Top of the Hops: Paste's IPA Challenge - Round 1 Northwest

The Great Northwest. For our purposes, the region is dominated by two great beer states: Oregon and Colorado.  read more

Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale

I’ve long believed that bacon makes everything better, and I’ve tested that theory with everything from whiskey to asparagus to gourmet peanut butter to yes, maple doughnuts—from Decatur’s Revolution, right down the street. Rogue takes the latter a step further with their Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale. Bacon + beer. What’s not to love? Well, it’s a strange first sip, and several of our tasters made faces that their mamas might threaten them not to make in case they stayed that way. There’s a lovely smokiness all the way through thanks to malts smoked in beechwood, cherrywood and hickory, along...  read more

11 Christmas Ales Ranked

Like colored lights, carols and official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifles, we don't like to talk about Christmas beers until Thanksgiving is out of the way. Sure, we'll drink them year-round if you're offering, but this is truly the season for the dark, malty, potent holiday beers that make our noël so joyeux.  read more

Paste Announces "Best Breweries of the Decade" Party in NYC

Snow Day Update: This event is still on, despite inclement weather, and Paste editor-in-chief Josh Jackson will be in attendance. — While we enjoy cracking open a cheap beer at a concert as much as the next show goer, we also believe it’s important to seek out Signs of Life in all of culture—brews included. It was in that spirit that we compiled our list of Best American Breweries of the Decade late last year. And now, we’re going to celebrate those very beer makers in New York City....  read more