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May 31, 2023

The 50 Best Beers in the World

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The best beers in the world are easier to get than ever before. Forty years ago, customers strolling through grocery stores would only find endless variations on the easy-drinking domestic lager. Care for a Busch? Miller High Life? Bud Light? If you were lucky, you might find an imported Irish beer like Guinness, a beach-y Mexican beer such as Corona, or perhaps even Foster’s, that Australian beer sold in the oversized can.

Today’s hopheads can pick from tens of thousands of the best beers that deliver every conceivable flavor and alcohol level. Hazy double IPAs are now sold alongside zippy pickle beers, prickly pilsners, fruity sour ales, and smooth-drinking hefeweizens. Beers like Allagash’s White, Russian River’s Pliny the Elder, and Bell’s Brewery’s Two Hearted have become beloved classics occupying permanent perches in fridges far and wide.

Craft beer is now so mainstream that excellent IPAs are sold most everywhere, from 7-Eleven to Applebee’s and even college football stadiums. Despite the ubiquity, the beer industry has had a rough couple years, facing fierce competition from hard teas and seltzers, canned cocktails, and newly legal cannabis beverages and edibles. In 2023, store sales of craft beer slid nearly one percent while volumes declined 4.4 percent according to data from Circana, a Chicago-based market research firm.

While some breweries have shuttered, many breweries are thriving and continuing to produce beers that, to rise above the competition, are better than ever. New trends include craft breweries embracing pilsners and easy-drinking lagers, revamping the cleanly bitter west coast IPA, and creating compelling nonalcoholic beers and sparkling hop waters.

But after plenty of research—and, uh, drinking—we’ve settled on a ranked list of the top 50 best beers that are readily available. We created this ranked list by blending expert input with brand longevity, awards, online ratings, and accessibility. In other words, we tried not to select one-off west coast IPAs that are only sold at taprooms for two hours on a Tuesday. What’s the fun in touting beers that most drinkers will never try? Instead, most of these beers are available across the U.S., meaning you won’t have to book a plane ticket to tick these bevs off your bucket list.

In the list of great beers, we’ve of course included IPAs, but also stouts, sour ales, amber ales, lagers, pilsners, barrel-aged beers, and more of the most common brews you’ll spot at your favorite beer bar or store. This will also serve as a primer to help answer some of the most popular questions, like what is craft beer that pairs best with specific seasons, meals, and occasions? So, without further ado, let’s get cracking.

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Our number one pick, , might come as a surprise—but it shouldn’t. There aren’t many beers out there that are consistently delicious no matter where you drink them, whether from can, bottle, or tap.

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Best Beers in the World at a Glance

The 50 Best Beers in the World

50. Smuttynose Old Brown Dog

Smuttynose Old Brown Dog

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Sail southeast of Portsmouth, NH, and you’ll find the Isles of Shoals, an archipelago that includes the uninhabited Smuttynose—the namesake for this craft brewery that was founded in 1994 remains a trusty companion, a robust brown ale with a solid bitterness supplied by Cascade, Galena, and Willamette hops.

49. Wolf’s Ridge Daybreak Coffee Cream Ale

Wolf’s Ridge Daybreak Coffee Cream Ale

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“Ohio loves its pale coffee beers, and the dozens of examples around the state all owe their existence to the popularity of this Wolf’s Ridge flagship first brewed in 2015,” says advanced cicerone David Nilsen, writer and publisher of several beer zines, including Final Gravity and Bean to Barstool. “Daybreak is brewed with vanilla and locally roasted coffee, and the fresh coffee notes really pop without any competing roasted malt.”

$12 at Wolf's Ridge

48. Tröegs Mad Elf Ale

Tröegs Mad Elf Ale

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Originally brewed in 2002, has become a staple of holiday celebrations due to its deft mixture of wildflower honey, Belgian yeast, and plenty of sweet and tart cherries. The ruby-hued ale is as warming and welcoming as a roaring fire.

47. Best Pumpkin Beer: Southern Tier Pumking

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In the best way possible, tastes like boozy pumpkin pie. The copper-orange fall seasonal has a terrific nose of rum and vanilla; and the ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg spices never go overboard. Dropping it into an adult’s trick-or-treat bag would be a nice move.

46. Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro

Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro

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Colorado brewers Left Hand spent two-plus years cracking the code for bottling their milk stout with nitrogen, creating a creamy sipper reminiscent of liquefied chocolate cake. Pro tip: For a plump head, pour like you’re shaking ketchup from a bottle.

45. Crooked Stave Sour Rosé

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  • Style: Fruited sour ale
  • Brewery: Crooked Stave, Denver, CO
  • ABV: 4 percent

Crooked Stave has built a most agreeable middle ground between beer and wine with . The wood-aged hybrid is fermented with the brewery’s wild yeast and brewed with a blend of raspberries and blueberries. It’s what you’ll want to serve your wine-loving friends who swear they hate beer.

44. Best Cream Ale: Genesee Cream Ale

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The cream ale is another indigenous American style of beer that’s created by fermenting ale yeast at colder, lager-like temperatures—the inverse of the California common. Genesee first released in 1960, striking a winning balance with lager crispness, fruity ale character, and smooth sweetness courtesy of corn. It’s what you should fill your cooler with come summer.

43. Best Holiday Beer: Great Lakes Christmas Ale

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For Midwest beer fans in northeast Ohio, few days are more anticipated than when Cleveland’s Great Lakes releases its , a heap of seasonal cheer spiced with honey, cinnamon, and fresh ginger. Drink it with Christmas duck or fistfuls of holiday cookies.

42. Best Sour Ale: Urban Artifact Brewing The Gadget

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This Cincinnati brewery specializes in massively fruited sour ales it calls Midwest fruit tarts. They deliver balance, zippy acidity, and plenty of real fruit character without the cloying sweetness. Our favorite example is . It’s crammed with raspberries and blackberries, while vanilla beans add a bit of perceived sweetness.

41. Thornbridge Jaipur

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Among the U.K.’s most influential modern IPAs is , a merger of piney, citrusy hops from America’s Pacific Northwest and rich Maris Otter malt—an heirloom British variety. Since Thornbridge first brewed Jaipur in 2005, the IPA has become a benchmark in British beer.

40. Ayinger Celebrator

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  • Style: Doppelbock 
  • Brewery: Brauerei Aying, Aying, Germany
  • ABV: 6.7 percent

The finest beer from family-run Brauerei Aying is the dark and robust , a testament to time and patience. The Germany brewery cold conditions Celebrator for at least 10 weeks to create a silky profile with flavors of coffee, chocolate, and dark fruit. Try it as an after-dinner drink.

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39. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA

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While watching a cooking show, Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione learned that adding pepper throughout the cooking process could create more intense flavors. He hypothesized that the same technique could be applied to brewing IPAs. During a brew day, Calagione taped a vibrating tabletop football game to a ladder and steadily added hop pellets over 90 minutes. That was the genesis of the piney, citrusy, and caramel-rich .

38. Birrificio Italiano Tipopils

Birrificio Italiano Tipopils

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The invention of the hop-forward Italian-style pilsner can be traced to northern Italy’s Birrificio Italiano. Around 1996, founder Agostino Arioli created this elegant unfiltered pilsner that was dry hopped for a floral boost. Fun fact: Tipopils inspired Firestone Walker to produce Pivo Pils.

