American Craft Beer

The UK beer scene gathered in London this week to celebrate some of the nation’s best breweries, brewers and beers at the 2026 Brewers Choice Awards. And while some of these names may be less familiar to American craft beer fans, there are several worth knowing.

In 2018, Guinness opened its ambitious Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House just south of Baltimore, marking the iconic Irish brewer’s return to American brewing for the first time since leaving New York in 1954.

Voodoo Ranger has never been a particularly subtle beer brand. And then there’s Halloween's Michael Myers.

Brewers are celebrating fall’s arrival with a surprising roster of beers to keep things interesting.

In our “Classic Beer Styles” series, we take a closer look at the beers that helped shape brewing traditions around the world, where they came from, what defines them, and why they still matter today. [...]

We’ve seen brewers put some pretty strange things into beer over the years, but we’ve gotta admit extra virgin olive oil is a new one for us, and in a non-alcoholic beer. Here’s the deal.

You may have, but we’re done with these seemingly endless “beer days.” We took the day off. And National Drink Beer Day we’re looking at you.

Suck’s a strong word, but we, like many, don’t really enjoy pumpkin beers all that much. But here are five that could potentially win over even the most jaded pumpkin beer hater. Elysian Great Pumpkin [...]

Minocqua Brewing Company has never been shy about mixing beer and politics. Now the outspoken Wisconsin brewery owner, Kirk Bangstad, says that one of its two taprooms will likely close by the end of the year as its battle with state alcohol regulators continues.

The beer biz never sleeps at American Craft Beer. And here’s just some of what’s been happening in the beer world while you were enjoying the weekend.