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As all articles published in Beverages (ISSN: 2306-5710) are open access, the full text of all papers is completely free and unlimited to readers. The following articles highlight recent advances in functional, specialty, and sustainable beer development. We invite you to explore the beer-related papers published in Beverages in 2024 and 2025, listed below:

1. “Beer with Probiotics: Benefits and Challenges of Their Incorporation”
by Diana Santos, Luisa Barreiros, Ângelo Jesus Ana Luísa Silva, João Paulo Martins, Ana Isabel Oliveira and Cláudia Pinho
Beverages 2024, 10(4), 109; https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages10040109
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5710/10/4/109

2. “Innovative Craft Beers Added with Purple Grape Pomace: Exploring Technological, Sensory, and Bioactive Characteristics”
by Barbara Ribeiro Teixeira Luz, Cristiane Nunes da Silva, Guilherme de Freitas de Lima Hercos, Bernardo Dias Ribeiro, Mariana Buranelo Egea and Ailton Cesar Lemes
Beverages 2024, 10(3), 80; https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages10030080
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5710/10/3/80

3. “Kefir Probiotic-Enriched Non-Alcoholic Beers: Microbial, Genetic, and Sensory-Chemical Assessment”
by Alessandra Souza Marques do Nascimento, Raquel Nunes Almeida da Silva, Pedro Paulo Lordelo Guimarães Tavares, Adriana Silva Borges, Marina Passos Soares Cardoso, Ana Katerine de Carvalho Lima Lobato, Rogéria Comastri de Castro Almeida and Karina Teixeira Magalhães-Guedes
Beverages 2025, 11(3), 75; https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages11030075
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5710/11/3/75

4. “Influence of Ethanol Concentration on the Extraction of Cannabinoid and Volatile Compounds for Dry-Hemped Beer”
by Santiago Cárdenas-Pinto, Jacob E. Gazaleh, Drew Budner, Shea Keene, Leena R. Dhoble, Abhisheak Sharma, Brian Pearson, Zhen Jia, Boce Zhang and Katherine A. Thompson-Witrick
Beverages 2024, 10(3), 65; https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages10030065
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5710/10/3/65

5. “Exploring Alternative Potentialities of Portuguese and Spanish Craft Beers: Antioxidant and Photoprotective Activities”
by Maria João Pereira, Diana Santos, Agostinho Cruz, Ângelo Jesus, João P. Martins, Fernando Moreira, Marlene Santos, Cláudia Pinho and Ana Isabel Oliveira
Beverages 2025, 11(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages11010011
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5710/11/1/11

6. “Cacao Mucilage Valorisation to Produce Craft Beers: A Case Study Towards the Sustainability of the Cocoa Industry in Los Ríos Province”
by José Villarroel-Bastidas, Jonathan Steven Párraga-Maquilón, Cinthya Elizabeth Zapata-Zambrano, María de Guide Córdoba, Alicia Rodríguez, Alejandro Hernández and Josué Briones-Bitar
Beverages 2025, 11(3), 57; https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages11030057
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5710/11/3/57

7. “Optimization of Ale-Type Craft Beer Through the Addition of Cañihua Malt (Chenopodium pallidicaule) and Aguaymanto Juice (Physalis peruviana) Using a D-Optimal Experimental Design”
by Luz Maria Paucar-Menacho, Rebeca Salvador-Reyes, Wilson Daniel Simpalo-Lopez, Alicia Lavado-Cruz, Anggie Verona-Ruiz, Jordy Campos-Rodriguez, Katherine Acosta-Coral, Williams Esteward Castillo-Martinez, William López-Rodriguez and Soledad Quezada-Berrú
Beverages 2025, 11(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages11010004
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5710/11/1/4

8. “Pomegranate Juice Effect on Physicochemical and Nutraceutical Characteristics of a Craft Fruit Beer”
by Aldair A. Meza-Santiago, Maria Guadalupe Hernandez-Herrera, Erick A. Zuñiga-Estrada and Patricia Lopez-Perea
Beverages 2024, 10(4), 125; https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages10040125
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5710/10/4/125

9. “Functional Non-Alcoholic Beer Fermented with Potential Probiotic Yeasts”
by Peter Vaštík, Ján Brunner, Rudolf Jung, Tatiana Klempová, Katarína Furdíková, Daniela Šmogrovičová and Pavel Dostálek
Beverages 2025, 11(5), 140; https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages11050140
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5710/11/5/140