$5 for 12-ounce bottle at Fatti Una Birra

37. Best Nonalcoholic Beer: Athletic Brewing Run Wild IPA

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  • Style: Nonalcoholic IPA
  • Brewery: Athletic Brewing Company, Milford, CT, and San Diego, CA
  • ABV: Less than 0.5 percent

No brewery has done more to popularize modern nonalcoholic beer than Athletic Brewing, which creates nonalcoholic beers that deliver big flavor and fragrance but minus the buzz. Made with a proprietary brewing process, matches a malt-focused body to five American-grown hops, the profile of pine needles and grapefruit zest backed up by a sensible amount of bitterness.

36. Best Brown Ale: Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale

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  • Style: Brown ale
  • Brewery: Samuel Smith, Tadcaster, England
  • ABV: 5 percent

Classic British brown ales have become a bit of a rare breed in America these days. Luckily, though, Samuel Smith still produces its style-defining that’s brewed with hard well water and fermented in its stone Yorkshire squares. The mahogany-hued ale tastes of toffee and nuts, and the low ABV will keep you coming back for a second bottle.

$11 for 4-Pack at Total Wine

35. pFriem Family Brewers Pilsner

pFriem Family Brewers Pilsner

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Founded in 2012, pFriem has become one of the Pacific Northwest’s best breweries, from IPAs to barrel-aged sour ales and lagers. In particular, its clean and complex Pilsner is a perfect any-occasion beer. It’s made with German and Pacific Northwest malt and lots of German hops that lend a floral, grassy character.

$48 for 12-Pack at pFriem

34. Revolution Brewing Double Barrel V.S.O.J.

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  • Style: English barley wine
  • Brewery: Revolution Brewing, Chicago, IL
  • ABV: 16.8 percent

“No other brewery in the U.S.A. has done more for the resurgence of domestically produced English barley wines than Revolution,” says Shane Monteiro, the chief operations officer of Brooklyn’s Queue Beer. Double Barrel V.S.O.J., a special version of the brewery’s English-style barleywine called Straight Jacket, is a “… demonstration of authority from a brewery that knows how to escalate the potency of its beers without undermining the reasons the base was so popular,” Monteiro says. “Expect juicy red raisins, a bevy of barrel heat, and all the lightness and complexity of the base beer we all know and love.”

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33. Half Acre Daisy Cutter

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Since 2009, has been one of Chicago’s go-to craft beers, a calibrated aromatic package of biscuits and pungent cannabis. It drinks far bigger than its 5.2 percent, and it still tastes fresh and essential even 15 years after its release.

32. Boulevard Brewing Company Tank 7

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  • Style: Saison
  • Brewery: Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City, MO
  • ABV: 8.5 percent

Named after a malfunctioning fermentation tank, the long-running Kansas City brewery’s American-style saison has an assertive hop character that will appeal to fans of IPAs. The dry, peppery, grapefruit-fragranced is a fine friend to chicken wings and other fried fare.

$18 at Total Wine

31. Best Kölsch: Gaffel Kölsch

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Gaffel sells most of its Kölsch—a crisp, lightly fruity ale that’s fermented at cooler temperatures—within a 100-kilometer radius of Cologne, where the beer style originated. The family-owned brewery’s briskly carbonated Kölsch tastes of freshly baked bread with a bit of lemon zest. It excels with fish and salads.

30. New Belgium La Folie

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Prior to working at New Belgium, former brewmaster Peter Bouckaert toiled in Belgium at Rodenbach. He brought his microbial know-how to Colorado and created one of the country’s first large-scale souring programs, including La Folie. Each year’s release, now shepherded by Lauren Woods Limbach, ages in French oak for up to three years, resulting in a brightly acidic indulgence with echoes of sour apples. “La Folie is the greatest beer for sipping slowly and thinking about flavor, complexity, and time,” says Eric Steen, founder and director of Forest Green PR and creator of the Earth to Beer project.

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29. Westmalle Trappist Tripel

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The brothers at Westmalle brewed the first iteration of their , a strong golden ale, in 1934. They tinkered with ingredients and technique for two decades until settling on a finished recipe in 1956. The monastic ale has a fruity, herbal aroma and well-cloaked alcohol.

28. Plank Hefeweizen

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Four centuries ago, Braueri Michael Plank began producing this unfiltered Bavarian hefeweizen. Pour a can into a glass, and you’ll be rewarded with a fluffy head that smells of honeydew melons and ripe bananas. Note the sticky lacing that lingers behind after each sip of .

27. Maine Beer Company Lunch

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Maine Beer began in 2009 with a single pale ale called Peeper. Since then, founding brothers Daniel and David Kleban have expanded to include a range of fragrant, not-too-bitter IPAs. Its most famous is . Named after a whale whose fin looks like it was snacked on, the IPA employs a trio of citrusy, pungent hops (Amarillo, Simcoe, Centennial) that help the balanced IPA swim circles around the competition.

26. Best Porter: Deschutes Black Butte Porter

Deschutes Black Butte Porter

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Few breweries make the same beer as they did on day one. When Deschutes opened in 1988, founder Gary Fish launched with the smooth, chocolatey, and complex . (It’s named after a local extinct volcano.) The porter remains an American standard-bearer for the style, and Deschutes now makes a nonalcoholic version, too.

$13 at Total Wine

25. Schneider Weisse Aventinus

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German wheat beer specialists produce Aventinus strong ale via a process called open fermentation, which produces a potent aroma of cloves. The smooth, malt-forward beer tastes somewhat like chocolate-covered bananas, and its elevated alcohol content makes it terrific for fall or winter.

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24. AleSmith Speedway Stout

AleSmith Speedway Stout

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Some imperial stouts hit hard with booze and heat. This coffee-infused imperial stout “drinks under its boxing class,” owner and CEO Peter Zien says. “People would drink it and go, ‘There’s no way this is 12 percent.’” Speedway Stout is darker than used motor oil and tastes of dark chocolate, caramel, and super-strong coffee. It’s great as dessert or served with your favorite chocolate cake.

$14 for 4-Pack at Alesmith

23. Best Tripel: Bosteels Tripel Karmeliet

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  • Style: Tripel
  • Brewery: Bosteels Brewery, Buggenhout, Belgium
  • ABV: 8.4 percent

“Belgian tripels are up there with my favorite beer styles, and Tripel Karmeliet is an exquisite representation of the style,” says Allo Gilinsky, owner of the Craft Beer Concierge consultancy and event-production company. “While not as dry as the Trappist versions of the style, this fuller-bodied, slightly sweeter tripel is a great food-pairing beer or on its own on a cool spring evening. Its frothy head lends perfect peppery aromas along with sweet honey that make you want to dive into this beer from the get-go.”

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24. Best Quadrupel: Trappistes Rochefort 10

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In recent years, monk-made Trappist beers have seen their stars wane stateside. Consider this a call to action to revisit this classic quadrupel, a dark and malt-forward beer that tastes of figs and caramel. Try with a leg of lamb or grilled steak.

