Drinking craft beer has become more than just a hobby — it's a conquest, especially when it comes to limited edition beers that can be as scarce (and as alcoholic) as some wines.

Some of these beers have huge, cult-like followings, with release parties and wait lines that queue up 24 hours in advance. And vintage bottles of the ones that age well can sell at auction for thousands of dollars.

In honor of American Craft Beer Week (May 11-17), we've rounded up the 17 most coveted craft beers in America, based on availability, release schedule, and desirability.

17. Bourbon County Series (Goose Island Brewery)

Goose Island's "Bourbon County" series includes the Bourbon County Stout, Coffee Stout, Barleywine, and Proprietor's Stout. Goose Island releases new batches each year, but with variations in recipes. 2014's Vanilla Rye, a new addition to the series, is a boozy, 13.8% alcohol by volume (ABV) stout aged in rye whiskey barrels from four different distilleries.

The Chicago-based brewery distributes to most states, but the seasonal release of the Bourbon County series means bottles can be harder to find, not to mention that the Proprietor's Stout is only available in Chicago, and the Vanilla Rye is a limited edition only sold in 22-ounce bottles.

16. Nugget Nectar (Troëgs Brewing Co.)

Nugget Nectar is a seasonal, hoppy amber ale from Pennsylvania-based Troëgs Brewing Company. It's citrusy with a malt backbone, boozy at nearly 8% ABV, and, as Deadspin's Will Gordon notes, would probably be called an "imperial red IPA" if it hadn't already been released before the huge IPA craze.

It's fairly easy to find if you're in one of the 11 states Troëgs distributes to (and when it's in season), but if you're not, you may be traveling to get ahold of Pennsylvania's best beer.

15. Utopias (Samuel Adams)

Utopias is an insane barleywine that Samuel Adams has been experimenting with since 2002. It claims to be one of the first barrel-aged beers and ranges in absurd alcohol contents from year to year, from 24% to 30%. It comes in a unique, kettle-style container reminiscent of a genie lamp, and with only about 15,000 bottles released each season (and usually only on odd-numbered years), they often sell for around $200 a bottle.

Thirteen different states actually prohibit the sale of such a high-alcohol beer. 

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Sacrificing great pay for a job you love — or vice versa — is a thing of the past, especially in the tech industry.

Business Insider teamed up with employer-information website PayScale to find US companies that stand out in pay, happiness, and more for our list of the 50 best companies to work for in America. We broke out the tech companies from the list and have presented them here.

Facebook and Google, our No. 1 and 2 companies, respectively, on the main list, rank first and second here, with Cisco coming in third.

To create the list, companies in the 2014 Fortune 500 list were ranked using PayScale's salary and survey database. Final scores were determined by multiplying six criteria: high job satisfaction, low job stress, ability to telecommute, high job meaning, experienced median pay, and salary delta. Because we think pay is a very important factor, it had double the weight in our calculations. Read the full methodology here.

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If you're in the mood for French food, you don't have to travel to Paris for an outstanding meal. 

In fact, several French restaurants appeared on our recent list of the best restaurants in America, so we decided to pull out the top ones serving delicious French cuisine. 

We compiled the list of the best restaurants using a combination of five noteworthy lists from food critics, experts, and diners. You can read the full methodology here.

14. Bouley — New York, New York

Chef: David Bouley
Bouley

13. Chez Panisse — Berkeley, California

Chef: Alice Waters
Chez Panisse

12. La Belle Vie — Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chef: Tim McKee
La Belle Vie

Admit it: Your dad is Superman. He may be the family handyman, chef, chauffeur, and unofficial bug-killer.

He does a lot for you, so why not tell him how much you appreciate it?

Father's Day falls on June 21st this year, and it's never too early or too late to start planning for dad's special day. Whether he's into beer, golf, traveling, or movies, we've got you covered.

