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Explore the world of fruit beer with these award-winning homebrewed recipes. Plus, the impact harvest timing has on hop character, a new beer style out of Paraguay, brewing with fresh hops, dark international lagers, and more!
Gordon Strong shares different brewing approaches and award-winning recipes for fruit beers with help from a group of accomplished homebrewers.
A look at the BestBrewChallenge — a competition run by BestMalz in which homebrewers and pros submit the same beer style brewed using the same basic ingredients. Plus, brewing advice from a two-time winner from Lithuania.
Even though it often isn’t indicated on the label, harvest timing may be the biggest factor in what makes one lot of hops different from another. From early-harvest to late-harvest, the same hop’s character will change tremendously.
A group of craft brewers in Paraguay have been trying to establish a regional beer style representative of their country, brewed using many of the same ingredients as the national beverage, tereré.
We recap and share photos from the latest trip BYO Publisher Brad Ring and readers went on in New Zealand during the country’s hop harvest.
Dan Russo has brewed for many years near the heart of the Pacific Northwest hop-growing region, giving him many opportunities to brew with fresh hops. He shares what he’s learned so you can make something special during this limited window of opportunity.
International dark lager was added to the Beer Judge Certification Program Style Guidelines in 2015 and covers a broad collection of dark industrial lagers.
Triptych Brewing Co.’s wee heavy went through many iterations over the years before landing where it is today. What makes it unique is the fermentation with a lager yeast and an extra dry finish.
Three pro brewers who have been recognized for their fresh-hop beers share advice for making beers with hops that go straight from the bine to the kettle.
A homebrewer shares his compact design for a Brew-In-A-Bag stand that features a hoist, mounts for the pump, controller, and tubes, and easily disassembles after the brew day.
Sweden may sound like a peculiar place to find a Belgian homebrew festival, but with close to 1,000 participants and over 100 entries, Belgoträffen has been celebrated for 20 years and is now more popular than ever before.
This Belgian blond ale is kicked up a notch with green apple, lemon peel, and elderflowers for an added complexity.
Figs are paired with a dubbel in order to complement its raisin and dried-fruit character in this award-winning homebrew recipe.
This beer is created by blending a sweet blackberry mead with a Baltic porter.
This light wheat ale recipe from Tomas Sirtautas won the 2021 BestBrewChallenge competition.
This “Paraguayan Ale” brewed with cassava flour, orange peel, and lemon grass is Cerveceria Singular’s most award-winning beer
A dry wee heavy named after their brewer and fermented with a lager strain.
Andean blackberry (Moras de Castilla) are small, very dark, sweet, and intense blackberries when ripe. Perhaps a mix of elderberries and loganberries would be the best substitute if you can’t source them. They are mixed with raspberries in this recipe to add a bright acidity and freshness.
American wheat ales are the perfect base if you want your fruit to shine.
This recipe will hit the upper end of the style in flavor, but is otherwise middle of the road in other respects.
Mr. Wizard takes a deep dive into the impact pressure fermentation has on dissolved carbon dioxide.
What is the best way to clean your beer glasses? There are lots of options, but it is important to understand what each product is made up of.
Enter your best homebrew labels into BYO’s 29th Annual Label Contest for a chance to win some great brewing prizes from our sponsors! The entry deadline is August 29, 2025!