21. Duvel Belgian Ale

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The Belgian brewing giant takes no shortcuts to create Duvel, the archetypal golden strong ale. The 90-day process includes four kinds of French barley, yeast to spur a secondary bottle fermentation, and extended aging in both warm and cold cellars. The golden finished product is spicy, floral, and sneaky strong.

$15 for 4-pack at Total Wine

20. Best Hazy IPA: Tree House Brewing Company Julius

Tree House Brewing Company Julius

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Though the lines for beer releases have diminished at breweries across America, drinkers continue to queue at Tree House’s locations across Massachusetts for the brewery’s peerless IPAs, including the flagship Julius. It’s as plush and luxurious as goose-down pillows, the flavor not unlike biting into ripe mangos and peaches while sipping orange juice.

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19. Best Hefeweizen: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier

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Three brewmasters oversee production of Weihenstephan’s essential hefeweizen that’s made with Bavarian malt and hops grown north of the brewery. You’ll find golden and hazy in appearance, tasting pleasantly of honey and fruit. It’s a warm-weather staple, plus a great companion to weisswurst, the classic Bavarian sausage.

$12 at Total Wine

18. Taras Boulba

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At Brasserie de la Senne, which is named after a river coursing through Brussels, head brewer Yvan de Baets specializes in beers that balance moderate alcohol with massive flavor. Taras Boulba leans on European hops to create a citrusy, herbaceous scent. It’s a dual-purpose beer you can gulp by the liter, or just slowly sip on a sunny afternoon.

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17. Best Smoked Beer: Aecht Schlenkerla Helles

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The world’s definitive rauchbier producer makes lagers with malt dried over beechwood, imparting a deep smokiness. Instead of smoked malts, gains its subtle smoldering quality from the brewery’s house yeast. The lager drinks clean and brisk, the smoke omnipresent yet never overpowering, making it an excellent friend to brisket and BBQ.

$5 for 500ml Bottle at Total Wne

16. Rodenbach Classic

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Sour ales can sometimes verge on vinegar. The venerated Belgian brewery softens this beer’s acidic sting by blending one part wood-aged ale—upward of two years old—with three parts fresh ale fermented in stainless steel. The ratio results in a tangy, ruddy-brown ale that recalls sour cherries. Rodenbach Classic is terrific with cheese and charcuterie.

$16 for 4-pack at Total Wine

15. Best IPA: Bell’s Two Hearted IPA

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Named after a renowned Michigan trout river, Bell’s flagship IPA traces its DNA to a 1993 homebrew experiment by employees Rik Dellinger and Rob Skalla. Utilizing then-novel Centennial hops, they formulated a grapefruit-forward, piney IPA that evolved into Two Hearted. “IPA trends have come and gone, but this Michigan standard has remained more or less unchanged,” Nilsen says. “Two Hearted hasn’t needed to change to stay relevant.”

$12 at Total Wine

14. Pilsner Urquell

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  • Style: Pilsner
  • Brewery: Plzensky Prazdroj, Pilsen, Czech Republic
  • ABV: 4.4 percent

First brewed in 1842, this trailblazing Czech pilsner has inspired legions of imitators over the last 180-plus years. The brewery utilizes a painstaking triple decoction, boiling a portion of the water to intensify the malt character. The Czech Republic’s native Saaz hops create the crisp golden Pilsner Urquell with an enlivening bitter snap.

$10 at Total Wine

13. Orval Trappist Ale

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  • Style: Pale Ale
  • Brewery: Brasserie d’Orval, Florenville, Belgium
  • ABV: 6.9 percent

“Organizing beers into styles can help sift through the sometimes confusing varieties of beer, but Orval’s lone commercial product continues to defy categorization,” Nilsen says of the bone-dry that “has the bracing hop bitterness of a pale ale, the grassy hop aromas of a German pilsner, and the gently fruity yeast flavors of many Belgian ale styles. The wild card is the Brettanomyces yeast added to each bottle, which lends an earthy spice and will continue to subtly alter the beer as it ages in the bottle.”

$8 for 11-ounce bottle at Total Wine

12. The Alchemist Heady Topper

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  • Style: Double IPA
  • Brewery: The Alchemist Brewery, Stowe, VT
  • ABV: 8 percent

Hazy IPAs were more or less seen as a mistake until The Alchemist’s unfiltered double IPAs helped reset America’s perception of what a complex yet easy-drinking IPA could be. You’ll appreciate Heady Topper‘s pungent yet appealing profile of grapefruit, pine trees, and tropical fruit. “The wonderful blend of pure hop delight balanced along pleasant malty sweetness makes this beer a certain favorite,” says Mark Medura, the founder and CEO of Level Crossing Brewing Company in Salt Lake City.

11. Firestone Walker Parabola

Firestone Walker Parabola

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One of Firestone Walker’s most anticipated beers is Parabola, an intense imperial stout that ages in bourbon barrels for a year. Good things come to those who wait for great beer is as dense as flourless chocolate cake, and tastes of black cherries, espresso, and caramel. The beer’s note of tobacco might put you in the right mind to smoke a cigar.

$11 for 12-ounce bottle at Total Wine

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10. Best Pilsner: Rothaus Tannenzäpfle

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Tannenzäpfle, an unpasteurized German pilsner, has a cultish following among craft beer fans, and for good reason. The state-run brewery in the Black Forest uses natural spring water, local barley, and Hallertau and Tettnang noble hops that grow nearby to fashion a perfect pilsner with a spicy edge.

$19 at Total Wine

9. Best Lambic: Fou’Foune

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Brasserie Cantillon specializes in spontaneously fermented beers that spend months and years aging in oak barrels, souring bacteria and yeast working in concert to create complex flavors and refreshing acidity. We love all Cantillon beers, but we reserve a special place in our cellar for Fou’Foune, a merger of lambics aged for 18 to 20 months with Bergeron apricots, a classic French variety.

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8. Best Barley Wine: J.W. Lees & Co. Vintage Harvest Ale

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  • Style: Barley wine
  • Brewery: J.W. Lees & Co., Manchester, England
  • ABV: 11.5 percent

The legendary British brewery’s once-a-year Harvest Ale is an agricultural celebration of the current year’s barley and hops crops. The smooth and silky barley wine tastes like really good whiskey that’s lightly sweetened with brown sugar and maple syrup.

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7. Best Imperial Stout: WeldWerks Medianoche

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WeldWerks is known for both its Juicy Bits hazy IPA and its dedication to making intense, highly concentrated imperial stouts—black holes of flavor. The flagship barrel-aged stout is Medianoche (“midnight”), and each year’s vintage might age for upward of two years in freshly emptied bourbon barrels that previously contained Blanton’s, Eagle Rare, and E.H. Taylor. WeldWerks also releases variants, including a particularly good peanut butter spin.

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6. Best Saison: Saison Dupont

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Modern farmhouse ales are indebted to Tourpes, Belgium, where Brasserie Dupont has been making its rustic saison (French for “season”) since 1844. The brewery uses spring water and its distinct yeast strain to deliver a dry and lively saison that’s a great reward for yard work. The saison is “a class act that set the standard for what saison is, and could be,” says cartoonist and Pints and Panels founder Em Sauter, an advanced cicerone and beer judge. She sees as an ideal food beer. “Its stylish bottle fits well on any dining room table and is a great choice for Thanksgiving when you want to veer away from wine.”