For the golfer: A pair of ball-finding sunglasses

The worst part about golfing is locating a lost ball. Hammacher Schlemmer makes a stylish pair of glasses that use a blue pigment to filter light as it passes through, making white golf balls easier to see against dark backgrounds like shadows and roughage. Dad will thank you for the glasses and for improving his game.

Price: $39.95

For the beer lover: An easy-to-make homebrew kit

The only thing better than enjoying a beer is enjoying a beer that you made. Get started homebrewing with Brooklyn Brew Shop's Beer Making Kit, which contains everything you need to make a gallon of beer. All you need are the bottles.

Kits vary by style, and run the gamut from Everyday IPA to Bruxelles Blonde, Chocolate Maple Porter, Jalapeño Saison, and the limited edition Brewdog Punk IPA.

Price: $40

For the speed demon: A cool and protective motorcycle jacket

You want him to enjoy his favorite hobby — whether that's cars, motorcycles, or dirt bike racing — but you also want him to be safe while doing it. The Milano Sport Gamma motorcycle jacket is padded to protect the wearer, but is also waterproof and comes with a thermal lining for comfort in all kinds of weather.

The reflective stripes will also keep dad visible on the road.

Price:$139.99

Graduating from high school is one of life's great milestones.

So why not show the new grad in your life how proud you are of them with a gift that tells them so? We rounded up the best gifts for this momentous occasion.

After four years of hard work (we hope), they deserve it.

Give them a place to keep their cards.

The Kate Spade Cedar Street Marietta card case is perfect for any kind of card, whether that's business, credit, or student ID. It's slim and doesn't take up a lot of space, meaning it's perfect for when your grad goes out and doesn't want to be bogged down.

Price:$68

A good, classic watch never goes out of style.

A decent watch is the classic graduation gift, and the Helvetica No1 Light by Mondaine is a perfect just-starting-out watch for the recent high school graduate. Sleek and stylish, the Swiss-made watch comes in a variety of unisex designs and is water-resistant up to 30 meters.

Price:$395

Help them make a good impression with professional, personalized note cards.

Even in the age of technology, there's no replacement for a good, old-fashioned hand-written note. Give your grad a great way to make a mark with a personalized set of note cards from Crane. The styles range from funky and fun to simple and professional.

It's also a great way to ensure you get a thank-you note for the gift!

Price:Varies by style

This Father's Day, you don't have to break the bank to show dad how much you care.

From personalized accessories to thoughtful books to a classic bottle of bourbon, we rounded up budget-friendly gifts that every dad will love — all under $50.

His flight will be ultra-relaxing after an old fashioned — or two.

Price: $24

Give dad the first-class treatment — even if he's flying economy — with this carry-on cocktail kit. Complete with bitters, cane sugar, and a stirring spoon, he'll have everything he needs for a proper old fashioned. Just add alcohol.

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Coasters made from vintage records add a fun touch to his home.

Price: $16.70 

Perfect for any music lover, these coasters made from vintage records will fill dad with a rush of nostalgia every time he sets down his drink. Not to mention they're also incredibly practical.

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A Roku puts all his favorite shows in one place.

Price: $49.99

Dad will love having all his favorite shows in one place with a Roku. The device offers hundreds of free channels, allows users to stream services like Netflix and Hulu through their TV, and connects to Google Play and Amazon instant video, making it easy to rent any title.  

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Working in the healthcare sector can lead to a long career full of job satisfaction, meaning, and great pay.

We partnered with employer-information website PayScale to find the best companies to work for in the US. A number of healthcare companies topped the list, so we've featured them here.

Pharmaceutical companies Amgen and Bristol-Myers Squibb took the top two spots, followed by biotechnology company Celgene at No. 3.

To compile the list, companies in the 2014 Fortune 500 list were ranked using PayScale's salary and survey database. Final scores were determined by multiplying six criteria: high job satisfaction, low job stress, ability to telecommute, high job meaning, experienced median pay, and salary delta. Pay was weighed double in the calculations because we believe it's an extremely important factor. You can read the full methodology here.

