As at all times, our annual Finest in Beer situation consists of completely different views. Our subscribers and listeners—that’s you!—have spoken, and we’ve compiled your votes for the Reader’s Alternative lists, together with your Prime 25 Beers. Plus, our Craft Beer & Brewing Finest 20 Beers in 2023 are the end result of a 12 months of blind tasting by our overview panel and then by our editors, attaining an inner consensus on beers of the best character and technical excellence.
Nonetheless, this situation additionally is an opportunity for a few of our writers and editors to hold forth a bit, as we share our favourite beers and highlights of the previous 12 months. No blind tasting right here—for these hedonistic picks, we absolutely embrace the contexts during which we loved these beers.
That’s the thought behind our Finest in Beer Critic’s Lists, and people are what we discover on this particular, once-per-year episode. That includes considerate (and at occasions heartfelt) takes from Alex Kidd, Kate Bernot, Stan Hieronymus, Courtney Iseman, and Joe Stange—for Jamie’s, you’ll want to learn the print version—these lists give us the possibility to highlight many extra of probably the most pleasant beers and ingesting experiences of 2023, in addition to some ideas on the state of the brewing trade and beer tradition at this time.
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