5. Lawson’s Sip of Sunshine

Lawson’s Sip of Sunshine

Veteran homebrewer Sean Lawson and his wife, Karen, founded Lawson’s Finest Liquids in 2008, and their tiny shed brewery has since grown into one of the Northeast’s finest IPA producers. The brewery’s flagship is Sip of Sunshine, a clean-drinking double IPA that stars Citra hops for a tropical pop. The brewery champions freshness, and you’ll often find cans in the marketplace that are just days or weeks old.

4. Best Witbier: Allagash White

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When Allagash founder Rod Tod brewed his first batch of White in 1995, he couldn’t have anticipated it would become America’s landmark example of the Belgian-style witbier. Brewed with oats and both raw and malted wheat, and spiced with coriander and Curaçao orange peel, White is ideal with lobster rolls and lazy summertime hangs. “I never get tired of drinking ,” Sauter days. “Their flagship is a must-order whenever you see it.”

3. Best Double IPA: Russian River Pliny the Elder

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Since its release in 1999, Pliny the Elder has become a bucket list beer for drinkers around the world. (The double IPA is named for the Roman naturalist who wrote about hops and died in the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius.) Pliny is a piney, resinous reminder that even-handed bitterness is an asset to an excellent IPA.

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2. Best Pale Ale: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

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Released in 1980, this iconic pale ale was one of America’s first modern beers to prominently feature Cascade hops and their floral, grapefruit-like character. It’s one of America’s most consistent beers, full stop. “ is without a doubt my favorite beer in the universe,” Steen says. “I always know that it will have that perfect balance of crisp, biscuity maltiness with piney and citrus hops and a touch of bitterness. It’s the perfect beer back for a table bourbon.”

$10 at Total Wine

1. Best Stout: Guinness Draught

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  • Style: Irish dry stout
  • Brewery: Guinness Ltd., Dublin, Ireland
  • ABV: 4.2 percent

There’s a good reason why is our unquestioned top beer in the world. The global favorite has soothed souls with its rich, creamy taste for generations. With a velvety run on the tongue and a slight bitter finish, this imported Irish stout has become a trusted staple of any self-respecting pub—and countless craft beer bars too. The brewery’s commitment to both quality and educating bar staff on the perfect pour means that you’re guaranteed to have a great Guinness most everywhere in the globe, whenever the urge strikes. “My husband has a tradition of drinking Guinness at airports all over the world,” Sauter says. “I think it’s because there’s a security in knowing wherever you go, Guinness will be there and Guinness will be good.” (P.S., don’t let the dark color trick you: The stout is about the same ABV as many low-calorie light lagers).

$9 at Total Wine

What We Look for When Choosing the Best Beers

Creating a list of the best beers in the world requires a hearty liver and loads of research. I began by canvassing seasoned beer experts for their top picks, and then cross-referenced popular ratings sites such as Untappd. And then I started drinking, and drinking some more.

Instead of sipping from a can or bottle, I poured each beer into its appropriate glassware to appreciate its foam. The cloudy cap—caused by carbon dioxide surging to the surface—captures a beer’s aromatic compounds and delivers a more fragrant experience, each tiny pop a blast of a beer’s distinct perfume. Foam also impacts mouthfeel and can contribute a pleasant creaminess, especially in wheat-rich styles such as a witbier and hefeweizen.

It takes about three sips to acclimate your palate and get a true snapshot of a beer, and I gave each beer a full appraisal. A great beer fired on all cylinders, from flavor to foam, appearance and fragrances, its memory lingering long after I emptied a glass.

The style of beer did not influence rankings. Hazy, juicy IPAs might be broadly popular, but I sought to include archetypal examples of less popular, though highly laudable styles like the Belgian saison and strong, warming barley wine. Excessive hops are not the best marker of excellent beer. 

If you’re new to beer, this list is a great start to locate some great ones. But to learn more, chat with the employees at liquor stores and bars. Ask them what’s fresh and what they like best. Their opinions are important, but it’s your taste buds that matter most. If you don’t like a beer, it’s no big deal. There’s always something fresh and new to try in your search of the best-tasting beers.

Why You Should Trust Me

I’m a veteran journalist who’s been covering the beer industry for more than two decades, thoroughly chronicling the rise of the American craft beer industry for The New York Times, Food & Wine, Imbibe magazine and, of course, Men’s Journal. I’m also the author of six books on beer including , which has sold more than 100,000 copies and been translated into multiple languages.

Over the decades, I’ve tasted thousands of different beers, from spiced pumpkin ales to summer shandies, coffee-infused stouts, spontaneously fermented Belgian ales, lightly fruity kölsch, nonalcoholic beers, and every mass-produced lager you can name. That means you, PBR, Asahi Super Dry, Peroni, Old Milwaukee, and more.

For this article, I refreshed my palate by trying dozens of beers over a two-month period. I also spoke with experts that included a range of journalists, beer judges, authors, beer-bar owners, brewery owners, and other leading voices in the beer industry.

Meet our experts: Advanced Cicerone David Nilsen, a writer and publisher of several beer zines, including Final Gravity and Bean to Barstool; cartoonist and Pints and Panels founder Em Sauter, an Advanced Cicerone and beer judge; Shane Monteiro, chief operations officer for Brooklyn bar Queue Beer; Allo Gilinsky, owner of the Craft Beer Concierge consultancy and event-production company; Mark Medura, founder and CEO of Level Crossing Brewing Company in Salt Lake City; and Eric Steen, founder and director of Forest Green PR and creator of the Earth to Beer project.

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Victoria Campos (Individual Women) and Kaique Cerveny (Individual Men) are the victors of the 2023 CrossFit South America Semifinal. Campos will attempt to build on her debut at the 2022 CrossFit Games this coming August in Madison, WI. The athlete participated in the first days of competition last summer, but did not make the cut to compete in the final events. Meanwhile, Cerveny earns his first-ever roster spot in the CrossFit Games with this Semifinal victory.

On the Teams side, Templo SA CrossFit Blacksheep Treta emerged victorious to earn its official berth in the 2023 CrossFit Games. This segment of the overall 2023 CrossFit Semifinals took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 26-28, 2023.

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Here are the results and top 20 finishers for each of the three divisions that participated in the 2023 CrossFit South America Semifinal. The usual and universal format for all seven 2023 CrossFit Semifinals applied: Individual athletes had seven workouts on their plate, and Teams athletes had six workouts to perform.

