Beer Style: Specialty Beer Family
Brewing Smoked Beers: Tips from the Pros
Digital and Plus Members OnlyExpert advice on brewing smoked beers and smoking your malt at home.
Brewing with Fruit
FREEHow to pick the right fruit for your summer brew.
Market Street’s Vanilla Creme Ale clone
FREEHomebrew rendition of this vanilla-flavored ale from Nashville, Tennessee’s Market Street Pub.
Honey in a Glass
Digital and Plus Members OnlyHow to make a batch of mead, a classic fermented beverage that’s been around – and been enjoyed – for at least six thousand years. With simple recipes, step-by-step instructions and a guide to different kinds of honey, from clover to orange blossom and tupelo.
Huckleberry Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyAn American-style pale ale, with a healthy heaping of huckleberries.
Williams Brothers Brewing Co.’s Fraoch Heather Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyHeather can be found in abundance in Scotland, although not native to the region. Combining bittering properties and aromatic oils, heather can be used an alternative to hops to produce gruit.
Habanero Stout
Digital and Plus Members OnlyPerfect for celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day in Tijuana, this dry, black stout will drive the snakes out of any place you want. Roasted barley goes well with hot peppers, if only you let it.
Crazy Ed’s Cave Creek Chile Beer clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis recipe is an attempt to clone Cave Creek Chili Beer, which was originally brewed by Crazy Ed’s Black Mountain Brewing in Cave Creek, Arizona with a chili pepper placed in each bottle. This golden lager looks harmless enough (unless there’s a chili lurking in the bottle!) but if you’re not careful, that hot stuff will reach right out of the glass and tear your throat open!
Classic Rauchbier
FREEThis is a Bamberg-style reddish lager, sweet and substantial like a Marzen, with the distinctive smokiness of a beechwood fire.
Peat Smoked Wee Heavy
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis is a big, rich, malty and strong brew – the smoke, although present, seems restrained compared to all the other flavors.
Vermont Pub and Brewery’s Smoked Porter clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyVermont Pub & Brewery smokes their own malts over apple, maple, and hickory woodchips to recreate this 17th century style robust ale. You can smoke your own malts, or buy rauchmalt as an alternative.
Valley Forge Winter Spruce Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlySpruce beer was a common colonial beverage in George Washington’s time and no doubt would have been welcome during the cold winter at Valley Forge.