Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. You can find me at the confluence of food, beverage and travel. The 2025 World Beer Awards, known for its rigorous blind tastings, ...

The best IPAs have been chosen by judges at the U.S. Open Beer Championship. Top awards went to breweries across the U.S. and Canada. Based in Oxford, Ohio, the U.S. Open Beer Championship is one of ...

If you’ve spent time in major metropolitan areas that are not Los Angeles, you know, at least anecdotally, one thing to be true: We’re not much of a drinking town. Maybe it’s for health reasons; maybe ...

“Do you know where IPAs come from?” I have asked many a friend, with my elbow angled upon the bar holding “exhibit B” in a pint glass, and hoping they don’t already know the answer. Heaven? The hop ...

If you’re new to beer, you might not know that there is a ridiculously large, almost Grand Canyon-sized, difference between a classic West Coast IPA and the more recent phenomenon, the New ...

After dominating the beer world for more than a decade, we’re still celebrating the IPA. We should be sick of a beverage that’s been so dominant for so long, which is why there’s no shortage of jokes ...

There's one thing that "best IPA" lists too often do not consider: actually being able to find and enjoy the beers. Look, not everyone has the ways or means to travel to a remote corner of Vermont to ...

Originally brewed in Great Britain, this hop-forward beer style has been around since the 1800s but rose to prominence in American brewing circles during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Groundbreaking ...