Individual Women Results

  1. Victoria Campos — 616 points
  2. Alexia Williams — 600 points
  3. Valentina Rangel — 556 points
  4. Andreia Pinheiro — 552 points
  5. Fernanda Dotto — 460 points
  6. Emily Andrade — 454 points
  7. Luiza Marques — 439 points
  8. Julia Kato — 425 points
  9. Delfina Ortuño — 414 points
  10. Amanda Fusuma — 413 points
  11. Sasha Nievas — 402 points
  12. Bruna Baxhix — 381 points
  13. Constanza Cabrera — 378 points
  14. Licía Viretti Anino — 323 points
  15. Kiara Priscilla Schneider — 309 points
  16. Claudia Amaral — 303 points
  17. Thais Nunes — 297 points
  18. Jane Silva — 282 points
  19. Patricia Maciel — 275 points
  20. Sabrina Bedin — 274 points

Individual Men Results

  1. Kaique Cerveny — 660 points
  2. Kalyan Souza — 644 points
  3. Guilherme Malheiros — 613 points
  4. Benjamin Gutierrez — 504 points
  5. Bruno Marins — 496 points
  6. Agustin Richelme — 466 points
  7. Gustavo Errico — 426 points
  8. Brayan Stiven Fajardo — 423 points
  9. Lago Guiraldes — 408 points
  10. Joao Pedro Barcelos — 386 points
  11. Juan Manuel Seitun — 322 points
  12. Pablo Chalfun — 317 points
  13. Omar Martinez — 317 points
  14. Vinicius Stoelben — 313 points
  15. Vitor Caetano — 303 points
  16. Esteban Ospina — 299 points
  17. Bruno Diniz — 297 points
  18. Vitor Nunes — 291 points
  19. Lukas Ozaki — 282 points
  20. Geronimo Beaudean — 263 points

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Teams Results

  1. Templo SA CrossFit Blacksheep Treta — 535 points
  2. Q21 CrossFit — 520 points
  3. Sense Fitness CrossFit Mayhem Soul — 460 points
  4. Q21 CrossFit Flux Team — 395 points
  5. Soren CrossFit Team Soren 1 — 395 points
  6. Bushido CrossFit — 385 points
  7. Kingbull CrossFit Paraguay — 385 points
  8. Vittoria CrossFit Morereps 2023 — 380 points
  9. Sense Fitness CrossFit Tuki — 350 points
  10. Pam CrossFit — 345 points
  11. CrossFit Tyranno — 335 points
  12. Compa CrossFit — 295 points
  13. BRV CrossFit Fitness Factory — 285 points
  14. Cavaleiros CrossFit II Team Cavaleiros LL — 280 points
  15. Vittoria CrossFit Team Hungry — 265 points
  16. WTC CrossFit Ghostbusters Team — 230 points
  17. Overking CrossFit Team DC — 220 points
  18. CrossFit Beira Rio Team Beira Rio — 145 points
  19. CrossFit Crane — 95 points
  20. Inverted CrossFit — Zero points

Upcoming CrossFit SemiFinal Dates

Five of the seven 2023 CrossFit Semifinal segments have concluded. They are as follows: North America East, Africa, North America West, Oceania, and South America.

Here are the scheduled dates and locations for the remaining 2023 CrossFit Semifinals:

  • June 1-4, 2023: Europe Semifinal | Berlin, Germany
  • June 1-4, 2023: Asia Semifinal | Busan, South Korea

With just two legs remaining in the 2023 CrossFit Semifinals, a concrete understanding of the headline divisions’ rosters for the 2023 CrossFit Games will soon be established.

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What to know about slow and fast weight loss. Does slow and steady really win the race?

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When people decide it’s time to lose weight, they’re usually keen to see quick results. Maybe they have an event coming up or want relief from health problems and discomfort.

But expert guidelines typically recommend slower weight loss for the treatment of obesity. This tallies with a widely held opinion that fast weight loss is more quickly regained.

Slow weight loss is generally perceived as better for your health and more sustainable. Many programs offering “the fastest way to lose weight” are considered fad diets that severely restrict calories or eliminate some foods.

But does slow and steady really win the weight-loss race? Or is fast weight loss just as effective and safe?’

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When people decide it’s time to lose weight, they’re usually keen to see quick results. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

What’s the difference between slow and fast weight loss?

Governing bodies typically recommend a weight loss of 0.5 to 1 kilogram each week, which would be defined as slow weight loss.

So fast weight loss – also termed “rapid weight loss” – is losing more than 1 kilo a week over several weeks.

What does the research say about fast weight loss?

There are several well-conducted studies examining differing approaches.

One study of 200 people randomly assigned them to fast or slow weight loss – 12 weeks versus 36 weeks – aimed at a 15 per cent reduction in weight.

The fast weight loss group was put on a very low energy diet using meal replacements, including shakes, bars and soups, three times per day. The slow weight loss group was advised on the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating with the goal to eat 500 calories less than they used for energy (creating a calorie deficit) each day. They also used one to two meal replacements daily.

Some 50 per cent of the slow weight loss group and 81 per cent of the fast weight loss group achieved 12.5 per cent or more weight loss during this time.

After this initial phase, those who had lost 12.5 per cent or more were then placed on a weight maintenance diet for approximately 2.75 years.

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A ‘slow’ weight loss is classified as between 0.5 and 1kg per week. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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By the three-year mark, 76 per cent of those in the slow weight loss and the same percentage of those in the fast weight loss group had regained their lost weight.

So, it didn’t matter if they had lost it slow or fast, they still regained the weight.

However, another study on 101 postmenopausal women found fast weight loss resulted in better outcomes than a slow weight loss group at the three-year mark.

But there are other factors to consider, aside from weight loss, when it comes to the differing ways of losing weight – such as changes in body composition and bone mineral density.

This is best highlighted by a large meta-analysis. These type of studies combine the results of all previous well-conducted studies on the topic.

While this analysis found the magnitude of weight loss was similar for both approaches, slow weight loss resulted in better outcomes than fast weight loss with respect to metabolism or how many calories we burn at rest.

There were no differences in the amount of fat-free mass or muscle mass lost between the slow and fast weight loss groups. But slow weight loss resulted in greater reductions in fat mass and therefore a better fat-to-muscle ratio.

Slow weight loss also seems better for bone density, because rapid weight loss results in a twice as much bone loss and puts a person at increased risk of brittle bones or osteoporosis.

What about other diet approaches?

Research shows it doesn’t matter what type of macronutrient diet you follow – moderate or high-protein diet, low or high-carbodyrate diet, low or high-fat diet. All diet approaches achieve similar weight loss outcomes.

The same can be said for fashionable ways of cutting calories from the diet, such as intermittent fasting. Research has shown such diets don’t result in any better weight loss results than any of its predecessors. This is because our body is extremely good at protecting against weight loss.

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‘It didn’t matter if they had lost it slow or fast, they still regained the weight.’ (iStock)

When you want to lose weight consider…

Your metabolism When you lose large amounts of weight, you resting metabolic rate – the energy you burn at rest – will lower. Keeping your resting metabolic rate high is essential for keeping the weight off. Unfortunately, once it slows down, your resting metabolic rate doesn’t recover to the level it was pre-dieting even after you regain weight.

However, research has confirmed slow weight loss preserves your resting metabolic rate compared with rapid weight loss. As does a weight loss program that includes exercise rather than one that focuses on diet alone.

Side effects While restrictive diets can achieve rapid results, studies suggest they can come with adverse effects. This includes a higher risk of gallstones and deficiencies that can result in poor immune function, fatigue and a decrease in bone density. Such restrictive diets can make it challenging to meet your nutritional needs.

