Throughout 2012 there were new beers hitting the taps and shelves left and right. We did our best to sample and savor as many new releases as we could, recommending some of the best every four months. Below: the fruits of our thirsty work. These are also beers you ought to be able to find if...

The mighty I.P.A., or India Pale Ale, is by now a household name when it comes to craft beer. Named for the brews 18th century British Colonial forces shipped to the sub-continent, it was stronger and highly hopped to withstand long sea voyages. Pioneering American craft brewers revived the...

There are few towns where the entire population is as passionately tuned into the goodness of craft beer as in Bend, Oregon. With festivals, breweries, brewpubs, beer bars, and a high ration of breweries per capita, even official city maps connecting the dots between beer destinations, Bend is,...