Top 5 beers

Top 5 Beers

This isn’t a ranking built on hype, rarity, or novelty.
It’s a short list shaped by return — beers you come back to when attention matters more than choice.

Not statements.
Companions.

1. Guinness Draught
Soft bitterness. Weight without heaviness.
It drinks slower than most beers, and asks you to do the same. A beer that doesn’t compete for attention — it settles into it.

2. Pilsner Urquell
The original reference point.
Clean, firm, unapologetically bitter. It reminds you that clarity can still carry depth, and that tradition only works when it’s alive.

3. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
A modern classic that never needed reinvention.
Balanced, dependable, slightly assertive. It holds up because it was never chasing trends to begin with.

4. Orval
Unsettled, evolving, slightly strange.
A beer that changes as you drink it — and across months if you let it age. Less about refreshment, more about curiosity.

5. Augustiner Helles
Quietly perfect.
No sharp edges, no spectacle. Just balance, restraint, and an almost invisible precision that’s hard to improve on.

This isn’t about the best beer.
It’s about beers that leave room for thought.

The kind you drink while looking, not scrolling.