100 Outstanding Beers We've Recommended Over The Last 7 Years

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Jess Kapadia•

Here at Food Republic, a great craft beer is so much more than the sum of its humble parts. Over the past seven years, we've traveled far and wide with an unquenchable thirst for smooth, bitter, hoppy, smoky, fruity, sour, funky and fresh goodness. Below are 100 outstanding brews we've recommended since our website's inception, including many of our favorite breweries, styles and specialty collaborations. Pro tip: print this out for the next time you hit that "I don't know which beer to get" wall.

Grab a seat at the bar, make good friends with the server pulling pints and and discover a handful (or more) of your favorite new bottles, cans and kegs from all over the world. How many have you tried?

  • Brooklyn Brewery: Ruggernaut
  • Flying Tiger: Burma Blonde
  • Parish Brewing Company: Ghost In The Machine IPA
  • Forbidden Root: Fernetic Imperial Black Ale
  • Dogfish Head: Beer For Breakfast Stout
  • Aeronaut Brewing Co.: T.R.I.P. Imperial Session IPA
  • Smuttynose Brewing: Baltic Porter
  • Rock Bottom Brewery Nashville: Barbers Hop
  • Sierra Nevada: Tumbler
  • Gun Hill Brewing: Rise Up Rye
  • Ayinger Brewery: Celebrator Doppelbock
  • Lagunitas: Aunt Sally
  • Threes Brewing: Day Of The Dead IPA
  • Saltwater Brewery: Sea Cow Milk Stout
  • Peak Organic: Summer Session Ale
  • Hill Farmstead: E. Pale Ale
  • Cigar City: Hotter Than Helles
  • NOLA Brewing: Rebirth Pale Ale
  • Left Hand Brewing: Hard Wired Nitro Coffee Porter
  • Oskar Blues: Pinner Throwback IPA
  • Uinta Brewing Co.: Yard Sale Winter Lager
  • Avery Brewing Co.: Raja Double IPA
  • Duck Rabbit: Milk Stout
  • Sam Adams: Nitro IPA
  • Deschutes Brewing Co.: Jubelale
  • Bell's: Two-Hearted Ale
  • New Holland Brewing Co.: Mad Hatter IPA
  • Fogbelt Brewery: Imperial Coffee Milk Stout
  • The Tap Brewing Co.: Intergalactic Acid Berliner Weisse
  • Schlafly Beer: The Eleventh Labor
  • Lagunitas: Gnarlywine
  • FX Matt Brewing Co.: Saranac Single-Malt Scotch Ale
  • Great Divide Brewing Co.: Claymore Scotch Ale
  • Weyerbacher: Blithering Idiot Barleywine
  • Blue Point Brewing Co.: Old Howling Bastard
  • Russian River Brewing Co.: Supplication
  • Third Street Aleworks: Blarney Sisters' Dry Irish Stout
  • Westbrook Brewing Co.: Marzenbier
  • Victory Brewing Co.: Victory Festbier
  • SweetWater Brewing Co.: 420 Extra Pale Ale
  • Gritty McDuff's Brewing Co.: Original Pub Style
  • New Belgium Brewing Co.: Long Table Farmhouse Ale
  • Two Roads Brewing Co.: Roadsmary's Baby
  • Mass Bay Brewing Co.: Harpoon UFO Pumpkin Ale
  • Brooklyn Brewery: Brooklyn Defender
  • Evil Twin Brewing: Mission Gose
  • Anderson Valley Brewing Co.: The Kimmie, The Yink and the Holy Gose
  • Good People Brewing: The Bearded Lady
  • Anchor Brewing Co.: Old Foghorn
  • Hanson Brothers Beer Company: Mmmhops
  • Troegs Brewing Co.: Troegs Amber Ale
  • Shipyard Brewing Co.: Shipyard Monkey Fist IPA
  • Allagash Brewing Co.: Allagash White
  • Ballast Point Brewing Co.: Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA
  • Alaskan Brewing Co: Smoked Porter
  • Notch Brewing Co.: Session Pilsner
  • Carton Brewing Co.: Boat Beer
  • D.L. Geary Brewing: Geary's IPA
  • Full Sail Brewing: Session Premium Lager
  • Saint Arnold Brewing: Fancy Lawnmower
  • Lost Coast Brewery: Tangerine Wheat Ale
  • 2nd Story Brewing Co.: American IPA
  • Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing: Nitro Funnel Cake Ale
  • Thomas Creek Brewery: Up The Creek IPA
  • Six Point Brewery: Resin Radler
  • Brown Paper Bag Project: Lupe Garou
  • The Porterhouse: Temple Brau Lager
  • The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery: Copper Ale
  • Sycamore Brewing: Southerly OPA
  • NoDa Brewing Co.: Hop Drop 'n Roll
  • Right Proper Brewing Company: Pacific Ocean Blue
  • Smuttynose Brewing: Hayseed
  • Real Ale Brewing Co.: Devil's Backbone
  • Flying Dog Brewery: Dead Rise Old Bay
  • Three Floyds Brewing Co.: Zombie Dust
  • Clipper City Brewing Co.: Loose Cannon
  • Union Craft Brewing: Blackwing Schwarzbier
  • Founders Brewing Co.: Black Rye
  • Prairie Artisan Ales: Apple Brandy Noir Imperial Stout
  • Spiteful Brewing: G.F.Y. Coffee Stout
  • Uncommon Brewers: Rubidus Red Ale
  • Blank State Brewing Co.: Shroominous
  • Jester King Brewery: Snorkel
  • Green Flash Brewing Co.: Treasure Chest
  • Moody Tongue Brewing Co.: Shaved Black Truffle Pilsner
  • Off Color Brewing: Fierce
  • Breakside Brewery: Aquavit Barrel-Aged IPA
  • LoverBeer: Beerbera
  • Cascade Brewery: Noyaux
  • Almanac Beer Company: Dark Pumpkin Sour
  • Dogfish Head: Festina Pêche
  • Odell Brewing Company: Three Shaker Imperial Peach IPA
  • Pipeworks Brewing Company: Budapest Gambit
  • Mother Earth Brewing Co.: Endless River
  • Ninkasi Brewing Co.: Maiden the Shade
  • Knee Deep Brewing Co.: Belgo Hoptologist
  • Stone Brewing Co.: Levitation Ale
  • Terrapin Beer: Rye Pale Ale
  • Brewery Ommegang: All-Malt Rye IPA
  • Rushing Duck: War Elephant Double IPA
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