Sustainability Many fast weight loss diets restrict or exclude foods required for long-term health. Carbohydrates are often banned, yet wholegrain carbohydrates are an essential source of nutrition, helping with weight loss and prevention of disease. Including meal replacements as part of a restrictive diet is also not sustainable for long.

Expert guidelines typically recommend slower weight loss for the treatment of obesity. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The bottom line?

Regardless of how you lose the weight, it’s very difficult to maintain losses. Our bodies work to keep our weight around a set point by adjusting our biological systems and imposing a series of physiological changes within the body to ensure we regain weight we lose. This stems from our hunter-gatherer ancestors, whose bodies developed this survival response to adapt to periods of deprivation when food was scarce.

Successful long-term weight loss comes down to:

1. Following evidence-based programs based on what we know about the science of obesity

2. Losing weight under the supervision of qualified health-care professionals

3. Making gradual changes to your lifestyle – diet, exercise and sleep – to ensure you form health habits that last a lifetime.

At the Boden Group, Charles Perkins Centre, we are studying the science of obesity and running clinical trials for weight loss. You can register for free here to express your interest.

By Nick Fuller, Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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From popcorn to cherries: 12 surprising foods to help you sleep

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If you struggle to stay asleep during the night or find yourself tossing and turning, a sleep expert has revealed one easy way to tackle the problem.

While stress, illness, medications, and jet lag can make it harder to nod off, lifestyle choices can also have a huge impact on our sleep quality, causing fatigue, moodiness, and low motivation the next day.

The amount of natural light we are exposed to throughout the day, the amount of exercise we get, and the foods we eat all play a huge role when it comes to sleep.

“It’s true that countless people struggle with getting the seven to eight hours of nightly shuteye. But often, having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep is the result of a series of lifestyle choices that snowball together to yield night after night of tossing and turning,” Amerisleep health expert, Mary-Grace Taylor, said.

“You probably know that steering clear of caffeine in the hours leading up to bedtime can significantly up your odds for having a good night’s sleep but sleeping well isn’t just about avoiding the wrong foods or drinks. Certain foods can actually help you sleep even better and stop you from being restless during the night.”

Here are some foods that could help you sleep better…

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‘There is no way I can run for eight minutes straight – at least that’s what I thought’

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I have a love-hate relationship with running. Actually it’s just a hate relationship if I’m being completely honest.

Don’t get me wrong, exercise and movement are definitely a big part of my life. I love going to the gym, doing strength training, and have two dogs that need to be walked.

But for some reason, running isn’t something I have ever gotten into, and I didn’t really think that was ever going to change.

Enter the Peloton Tread.

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The Peloton Tread launched in Australia in February this year. (Nine / Supplied)

After launching in Australia earlier this year, I was lucky enough (or unlucky depending on said running desire) to be able to give the tread a trial run at home for a few weeks.

Already familiar with Peloton’s array of exercise options, including the Peloton Bike classes that have gained somewhat of a cult-like following around the world, I was keen to see how that translated into running.

At 173cm (L) x 84cm (W) footprint, the tread takes up less space than your average treadmill and it’s adjustable knobs are unique and aim to create a frictionless experience so you can change or increase speed with ease.

It also has auto-incline, similar to the auto-resistance feature on the Peloton Bike+, which automatically adjusts the incline based on instructor cues, to provide a smoother training experience. No clicking away at buttons.

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Peloton Tread has auto-incline and easy to use adjustable knobs. (Peloton)

You can start slow

The best thing about the variety of class options is there is something for every single level of fitness, including an absolute beginner runner like me.

And the best part is you can filter by length (even if you only have 15 minutes for a workout) and music so that you’ll get the perfect workout to suit you in that exact moment in time.

The beginners classes were really informative as you get great tips about your running stance, as well as an opportunity to work out at what speeds you can comfortably walk, power walk, jog and then run.

Once you feel confident enough you can jump to the next level of classes which are called ‘Advanced Beginner’.

‘The next block is eight minutes’

Now I’m going to be honest, I was not yet expecting to hear the words “this running block will be eight minutes” in an ‘Advanced Beginner’ class. And yet, something surprising happened.

Hannah Frankston was the trainer at the helm of the 20-minute class I had selected and when I first heard the rundown I actually almost clicked out.

Yet when I thought about the fact that I had just spent the last three weeks slowly improving my speeds and stamina in the beginner classes so figured why not give it a try.

When I first heard the rundown I actually almost clicked out.

I was blowing by the time I got to the three-minute mark, and didn’t think I would be able to stick to it much further. But even though I was running by myself in my lounge room and Hannah was ‘only’ on a screen filmed on the other side of the world, it was her encouraging words, the tunes and the feeling of that sense of camaraderie that somehow got me all the way to eight minutes!

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Peloton instructor Jon Hosking says it’s all about building stamina. (Instagram/@jon_hosking)

Speaking to Peloton trainer Jon Hosking earlier this year he explained what happened perfectly.

“You’ve got to find that balance with listening to your body, and also just telling your body to keep pushing. It’s breaking through those small barriers, every time we step on, if you set yourself that goal, endurance builds up over time,” he told 9Honey Coach at the time.

“Sometimes with members they reach out and they say ‘three minutes into that run phase I had to stop. And I felt terrible. I felt gutted.’

“But I always stress that doesn’t undo those three minutes that you did do. You built up to that time and you haven’t undone that work. We just go again another day, and the next day we might be able to do three minutes and 10 seconds, the next day you might be able to three minutes and 20 seconds. And then before you know it you might not even recognise that you’ve done it, and you’re running a six-minute phase.”

About the Peloton tread

Like the Peloton Bike and Bike+, the Peloton Tread offers thousands of live and on demand instructor-led classes on and off the hardware, combined with the latest playlists and top hits from artists they love, and connection to the global Peloton community.

The Peloton Tread is available for $4,445 including delivery and set-up, plus $59 per month for the All-Access subscription for new Members to experience Peloton content.

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Lucy Underdown Sets Kratos Bar Deadlift World Record of 305 Kilograms (672.4 Pounds)

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Underdown captured this record undeterred by the unusual barbell setup.

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On May 27-29, 2023, during the 2023 UK’s Strongest Woman, Lucy Underdown scored a 305-kilogram (672.4-pound) Kratos bar deadlift World Record. In the context of a strongwoman event, Underdown utilized a lifting belt and lifting straps to help achieve her massive milestone pull. The strongwoman completed her Kratos bar deadlift from a conventional stance with a double-overhand grip. Underdown finished as the runner-up to eventual champion Rebecca Roberts in the strongwoman contest.

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The CERBERUS Kratos Strongman Bar (also known as the “Kratos bar”) is characterized mainly by its length. According to the barbell’s description on the CERBERUS Strength website, the Kratos bar measures at a lengthy 10 feet from end to end. The extended length creates an additional “flex” and “whip” an athlete must overcome to complete a full lockout of their deadlift repetition. The bar also has a base weight of 28 kilograms (61.7 pounds) which is more than the standard 20.4 kilograms (45 pounds) for a “normal” barbell.

Despite the added challenge, Underdown seemingly accomplished her record mark with ease based on a clip of her Kratos bar lift.

