Beer Style: Specialty Beer Family
Sapwood Cellars’ Salzig clone
The coriander in this Gose provides a beautiful lemon-lime citrusy flavor that only adds to the refreshing qualities of this session beer.
Sapwood Cellars’ Little By Slowly clone
This Berliner weisse combines acidity, bread dough wheaty notes, lemony-hay funk, and high carbonation.
Sour Beer Techniques Workshop
Learn European as well as newer American methods to produce sour and funky beers from Michael Tonsmeire, who literally wrote the book on the subject with American Sour Beers. Michael will demonstrate
Prairie Artisan Ales’ Slush clone
A bright red, kettle-soured ale made with strawberry and raspberry fruit puree complemented with dried sweet orange peel and dried lemon peel.
Sapwood Cellars’ Flaked clone
This is their Sapwood Cellars’ Flaked (2021) beer, which is described as an imperial oatmeal stout with coconut and vanilla, and weighs in at 10.5% ABV.
Gordon Strong’s Grape Ale
This grape ale example is based on the version I made with Cervejaria 4 Árvores in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2018.
Homebrew Chicha Beer
Homebrew Chicha Beer (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.048 FG = 1.010IBU = 0 SRM = 2 ABV = 5.1% This is a more traditional, rustic version using homemade and
Cervecería Quiteña’s Fandango clone
Cervecería Quiteña’s Fandango clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.040 FG = 1.002IBU = 0 SRM = 2 ABV = 5% My deepest thanks go to Andrés Erazo of Cervecería
Making Kettle Sours at Home
Kettle souring has grown in popularity recently because it speeds up the timeline for making sour beers. But there are several different ways to kettle sour with different sour cultures and even
Killing It NAB
If you are looking to brew a non-alcohol beer in your home or brewery, here is recipe and directions to produce one yourself.
Hello World (Graf)
A graf can represent many different expressions of more or less apple and malt flavor with a little hops
The Olde Country (New England-style Cider)
If a little creative inspiration is what you are looking for, look no further than the New England-style cider. And no, that doesn’t just mean it’s a hazy.
