10 Pumpkin Ales

Squash meets beer with mixed results. (By Roxanne Webber)

Get it while you can. (By Roxanne Webber)

Bacon in a Glass

CHOW’s guide to smoked beers: rich, toasty-tasting ales that are made with malt smoked prior to brewing. (By Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic)

Holiday Beer Cheer 2007

CHOW rates this year’s winter warmers. (By Kurt Wolff)

Your Beer Smells Like Goat

Beer geeks revel in weird, funky wild ales. (By Lessley Anderson)

Italian Chefs Won't Weep

This week’s mission: frozen Italian dinners and microbrewed sodas. (By James Norton)

Belgian Beer Primer

Decoding the world’s most acclaimed (and confusing) brews. (By Roxanne Webber)

Diet Craft Beer for the Oxymoron

This week’s mission: low-cal craft beer and baked beans for barbecue. (By James Norton)

Canned Beer That's Actually Good

Craft brewers see sense in cans. (By Kurt Wolff)

Tap This

Refreshing 2007 brews for summer. (By Kurt Wolff)

Something More Than Crappy Pilsner

While there is no brand of American pilsner distributed nationally, several excellent examples have popped up on the micro and regional levels. (By Jordan Mackay)

What You Should Know About German Beer

Expand your beer horizon with these crisp, fresh quaffs with funny names. (By Lessley Anderson)

Feats of Strength at the Cocktail Competition

Tasting 150 liquors in two days at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. (By Jordan Mackay)

A Classy Drunk

Decades-old tails get resurrected— with a twist— in the country’s most fashionable bars. (By Lessley Anderson and Michele Foley)

Down-Home Prosciutto

The country ham is our native prosciutto or serrano, though most Southerners wouldn’t dream of throwing an uncooked leg on a deli slicer and shaving some to go with the asparagus. Most Northerners, meanwhile, have never heard of... (By Sue Moore)