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College graduation is an exciting event, but it also marks a nerve-wracking step into the real world.

Help ease the transition with graduation gifts that are both thoughtful and practical. We've rounded up 10 gifts any recent college graduate will appreciate, from furniture for their new pad to a nice dinner out.

Bring a piece of their college town to their new apartment.

Memorialize their college town on a fun throw pillow. It's both a tasteful decoration for a new studio and a nostalgic reminder of their college days.

Price: $35

Treat them to a dinner for two at a local restaurant.

Treat the grad (and a friend) to dinner at a local favorite in their new city. Not only will it give them a chance to explore, but a nice meal out is always a welcome change for anyone on a strict budget.

Need restaurant ideas? Start with our list of the best restaurants in America.

Let them travel in style.

Post-graduation is a prime time to travel, whether it's an around-the-world trip or a quick jaunt home. Make sure your grad is prepared with a suitcase sturdy enough to keep up with them wherever they go, like this hard-shelled one from Longchamp.

Price: $610

Germany's thriving startup scene is one of the most unique in Europe.

The capital Berlin is home to a mixture of hackers, privacy experts, scientists, and video companies that are making waves in the tech scene.

Here are some underground companies as well as more established names that are worth watching. 

17. Foundd

Foundd is a site that recommends movies based on what you like, as well as what your group of friends likes. That's different to services like Netflix, which just look at your own viewing history.

The company earns money when people click through to buy movies on iTunes — so it want to make the recommendations as good as possible.

Mashable reports that Foundd raised a $350,000 (£223,000 round) of funding in 2013 from investors including JMES Investments, Lars Dittrich, and Tao Tao (a cofounder of GetYourGuide). 

16. Crate

Crate offers an impressive technology that lets startups and companies easily set up distributed data centres. Why's that important? Well, startups don't want to put all their data in one place. With Crate, companies can spread their data around, and Crate handles all the hard work. 

Crate raised $1.5 million (£957,000) from investors, including Sunstone And DFJ Esprit, in 2014. It also beat out other companies to wn a £30,000 prize at TechCrunch Disrupt Europe in 2014.

15. Plinga

Plinga is a Berlin-based video game developer that creates social games for a wide audience. Founded in 2009, the company has launched a series of games, including Family Barn (27 million players) and Dragons of Atlantis (13 million players). 

Unlike its competitors, Plinga makes it games available to embed around the web, so they're not just playable on its own sites. That's different to how rivals like Zynga and King work.

Plinga began as a direct competitor to Zynga, featuring a game called FunCards ("Like UNO, just better!"). It received investment from Rocket Internet, the investment firm run by German entrepreneurs the Samwer brothers.

In honor of National Burger Month, we decided to find the best, juiciest burgers in the country. 

Our friends at Foursquare dug through their troves of user data to compile the list. Because the site now allows users to save and favorite venues they love, Foursquare was able to track down which burgers diners are raving about most across America. 

From New York's classic burger joint, The Corner Bistro, to an Austin spot that serves a burger that's topped with chili and Fritos, here's the best of the best in the US.

50. Bill's Bar & Burger — New York, New York

16 West 51st Street

"Classic American comfort food, beers, and milkshakes are a recipe to ensure your solo dining adventure is one that will probably lull you into a lovely food coma," The Village Voice wrote in a review on Foursquare.

49. Burger Bar — Las Vegas, Nevada

3930 Las Vegas Boulevard South

The restaurant bills itself as the "ultimate burger experience and more." Besides an extensive build your own burger menu, the restaurant also offers a wide selection of chef's burgers, such as the Hubert Keller burger (pictured here), which comes on ciabatta with blue cheese, caramelized onions, and and baby spinach.

48. The Counter — New York, New York

1451 Broadway

Reviewers rave about the options for customizing your own burger at The Counter. It's great for both picky eaters and vegetarians.

Germany's thriving startup scene is one of the most unique in Europe.

