My favorite product rating sources are The Wirecutter and The Sweethome. They’re kind of like Consumer Reports, but instead of tedious charts breaking down every inane nuance, they just say: this thing is the best and you should buy it if you need one. You should probably just check them out instead of continuing to read this article, but I thought I would take a stab at recommending some products that I think are the best. I’ve previously suggested some baby products and IPAs. This will be a continuously edited article as I change my opinion or come across new stuff.

Podcast: Radiolab

Men’s jeans: Levi’s 559 (you can find better jeans, but you’ll pay 3X as much)

Sports team: San Francisco Giants

Homebrewing book: The Complete Joy of Homebrewing

Book about beer: Tasting Beer by Randy Mosher

Electric kettle: Cuisinart CPK-17 PerfecTemp

Popcorn popper: Presto PowerPop Microwave Multi-Popper

Beard trimmer: Wahl Professional Peanut

Men’s rain jacket: Marmot Men’s Precip Jacket

Pillow: BioSense Classic Pillow

Beer

• IPA: Sierra Nevada Celebration
• Belgian IPA: Green Flash Le Freak
• Black IPA: Firestone Wookey Jack
• Imperial IPA: Russian River Pliny the Elder
• Imperial Black IPA: Uinta Dubhe
• Sour/Wild: Russian River Beatification
• Flanders Red: Bruery Oude Tart
• Gose: Anderson Valley The Kimmie, The Yink & The Holy Gose Ale
• Gueuze: Bruery Rueuze
• Saison/Farmhouse: Tahoe Mountain Higashino Farmhouse
• Barleywine: Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
• Dubbel: Brouwerij Alken-Maes Grimbergen Dubbel
• Tripel: Allagash Curieux
• Quad: St. Bernardus Abt 12
• Belgian Strong Dark: North Coast Brother Thelonious
• Belgian Strong Pale: Russian River Damnation
• Belgian Golden: North Coast Pranqster
• Berliner Weisse: Bruery Hottenroth
• Hefeweizen: Sudwerk Hefeweizen Bavarian Wheat
• Brown: Sierra Nevada Tumbler
• California Common: Anchor Steam
• Cider: Crispin Bird on a Wire
• Cream Ale: Wildcard Suicide Jack
• Doppelbock: Brauerei Aying Celebrator
• Bitter: Sierra Nevada Best Bitter
• Kölsch: Sierra Nevada Kölsch
• Helles: Ninkasi Lux
• Pale Lager: Anchor California Lager
• Märzen: Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest
• Pale Ale: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
• Belgian Pale Ale: Orval
• Pale Wheat Ale: Firestone Walker Solace
• Czech Pilsener: Lagunitas Pils
• German Pilsener: North Coast Scrimshaw
• Porter: Heretic Shallow Grave
• Scotch Ale: Oskar Blues Old Chub
• Amber: Stone Levitation Sierra Nevada Sidecar
• Red Ale: Heretic Evil Twin
• Stout: Sierra Nevada Stout
• Double Stout: Sierra Nevada Narwhal
• Russian Imperial Stout: North Coast Old Rasputin
• Irish/Dry Stout: Drake’s Dry Stout
• Oatmeal Stout: Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin