Beer Style: Specialty Beer Family
Baked Apples (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.
The Basics of Sour Beer
Learn the basics of the various ways brewers in this era can produce sour beers, from traditional to modern.
Rice, Rice, Baby
Craft sake producers have helped grow the popularity of the ancient Japanese rice beverage across North America in recent years. Making this unique beverage is a really fun project homebrewers can embrace. Learn the basic ingredients and steps to make sake at home.
7venth Sun Brewery’s Saison in Paradise Clone
With a subtle spice character and quick turnaround time, this is a great summer sipper.
Fair Isle Brewing’s Madame R. Galle clone
A very pale, almost straw-colored farmhouse saison, Madame R. Galle is identified by its dense, fluffy white head. A slight haze may be present.
Pickle Beer
If you are on the hunt for a beer that is nice and refreshing on a hot day, here is a recipe for you!
Varietal Mead
Varietal Mead (5 gallons/19 L)OG = 1.120 FG = 1.012 ABV = 14% Most of the traditional mead recipes that I make follow this ratio: 1 part honey, 3 parts water. Using
Fairgate Gingerbread Stout
Fairgate Gingerbread Stout (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.088 FG = 1.021IBU = 51 SRM = 50 ABV = 9% Ingredients8.8 lbs. (4 kg) North American 2-row malt2.1 lbs. (0.95 kg) Munich
The Queen’s Mead Recipe
OG = 1.073 FG = 0.998 ABV = 9.8% Bitten by the meadmaking bug during the pandemic, Paul Crowther set out to make a historic mead. Not just any mead steeped in
Fruited Beer
Spring is the time to start planning your beers for summer and nothing says summer like a fruited beer. Get some pointers on brewing one.
Carillon Brewing Co.’s Coriander Ale clone
Based on a recipe from the mid-19th century, Coriander Ale is yellow to yellow-gold in appearance. Its aroma is moderately spicy with a fruitiness from the coriander seed. Fruity esters from the British Ale yeast are married to the citrus notes of the coriander and there is a lingering impression of heat from the chili peppers. There is also a soft well-rounded malt character reminiscent of honey and moderate hop bitterness.
Gruit Ale
Although technically with no hops this beer is 0 IBUs, the rosemary and yarrow will impart a pronounced herbal bitterness.
