Beer Style: Specialty Beer Family
Homebrewing with Fruit: Tips from the Pros
Digital and Plus Members OnlySummer is a great time to brew a fruit beer and our two professional brewers will help make sure your next one isn’t the pits.
Brewing with Potatoes
FREEBoth corn and rice are used as starchy adjuncts by brewers worldwide. These adjuncts boost the strength of a beer without increasing its body. Corn and rice also dilute the protein content of wort. As adventurous homebrewers, there is another common starchy food we can use as an adjunct — potatoes.
8 Big Novelty Beers of the Dixie Cup
Digital and Plus Members OnlyEvery year, the Foam Rangers host the Dixie Cup homebrew competition. And every year, there is a special novelty beer category that challenges brewers to think outside the carboy. Here are some of the winners.
Sweetgrass Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyEn lieu of dry hops, try adding sweetgrass to make a unique beer with a vanilla-like essence.
Making Big Holiday Beers
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIt’s the time of year for holiday beers! Many of these heavyweight winter seasonals are high-alcohol brews — monster beers that are big, malty and have a bite. You don’t have to be a mad scientist to make one, but brewing a high-gravity beer involves much more than piling on the malt. Your guide to brewing huge holiday beers, complete with eight recipes.
Brewing with Coffee
FREEGive your beer a jolt! Tips, techniques and advice on adding gourmet java to your next batch of homebrew, plus three energizing recipes: Coffee Imperial Stout, Double Chocolate Expresso Stout and Mudhouse Stout.
Lammin Sahti
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThe traditional Finnish drink made with malted and unmalted grains along with Juniper as the flavoring contribution. The juniper branches traditionally doubled as a filter screen to help separate out the grains from the sweet wort.
Sahti and Jalkijuoma
Digital and Plus Members OnlySahti was made by women across Scandinavia, where the first brew-running called tupulisahti (strong sahti) was given to the men in the village, while the weaker second brew-running jälkijuoma (“nosedrop” sahti) was for the women of the village.
Fruit Brewing Techniques
FREEHow to make a berry good beer.
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.