Master Cicerone Pat Fahey is a certified expert in beer. So, who better than he to talk us through the history of all the different variations of beer that exist. Where did American lagers originate?

When I started drinking beer in college, almost all the beer I tried was thin adjunct lagers that had little in the way of malt flavors. After graduating and moving to Boston, I was introduced to ...

Four new styles of beer have officially been added to this year's style guide for the Brewers Association, a trade group for independent brewers. Among them are the New Zealand-style Pale Ale, New ...

“Let’s Talk Beer Styles” is a monthly feature that accompanies Paste’s large-scale blind craft beer style tastings/rankings. The first month covered the history and modern role of American pale ale, ...

In the last few years, if I’ve taken the time to sit down and put digital pen to internet paper registering an opinion on the state of the craft beer world, it’s often been to voice disappointment in ...

Before we get started, you should know that if you want to get technical, to be called a Kölsch the beer technically must be made within 50 kilometers of the city where it originated: Cologne (Köln in ...

The crisp evening air of late summer and early fall is very inviting for darker, heavier beers. Especially the classic Vienna-style lager. This reddish brown, fall seasonal beer is like Austria’s ...

WHEN ASKED TO describe their ideal beer, most people do not say, “salty.” They also probably do not list their favorite tasting note as “coriander,” or extol the virtues of a low-ABV session brew (if ...

While summer is the time to stick to light and refreshing beers, fall presents opportunities of its own. And no, that doesn’t just mean falling into the trap of pumpkin beers. It’s time to dial down ...