The capital Berlin is home to a mixture of hackers, privacy experts, scientists, and video companies that are making waves in the tech scene.

Here are some underground companies as well as more established names that are worth watching. 

17. Foundd

Foundd is a site that recommends movies based on what you like, as well as what your group of friends likes. That's different to services like Netflix, which just look at your own viewing history.

The company earns money when people click through to buy movies on iTunes — so it want to make the recommendations as good as possible.

Mashable reports that Foundd raised a $350,000 (£223,000 round) of funding in 2013 from investors including JMES Investments, Lars Dittrich, and Tao Tao (a cofounder of GetYourGuide). 

16. Crate

Crate offers an impressive technology that lets startups and companies easily set up distributed data centres. Why's that important? Well, startups don't want to put all their data in one place. With Crate, companies can spread their data around, and Crate handles all the hard work. 

Crate raised $1.5 million (£957,000) from investors, including Sunstone And DFJ Esprit, in 2014. It also beat out other companies to wn a £30,000 prize at TechCrunch Disrupt Europe in 2014.

15. Plinga

Plinga is a Berlin-based video game developer that creates social games for a wide audience. Founded in 2009, the company has launched a series of games, including Family Barn (27 million players) and Dragons of Atlantis (13 million players). 

Unlike its competitors, Plinga makes it games available to embed around the web, so they're not just playable on its own sites. That's different to how rivals like Zynga and King work.

Plinga began as a direct competitor to Zynga, featuring a game called FunCards ("Like UNO, just better!"). It received investment from Rocket Internet, the investment firm run by German entrepreneurs the Samwer brothers.

Energy is not only one of the most profitable industries in the US, it's also one of the largest— and a large number of energy companies found their way onto our list of the 50 best companies to work for in America.

Business Insider teamed up with employer-information website PayScale to find US companies that stand out in pay, happiness, and more. We broke out the energy companies from the list and have presented them here. Read the full methodology here.

Chevron came in first on this list, with PG&E close behind.

Here are the 25 best energy companies to work for:

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From finding a new way to treat breast cancer to raising awareness about mental health issues to earning gold medals at the Olympics, this year's crop of high school seniors already boast impressive resumes.

Based on reader nominations, news stories, and word of mouth, we found 20 incredibly impressive students graduating from high school this year who are already accomplishing more than most adults.

Amara Majeed is eradicating stereotypes about Muslims and empowering Muslim women.

High school: Towson High School, Baltimore, Maryland

Majeed started a global initiative, The Hijab Project, in order to promote the understanding and empowerment of Muslim women. The project encourages women from all backgrounds to try wearing a hijab the next time they go out in public and share their stories of how they feel they were treated by others. Global News and The Baltimore Sun interviewed Majeed about the project, and she was also featured on MSNBC.

She also recently published "The Foreigners," a book which chronicles the lives of Muslims around the world. "I wanted to show the world that the majority of Muslims aren’t corrupt leaders of organizations that steal, rape, and sell girls on the market," Majeed told BI. She also writes for CNN, The Huffington Post, and Bustle.

Plans after graduation: Majeed plans to double major in international relations and philosophy at Brown University in the fall, and conduct research on conflict resolution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Andreas Pavlou used gene therapy to test new ways to treat breast cancer.

High school: Sewanhaka High School, Elmont, New York

Last summer, Pavlou had the opportunity to research the long-term effects that night-time light exposure has on breast cancer patients, and identified a gene that showed abnormal expression in triple-negative breast cancer, and in patients exposed to light at night. Using new gene therapy concepts in conjunction with a common cancer drug, Pavlou and his lab mates noticed mainly negative growth in cancerous cells, rendering their experiments a success and pointing to new ways gene therapy can be used to treat cancer.

Pavlou is also the editor-in-chief of his high school's newspaper, the president of the student council, and the co-president of the mock trial program.

After his father died in 2014, Pavlou began helping care for his family, and recently earned the prestigious Questbridge scholarship for low-income students, which grants recipients a full ride to college.

