves into the industry at large through a look at trends and sales in a variety of categories. Much has changed in our industry over the past few years, so we thought it was high time to delve into it in depth.

Following that, Jim Dykstra explores the role that beer has played in American history – from Native Americans brewing an interesting gruit-style beverage to the Founding Fathers being big-time beer fans.

Then, Marytn Cornell returns with another historical beer story, with this one being about the inspiring story behind the creation of America’s first craft brewery: New Albion Brewing Co.

Ultra-hazy IPAs continue to be among the most popular styles around the world, and High Density Hop Charges are one of the most interesting ways to exponentially increase the hoppiness in any given IPA. Dionne Roberts explores this burgeoning brewing technique with some of its progenitors and pioneers.

Yours truly chimes in with a definitive guide to all of the IPA styles that currently exist, something that should serve as an excellent reference for fans of this hopped-up, uber-popular craft brew style.

Welcome to the Winter 2021, Issue #52 of The Beer Connoisseur magazine!

Issue #52 is split into three sections. First off is our Industry Outlook, which explores the past year in the beer industry while also keeping a steady eye on what 2021 will bring. Stories featured within this section are 2021 Consumer Trends, 2021 Trends in Craft and 2021 Restaurant Trends.

The main course of the issue, as always, is our collection of the top-rated beers of the year compiled in our The Beer in Review section. which features the Top 100 Beers of 2020 as found in our Official Review. Then, we offer up the Best Beers of 2020 by Style Category, featuring notable popular beer styles in the year that was. Lastly, we provide our list of the Best Breweries of 2020, which features a returning favorite as well as some new names.

The issue closes with our Trends section, detailing Emerging Beer Styles for 2021, upcoming popular hops in The Hop Report and a look ahead with the National Beer Wholesalers Association with Industry Insights from the NBWA.

Of course, the issue wouldn't be complete without our Official Review, Brewer Q&As and Industry News, which allow us to present the viewpoint of judges, brewers and the industry at large.

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It's time for the 51st issue of The Beer Connoisseur Magazine!

First up is our sit-down with famed Unibroue Brewmaster Jerry Vietz. The bowler hat-wearing icon delves into a wide array of topics, including his collaboration with Megadeth lead singer Dave Mustaine, the incredible acclaim that his beers have received over the year, as well as what he gets up to in his (rare) spare time.

After that, Michael Maloney explores 10 influential U.S. craft beers and how these beers have changed the course of brewing history, and Owen Ogletree drops by with an in-depth look at the role of yeast in brewing, exploring a number of different avenues involving this fascinating and mercurial organism.

Then, Dean Brightman continues the education kick with a definition of a coolship in The Function of a Coolship in Brewing Wild Ales. By the end of the piece, you’ll be an expert on this “giant brownie baking pan” for brewing beer.

Seth Levy jumps in with a treatise on the role that whiskey plays in barrel-aged beer, and then Jessica Zimmer provides a list of 15 winter warmer beers for the holiday season.

We close up the issue with a collection of three easy dishes perfectly paired with beer by Michael Thacker, and then Jessica Zimmer returns with a tour of Salt Lake City’s Uinta Brewing.

Welcome, one and all, to the landmark 50^th edition of The Beer Connoisseur Magazine.

It’s been a long, strange trip full of delicious brews and engaging stories, so we thought we should lead off this issue by highlighting the highest-scoring beers from all 50 issues, as well as some of our favorite stories that have been featured in our pages. We hope you enjoy these trips down memory lane as much as we did.

Beyond our Top 50s, the issue leads off with Jim Dykstra giving you the skinny on how to host a successful whiskey tasting party that won’t leave your guests tottering home after overindulging.

After that, Josh Weikert tosses his hat in the ring on the topic of the ever-controversial Pumpkin Beer. In this piece, Josh provides the backstory and history of pumpkin beer in the U.S. while providing details on notable ingredients and other facts about this seasonal style.

Then, Michael Thacker aims to answer an important question for all beer drinkers: Is Beer Healthy? Michael provides a multitude of answers on a variety of topics revolving around this question, some of which may surprise you. Following that, continuing the health kick, Jason Johnson details the wide world of low-calorie beers with 23 of his favorites.

Welcome to the Summer 2020, Issue 49 of The Beer Connoisseur!

Beer has long been a popular drink, but just how long have some breweries existed? Jessie O’Brien answers that interesting question in The Oldest Breweries in the World.

COVID-19 remains the single biggest story on the minds of everyone around the world, so we had Dean Brightman, in his BC debut, check in on three California breweries of differing sizes to see how each of them has responded to this historic pandemic.

Kombucha is another category of beverages that has gained immense popularity over the past few years. But what actually is it? Seth Levy dishes on the varieties and recent history of this fermented beverage.

