Editor’s Picks

If there is ever a sure thing at the Great American Beer Festival competition it’s that medals in the American Lager category will most likely belong the world's global breweries. So it came as a surprise to me on Saturday morning at the GABF awards ceremony when the first two breweries named as Silver and Bronze winners in category 37 did not start with the letters B, M, C or P.

The Brewers Association (publishers of CraftBeer.com) recently announced that there are now more than 4,000 active breweries in their database. America is once again approaching the historical high count of 4,131 breweries in 1873.

The Denver Post's Eric Gorski talks to Sam Calagione about the future of craft brewing, bringing more Dogfish Head beer to Denver and his plan to keep his brewery family-owned for decades.

Lonerider Brewing Co's Magnificent 77 currently holds the world record for the most hop varieties in a single beer. As you may have gathered, there are 77 different hop varieties from seven countries used in this American IPA.