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Whether it’s a double IPA from which the hops literally jump from the glass to punch you in the mouth, or a stout where the hop characteristics are more subtle and used to balance the sweetness of roasted malts; choosing the right variety of hops is not a responsibility to be taken lightly.
Willamette hops with flaked grains provide a nice, crushable session ale, able to quench the thirst of even a Sasquatch.
One of Germany’s summer session beers, Kölsch is a fairly recent development by beer-historical standards. The style has no exact birthday, but instead emerged gradually as a beer style in Cologne shortly after World War I. Frequent contributor Horst Dornbusch provides BYO readers with a recipe for this style of beer.
Author and frequent contributor, Horst Dornbusch provides readers with a classic Munich Helles recipe, restrained in hop character with a sweet-grainy malt finish and just enough hop bite to keep it nicely balanced.
Eisbock’s are a rare beast and an interesting endeavor to craft one yourself. Find a recipe and step by step instructions
Looking for a wet-hopped (fresh hops) beer recipe? Lucky for us homebrewers, Deschutes was willing to share their recipe for their awesome Hop Trip Fresh Hop Beer. According to their website, “Vine to kettle in less than four hours, we wait restlessly all year for the hop harvest celebration. After bagging these aromatic jewels, we hustle back and toss them into the brew kettles within hours of picking. It’s our one chance to capture the bright citrus and pine essence of fresh hops.”
This beer is malty, smooth, with strong hop bitterness, and a wonderful fresh hop aroma to round it out. The use of Midnight Wheat (a dark grain without the harsh bitterness of many dark malts) gives this beer a lack of astringency common in dark beers. Then kick the hop aroma up a notch with the fresh hops and you will love this beer!
Fresh hopped (wet-hop) IPA with just a enough malt back bone to stand up to the big hop character provided by the Citra® hops.
As homebrewers, we all create our own “small builds” — the minor tweaks we make to improve our brew setups. They’re the small stuff that just makes the brew day a little easier, quicker or less accident-prone. Things like the filling hook that allow you to fill your brewpot or carboy without having to hold the hose and reminder rings so you don’t forget your secondary additions.
Nothing goes with summer like the bottom-fermented helles from Munich and the top-fermented Kölsch from Cologne.
The Wiz aims high to help a reader trying to make high alcohol beers.
Present your carefully crafted homebrew in a manner that shows off all of its attributes.
