Corina Gimenez brings together Venezuelan cacao with Norwegian culinary ingredients at Xoco by Corina, a bean to bar chocolate company in southwest Norway.

There are dozens of craft beer styles, and almost all of them fit into one of two categories: ale and lager. But what’s the difference? It’s simpler than you think.

At Ratza Chocolate, Sara is infusing a lifetime of herbal knowledge and a world of botanical flavors into her bean to bar chocolate.

2020 was a hard year, but at least there was good beer and chocolate. Here are beer writer David Nilsen’s favorite craft beers & bean to bar chocolates of 2020.