No, I’m not claim­ing there are any ben­e­fits besides the warm glow of alco­hol and the great taste of craft beer. But if you’re going to enjoy a post-work out beer, I wrote up a 12-pack of some of my favorites.

Inter­est­ingly enough, from my health research work I know there’s a Span­ish study that was inter­preted by many to show that beer hydrates bet­ter after a work­out than water. From read­ing the study and per­sonal expe­ri­ence, I’d count on water and sports drink if I’m wor­ried about hydra­tion lev­els. How­ever, when water isn’t a con­cern (besides, most beer is about 94% H2O), these are what I’d drink.