The year’s ‘Top 25 Beers’

Some are old, some new, said the editors­ of Draft magazine. In a roundup of this year’s “Top 25 Beers,” winners were named in various categories. “Every one is worth the hunt, and deserves a place on a pedestal (or in your fridge).” Some winners:

Wood-Aged Beer, Isabelle Proximus, Lost Abbey Brewing

This extremely acidic beer still manages to exhibit “complex ­flavors” ranging from lemon juice to leather. Dry, sour, highly effervescent.

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Witbier, Orchard White, the Bruery

The Bruery, in Placentia, Calif., specializes in large bottles of Belgian-style witbier. Hazy, straw-colored, with a light body.

Russian Imperial Stout, Dark Lord, Three Floyds Brewing

This gargantuan Russian stout, brewed in Munster, Ind., using coffee, molasses, and honey, weighs in at 13 percent alcohol. “Thick and viscous,”­ with an alcoholic wallop that will warm you “from the inside out.”