In a post caption on her Instagram, Underdown seemed appreciative of her overall performance at the 2023 UK’s Strongest Woman. Even without the victory, Underdown finishing in second place marks her third podium accomplishment in her last four competitive appearances, per Strongman Archives.

It seems any time an athlete can score a runner-up result and still take home a World Record, they may appropriately gush about their output.

“What an awesome weekend!” Underdown started in her post. “I fought so, so hard for the win. It really came down to the last bag of the last event and unfortunately I came up short against the amazing [Rebecca Roberts]. These things happen and we learn and move on! A [CERBERUS Strength] Kratos bar deadlift World Record of 305 kilograms (honestly, felt like I could have done 320 kilograms yesterday) and a surprise Block Press win with an easy five reps. I can’t be too unhappy!

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The final note of Underdown’s competition reflection features the athlete teasing “Euros prep.” At the time of this article’s publication, it is unclear exactly which contest Underdown is referring to, but based on her precedent, it seems likely the strongwoman means the 2023 Britain’s Strongest Woman (BSW) set for late September 2023.

After this kind of new result, the strongwoman world should probably expect another glowing performance from Underdown at the 2023 BSW.

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NSW Origin star Millie Boyle shares what she eats in a day to fuel performance: ‘It’s not about calories’

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As a dominant forward and the proud recipient of the prestigious Dally M Medal, Millie Boyle has made a name for herself in the world of rugby league.

And this week she’ll once again don the Blues jersey when she runs out to represent NSW in the Women’s State of Origin series, beginning on Thursday.

She also recently signed with the Sydney Roosters for the upcoming 2023 season, marking another exciting chapter in her thriving career.

To give us an insight into how she fuels her body for performance, Boyle shared her typical day on a plate with 9Honey Coach.

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Millie Boyle will once again represent the NSW Blues in the Women’s State of Origin. (Supplied)

Breakfast

For breakfast I usually have eggs on toast.

Lunch

I love roasting lots of veggies and having big salads.

Dinner

I like a slow cooked meal with lots of veggies. I love cooking for people and having people over for dinner.

Do you have any snacks throughout the day?

On-the-go as a snack I really like yoghurt and granola, something like that. Or a protein bar.

Do you have any dessert or sweet treats?

I do love baking and I love the occasional sweet treat. I love a raw caramel slice, that’s one of my favourites.

Millie Boyle poses with the NRLW trophy after winning the competition with the Newcastle nights. (Getty)

How does your nutrition change ahead of State of Origin?

Leading into camp everyone has their own nutrition plan and the things that they have throughout their day to day but then when we come into camp what we eat has been prepared by a dietitian. So all the girls are overlooked by her to make sure we’re getting enough energy throughout the day. It’s made for performance.

They have to 20 people in camp and have to cater for everyone. So sometimes it may not be exactly what you normally eat. But there are always lots of different options whether you want to make a sandwich or have, you know, rice and chicken or veggies or salad. I’s very buffet style.

What about during the off-season?

It all stays pretty similar. I just eat a lot of in-season vegetables and I like going to the markets and going to get stuff fresh. I guess you’re allowed to have a few more treats in the off-season – but you’re still training just as much so it’s OK.

It’s just about keeping things balanced, but we don’t really worry about calories in our sport, it’s all just to perform. 

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May 29, 2023

Nutrition coach calls out detail on new high protein Milo: ‘Catfished’

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With fitness priorities shifting to strength over weight loss for many, a new range of products have hit the market targeting shoppers seeking ‘high protein’ options to include in their diet.

And while many have offered great alternatives to adding an extra piece of grilled chicken to every meal, a nutrition coach has warned to check the label to see if you really are getting what you’re ultimately paying for.

Accredited Sports Nutritionist and Personal Trainer Ruby Fraser has taken to Instagram to warn her followers of the so-called “nutrition catfish”, calling out one of Milo’s newest offerings ‘Milo Pro’.

“Coming at you today with a nutrition catfish… Milo protein. And I want to preface this by saying that I love Milo so do not come at me for that,” she said in a video.

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Eat Like Ruby has warned her followers about getting "nutrition catfished" by breaking down the nutrition label on the new Milo product.
Eat Like Ruby warned her followers about getting “nutrition catfished” by breaking down the nutrition label on the new Milo product. (Instagram)

“But I want to explain this. People can see this here where it says 15 grams of protein and get excited. If we look straight under that it says ‘when served with milk’.”

Fraser said milk has about 9 grams of protein for serve on its own, adding “so most things on the planet could hit almost 15 grams of protein when served with milk”

Though the video has since been taken down, she also pointed out “other red flags” she spotted on the nutrition label.

“So when we look at the protein per serve it says 6 grams, so there’s our 15 grams, how convenient,” Fraser said.

Comparing that to normal Milo, which has 2.5 grams of protein per serve, she said it “looks like it has way more protein”.

“But then if we look at the details, normal Milo is 20 grams a serve, and this [high protein] is randomly 33 grams a serve. So of course it has ‘way more’ protein because the serving size is way bigger.”

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The Milo high protein product. (Nestle)

“So if we actually compare apples to apples and do the math normal Milo 33 grams on skimmed milk is 12 grams of protein. ‘High protein’ Milo on a 33 gram serve with 250 millilitre of skimmed milk is just over 14 grams of protein, conveniently rounded up to 15 on the front.”

When it comes to the price, the 700-gram tin of Milo Pro costs $15.50 at Woolworths, while a 1 kilogram value pack of original Milo costs the same. So by direct comparison, the protein version is $5 more for 2 extra grams of protein, or $2.50 per extra gram.

In the comments, people were quick to thank Fraser for pointing out the details many may have missed.

“Clever marketing always,” one person commented.

“Being able to read the details of a nutrition information panel is such a useful skill for this reason,” another said.

While a third admitted: “I got excited, bought it, then properly read it. I have not opened it because I’m mad at myself.”

Meanwhile, one quipped: “Except we’re all getting more than 15 gram because who has just the serving size right.”

9Honey has contacted Milo’s parent company Nestlé for comment.

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May 27, 2023

Dietitian breaks down the ‘perfect’ shopping trolley – and it doesn’t have to cost a bomb

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In the current cost-of-living crisis, it’s understandable that Aussies are steering well clear of the seemingly more expensive fresh food options in order to save money.

But according to dietitian Simone Austin, that’s to the detriment of not only our health but also, as it turns out, our wallets.

”A trolley based on the Australian Dietary Guidelines isn’t going to cost you more,” Austin says, in response to the Healthy Living Report for 2023, which revealed Australians aren’t hitting any of the five core food group targets.

In fact, when it comes to vegetables, for example, the report showed the number of daily serves of veggies Australians are eating per person per day is only 2.6. That’s down from 2.8 in 2021 and around just half of the recommended 5–6 serves per day.

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So, to help give our grocery habits a healthy makeover, and save some money in the process, Austin has shared her top shopping trolley tips with 9Honey Coach.