In another BC first, Marty Nachel, writer of Beer for Dummies, chimes in with an education story about the six-sided Brewer’s Star, which was once the universally recognized symbol of brewers worldwide. Why is it no longer the omnipresent symbol of beerdom? Marty has the answers!

What’s a summer without summer beers? Dionne Roberts, in her debut in our pages, offers up her list of 20 Great Summertime Brews, which features some classics as well as a few left-field choices that are sure to quench on a sunny day.

Welcome to the May/June 2020, Issue 48 of The Beer Connoisseur!

Seeing as the entire world is being impacted by it, our top story is a deep dive into how COVID-19 is affecting the beer industry by Jessica Zimmer. We hope this well-researched and highly sourced story answers any questions you might have about the virus situation in our industry.

We also have a wide variety of education pieces broaching multiple topics. First, Owen Ogletree takes us down to the Big Easy to outline The Rebirth of Dixie Beer, then Stephen Staples outlines the interesting theory of Lupulin Threshold Shift, which entails hoppy beers “rewriting” your taste buds in interesting and unusual ways.

Following that, Jim Dykstra explore the fun topic of The Bubbling Science of Beer Foam, then Michael Maloney provides us details on What DDH Beer Is.

We close out the issue by outlining the Top 44 Hazy New England IPAs and Double IPAs that our judges have ever reviewed followed by David Kriso, in his BC debut, showcasing the Top 15 Places to Drink Beer in the Steel City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

Lastly, we feature a new guest blog from Tavour detailing 10 Crushable Craft Pilsner Options to Replace Premium Lagers.

As always, no issue is complete without our Industry News, Official Review and Brewer Q&A segments, and Issue 48 is no exception.

This Spring 2020, Issue 47 of The Beer Connoisseur packs in plenty of powerful prose on your favorite topic: Beer! This issue is headlined by us naming who we believe to be the Best Brewery in the World: pFriem Family Brewers of Hood River, Oregon! We do not make this claim lightly, but pFriem’s sterling pedigree and 31 world-class and exceptional beer reviews in our Official Review made them our top choice for the honor.

Then, Stan Hieronymus delves into the sticky issue of What Are Noble Hops? Do the hops truly come from noble foliage? Or is this simply a trumped-up marketing term? Stan provides all the details and more in this engaging education piece.

Ryan Newhouse is up next with an interesting topic of the changing beer scene in the United Kingdom by looking at how Hazy, New England IPAs are affecting the country’s craft beer landscape.

Hard seltzers are all the rage, so we asked Jonathan Ingram to pose – and answer – 10 key questions about them to help shine some light on this meteorically rising beverage. How is it brewed? Is it here to stay? Jonathan has the answers.

In an eminently competitive industry such as craft brewing, breweries sometimes have to think outside the box to attract customers. Jessie O’Brien details 12 breweries with fascinating experiential taprooms in order to help keep customers engaged.

Atlanta, GA (Feb. 25, 2020) The Beer Connoisseur® is excited to announce a new and exclusive beer buying campaign in partnership with Tavour, a mobile App platform that allows online purchasing of hard-to-find and rare beers from breweries around the world.

For the first time ever, The Beer Connoisseur readers of age 21 and older that reside in select zip codes in the 24 states listed below may stock their fridge with beer rated World Class (100 - 96) and Exceptional (95 - 91) in the publication’s Official Review. Other hard-to-find and rare beers from the magazine’s acclaimed breweries will also be selected for these buying events.

Readers in select zip codes in the following states may participate: CA, CO, DC, FL, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, WA and WI.

Welcome to the 46th edition of The Beer Connoisseur magazine. Last year provided plenty of intrigue and great flavor in the world of beer, and, in this edition, we look ahead to the coming year and also harken back to the best beers, beer styles and breweries of 2019.

Seeing as this is our annual The Beer in Review winter edition, we keep you in the loop on how the wonderful world of beer continued to evolve and grow in 2019. Whether a brewer or beer fan, we believe this issue has something for everyone.

This issue is split into three sections. First, our Industry Outlook details the year that was for the beer industry in 2019 – while also keeping the future in mind – from the perspective of the consumer, the craft beer segment and restaurants. All three are in-depth explorations featuring statistics, research and interviews with industry insiders to offer the full picture of the craft beer business.

Of course, any beer magazine worth its weight in IBUs features an abundance of beer reviews, and this edition of The Beer Connoisseur lives up to that. Our most robust section features the Top 100 Beers of 2019 as featured in our Official Review. With a wide range of styles from fruit lambics to chocolate peanut butter stouts, our Top 100 Beers has it all. Beyond that, our Best Beers by Style Category outlines the finest beers in a wide range of different styles, and we award our Best Breweries of 2019.