In the simplest terms, a dark lager is exactly what the name suggests. First brewed in the Czech Republic and Germany, it’s a broad category of lagers known for its darker, maltier, bready, and ...

This list is part of a Paste series of bottom shelf liquor and craft beer style tastings. Click here to view all entries in the series. We could hardly blame you if you hadn’t yet noticed, given the ...

Dark beers get unfairly stereotyped by the loudest among them, like today’s trendy, Instagram-friendly pastry stouts. These are brawny, occasionally terrifying beers—like a 14 percent bourbon-barrel ...

We are about midway through Lent, the pre-Easter time of fasting, reflection and repentance, so it’s appropriate that I make a confession: For years, I had maintained that doppelbocks, a dark and ...

The (very hot!) late-summer season is upon us and fall is knocking at the door. Making this the perfect time for a lager. The general lightness of the style makes them wonderfully refreshing, while ...

Whether you're looking for a hoppy, easygoing, citrus-forward, or barrel-aged brew, these celebrated craft beers in the U.S.

A mystery — a dark, wonderful mystery — has been unfolding on Chicago’s beer store and supermarket shelves in recent months: Where did all of these dark lagers come from? A year ago, the odds of ...

These are strange days for seasonal beer drinking. As I type away at this late December date, topped in a T-shirt and bottomed in cut-off jeans, Brooklyn, New York temperatures are boiling toward 70 ...