  • Start with making a shopping list and base it around meals you are planning for the week.
  • When planning meals, start with the vegetables, then add in the meat and meat alternatives group and the grains and cereals.
  • Don’t fear carbohydrates as we need to eat grains and cereals. Look for quality carbohydrates e.g. brown rice, wholegrain breads, potatoes, sweet potato and cereals.
  • Choose a range of meat and meat alternatives to help hit the recommended serves, eg. eggs, canned fish, fresh or frozen, lean meats, and remember plant proteins such as tofu and legumes – add a can of brown lentils to your bolognese, chickpeas in a curry etc.
  • Include lentils and legumes as they help hit the vegetables and meat and meat alternatives groups, they are also economical and easy.
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Australians aren’t hitting any of the five core food group targets. (Supplied)

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  • Remember canned and frozen vegetables can be part of the diet and all count. They can make things quick and easy, eg. frozen stir-fry mixes, canned legumes, and canned corn.
  • Use Health Star ratings on packaged foods to help guide you to healthier options, look for 3.5 star and above.
  • Think about how many people you are buying for. You can calculate this by how many serves of fruit that might mean for the week.
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Buy a range of coloured fruit and vegetables. (Getty)
  • Buy a range of coloured fruit and vegetables to make it interesting and to help hit nutrient targets, different colours often represent different nutrients.
  • Share the cooking load at home through the household so cooking at home happens more often. Each person can choose a meal that they like and will prepare.
  • Think about what is in season as quality and price are likely to be better. If it tastes better, you are more likely to eat it! This reduces food waste which is better for the budget.

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May 26, 2023

The good, bad and ugly about BMI: What it really means

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It’s a dirty word for some: BMI.

Short for body mass Index, BMI is nothing more than a crude measurement of a person’s body fat based on height and weight. It was invented for researchers to use on masses of people to see how weight affects the development of disease and chronic health conditions. For those studies, separating populations of people into weight categories by BMI works well.

Research has found that as BMI climbs, so does the risk for chronic conditions, including heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, respiratory problems, stroke, mental illness, sleep apnoea, osteoarthritis, physical pain and at least 13 types of cancer, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Yet critics say the term BMI has become a societal judgement by lumping individuals into arbitrary categories that perpetuate misconceptions about body weight. Even with all the backlash against “fat shaming,” weight stigma against the seriously overweight or obese remains deep-rooted, according to research.

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“Our society and social media say, ‘You have to be thinner; you are not good enough unless you are thin.’ Nor can you be healthy if you’re not thin, whereas you can be healthy and large, just as you can be unhealthy and thin,” said registered nurse Joann Hendelman, clinical director of the National Alliance for Eating Disorders.

“I put ‘obesity’ in quotes because I personally find it to be a slur,” said anti-weight discrimination advocate Susan Vibbert, who serves on Project HEAL’s board of directors. Project HEAL is a nonprofit advocacy organisation dedicated to helping people with disordered eating.

“Yet it has become completely medicalised that health equals weight, weight equals health based on BMI. And it’s not true,” Vibbert said.

“She could easily say, ‘I am in perfectly good health, so just take your BMI of 25 and shove it.'”

A BMI measurement can be flat wrong in some cases, said Thomas Wadden, professor of psychology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

“Consider a young woman who is 5 feet 5 inches and 150 pounds. She would be on the cusp of being overweight with a BMI of 25,” said Wadden, the former director of Perelman’s Center for Weight and Eating Disorders.

“But she may be incredibly muscular, and she may have most of her weight in her lower body, where it’s not as damaging to her health as weight in the upper body,” he said. “She could easily say, ‘I am in perfectly good health, so just take your BMI of 25 and shove it.'”

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How to determine adult BMI

To calculate adult BMI, weight is divided by the square root of a person’s height. (For the mathematically challenged, the National Institutes of Health has a free calculator to do the work for you.)

As currently defined, a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is a healthy weight, between 25 and 29.5 is overweight, between 30 and 34.9 is obese, between 35 and 39.5 is class 2 obesity, and anything over 40 is “severe” or class 3 obesity, which used to be called morbid obesity. People are considered underweight if their BMI is lower than 18.5.

Muscle and bone weigh more than fat, so BMI measurements can overestimate body fat in athletes and people with a muscular build or a larger body frame. Conversely, BMI can underestimate body fat in older adults and anyone who has lost muscle, according to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

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BMI was invented for researchers to see how weight affects the development of disease and chronic health conditions. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

More conundrums: Women naturally have more body fat and less muscle mass than men, while some racial and ethnic groups are genetically predisposed to carry more or less lean muscle mass and body fat.

The use of BMI for children is also problematic, according to the CDC, because a child’s healthy weight range is based on a BMI between the 5th and 85th percentile on the CDC growth charts.

“It is difficult to provide healthy weight ranges for children and teens because the interpretation of BMI depends on weight, height, age, and sex,” the CDC noted.

As a result, parents should never use an adult BMI calculator to determine their child’s weight status, the CDC said.

The need for ‘a bigger, broader picture’

Still, there is a role for the use of BMI in the doctor’s office, said Dr. Justin Ryder, associate professor of surgery and pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

“There’s enough data to support that if you carry enough weight over a long enough period of time, chronic disease follows,” Ryder said. “It may not be in the form of hypertension or diabetes or heart disease, it could be musculoskeletal problems, depression or sleep issues that cripple quality of life.”

Researchers have found that fat cells emit inflammatory signals to the tissues they surround, including the same type of cytokines that created the “cytokine storms” in COVID-19 that put many in intensive care.

“Fat is not just there as a storage vessel,” Ryder said. “It is an active endocrine tissue. So, the longer you carry excess adiposity or fat, the longer it has to excrete some of the inflammatory cytokines and other agents that are associated with chronic disease.”

What should a person do? Get a doctor who considers the whole patient, Ryder advised.

“Doctors have to take a bigger, broader picture,” he said. “They should look at their adult patient and not just say, ‘OK, your BMI is 31, you need to lose weight,’ as that’s not necessarily the answer all the time.”

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Doctors should look at their adult patient and not just say, ‘OK, your BMI is 31, you need to lose weight’. (iStock)

Are there other options?

If BMI is so cumbersome, why don’t doctors use other measurement tools?

Waist circumference, for example, is another way to measure body fat, especially the type of fat most dangerous to health: visceral or “hidden” fat.

You can’t pinch this type of fat, as it hides beneath abdominal muscles. While even thin people can have it — a condition called TOFI, or “thin outside, fat inside” – visceral fat typically grows along with an expanding tummy.

Visceral fat wraps itself in and around the liver, heart, kidneys and intestines, excreting inflammatory proteins that heighten the risk of high cholesterol, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, and Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

“Men should have a waist circumference of less than 40, and women should have less than 35,” Wadden said. “Anything over those numbers may lead to intra-abdominal fat in the upper body where it’s more likely to be associated with health complications.”

Other measurement tools the medical field is considering instead of BMI include the waist-to-height ratio, or WHtR, method, which is calculated by dividing waist circumference by height. Some researchers tout this tool as an excellent predictor of future cardiovascular health. It’s easy to use and less age-dependent but should not be used in children younger than age 6, according to a 2022 review of literature.

However, at this point, none of those alternatives appears to be a viable solution, according to Ryder.

“The other tools that we could use to measure body fatness are just not practical in the clinical sense,” he said. “They’re good tools from a research perspective but doing them in the clinic would just add extra cost for the patient. Nor are they really more informative than what we’re currently using.”

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