Plans after graduation: Pavlou plans to attend the University of Pennsylvania and study international relations.

Andrew Jin created an algorithm that's helping us understand the genetic causes of diseases like schizophrenia.

High school: The Harker School, San Jose, California

Earlier this year, Jin took home the First Place Medal of Distinction for Global Good from the Intel Science Talent Search, along with a $150,000 prize, for crafting a machine-learning algorithm that analyzes massive data sets of DNA and identifies adaptive mutations in them.

His algorithm discovered over 100 mutations related to metabolism, brain function, and disorders like schizophrenia. Not only do these findings help researchers better understand human evolution, but they can potentially be used to help develop new vaccines and treatments.

Before that, Jin and a friend created a new chemotherapy treatment that increased potency, reduced toxic side effects, and prevented drug resistance, earning him second place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and third place in the Siemens Competition. 

Plans after graduation: In the fall, Jin will start at Harvard University, studying computer science and biology. He'll also spend the summer interning at Facebook to work on machine learning with the search team. 

A strong network, affordable tuition, and campus location are all important factors to consider when choosing a business school. But these aspects don't matter much if you're not getting a solid education.

Online grad school guide GraduatePrograms.com surveyed over 10,000 current and former business school students about their programs to find which places offer the best quality of education — schools where students have access to relevant, interesting, and challenging courses taught by qualified professors.

Students ranked their schools on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being a perfect score. The scores for each school were averaged together and then ranked accordingly.

These business schools earned top marks for quality of education:

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Celebrities everywhere are showing off how high-tech they are by wearing the new Apple Watch in public.

Everyone from politicians to sports stars to singers and business executives have Apple Watches. But how much do they cost? We checked out the price of every famous figure's fancy new watch.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was spotted wearing a space grey Apple Watch in a meeting with Putin. These are worth £339.

Rapper Frank Ocean posted a photo on Tumblr of himself wearing a £339 aluminium Apple Watch with a white strap

Rapper Kid Cudi has a £339 42mm Apple Watch Sport with a blue strap.

Most students graduate from college with lifelong friends, but some find a partner for life along the way.

Our friends at Niche, a database of school information, rounded up the places where you're most likely to meet your future spouse by combining their lists of the friendliest students, the smartest students, and the most attractive students, with an emphasis on religious colleges. 

We rounded up quotes from students on Niche to illustrate the dating culture at each school. 

50. Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, New York

"Plenty of diverse, attractive, and fun guys and girls here."

"There are bros, there are hipsters, there are straight-up average people, there are nerds, and everyone hangs out with each other. Not clique-y at all — very easy to show up at someone's house and make a friend."

Visit Niche for more information on Skidmore College.

49. Dallas Baptist University

 Dallas, Texas

"[The students] are good looking people with great interests that include religion, sport, and the arts."

"Everyone on campus is looking for their spouse. Upperclassmen are practically engaged or thinking about proposing."

"There are so many different girls and guys here."

Visit Niche for more information on Dallas Baptist University.

48. Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee 

"Girls here are both attractive and intelligent. Everyone here is friendly and motivated."

"There is a wide range of girls and guys here. Everyone dresses to impress, and it's fairly easy making friends." 

Visit Niche for more information on Vanderbilt University.

From banks to credit cards to handling student loans, the finance sector is full of great job opportunities. 

We partnered with compensation and jobs database PayScale to find the best companies to work for in the US, and singled out the top finance companies here. 

MasterCard took the top spot with a 78% job satisfaction rating, followed by TIAA-CREF and Freddie Mac with 75% and 60% satisfaction ratings, respectively. 

To compile the list, companies in the 2014 Fortune 500 list were ranked using PayScale's salary and survey database. Final scores were determined by multiplying six criteria: high job satisfaction, low job stress, ability to telecommute, high job meaning, experienced median pay, and salary delta. Pay was weighed double in the calculations because we believe it's an extremely important factor. You can read the full methodology here.

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