The craft beer boom has reached far and wide, and there are as many brews to explore as any adventurous drinker could ever hope to find. While there are well over 100 styles of beer, some old standbys still get all the attention. More unsung styles rarely get their time on-tap to shine — always idle on the shelf, and never the popular pour.
That’s why we asked the people who know beer best what should be on your radar. Brewers and brewery staff often have to put aside their more favored styles in exchange for something more popular, but most have strong opinions on which beers they wish the general public were ordering more of. From nostalgic cream ales to smoky lagers and even a simple session beer, here are the brews the pros are waxing poetic about.
These are the 9 beers brewery workers wish you would order more: Cream ale Kolsch Smoked lagers Czech dark lager Session beers Classic German and Belgian beers Saisons Grisettes Malt-forward lagers
“Cream Ale. I think early-onset ignorance ruined the style. It turned it into some lactose-laden mockery of what once was a crowned, glorious crusher of a beer. Perfect for those one-too-many nights in run-down, college-house backyards while convincing your friends that nothing could go wrong by jumping off the roof into the pool. Nothing tastes better after getting suplexed through a folding table. Every sip, a memory..” —Horus Andersen, owner and operator, Conjure Beer Co., Fla.
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