It was a great year for pilsner lovers, with elite versions of this beer brewed across the U.S. and beyond. The year may have been a little cruel to beer overall with declining sales and signals of ...

A FRIEND — let’s call him Asahi Man — recently asked us (his homebrewing enthusiast pals) if we would brew him a lager. The question was met with silence, a pause, followed by murmurs, most of which ...