Everyone has that one thing that they can’t believe isn’t a bigger deal. Maybe it’s your favorite band you think everyone should know, or a restaurant that’s never as busy as it deserves to be. These underrated jewels are precious, which makes it tempting not to let others in on what feels like a special secret. But sharing these underrated pleasures opens the door for others to understand why we love this thing that they’ve never heard of so much —and when they do, it may change their life.
Beer styles are no exception, and brewers are the best in the business when it comes to lifting up under-the-radar brews. That’s why we asked 11 brewers to share their most underrated brews. These styles aren’t often in regular rotation, but they’ve struck a chord with the people who know beer the best. From ales highlighting wild yeast strains to dark Czech lagers that are an ode to a dark malt, these are the beers that brewers feel are the most underrated.
The most underrated beer styles according to brewers are: American wild and mixed fermentation ales British bitter Saisons Dark beers Rauchbier Amber lagers Grodziskies Dark Czech lagers Brown ales Hefeweizens
“American wild and mixed fermentation ales. American brewers have taken these otherwise Old World continental styles and pioneered new approaches to using funky yeasts and bacteria, sometimes using heirloom grains or foraged fauna or extended aging in various wooden vessels — all in ways that invoke a
