Compiling a list of best tasting beers is akin to ordering a succulent Chinese meal – it’s impossible to finalize what you really want, atmosphere is important, and sometimes consensus is the best way to make a choice.

Parsing between commercial brew powerhouses, beers of the world, and the increasingly dominant craft beer market means there’s no shortage of candidates for a list of top beers. The following list of 10 best tasting beers in 2021 contains a cross section ranging from light beer, pilsner and lager through to Imperial Stout and India Pale Ale (sorry no sour beer).

Check out the selections, and if you’re unfamiliar with each one, give them a try so you can create a best of list of your own, while if you specifically like craft IPA beers then check out the other list we put together.

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1. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

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If you’re looking for beer flavor balanced between a hoppy IPA and a more traditional pale lager, this is the classic beer to put you right.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is the epitome of quality. There’s a simple reason that it’s the beer lover’s favored beer: it sets the table for many types of beer drinker yet takes nearly nothing away.

This amber ale uses famed cascade hops to create the aroma of tropical fruit, flavor of pine, and a little hint of spice amidst the bedrock of malt flavor. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is vibrant and complex on the palate, but tastes simply delicious.

2. Weihenstephaner German Wheat Beer

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I spent a fair bit of time in Germany last decade, scooting around the sites and partying in some of Munich and Berlin’s awesome pubs and nightclubs.

I drank Weihenstephaner beer almost exclusively. On tap at pubs, bottled or canned beer behind the makeshift bars in warehouses and squats when I wasn’t trying to blow myself up drinking Jaeger bombs. These days you’ll find it flowing at any Bavarian style bier café or Oktoberfest party.