Topic: Beer Styles
Winter Spiced Ales
One of the best things about a white Christmas is the dark, spiced holiday ales that go along with it. Learn how to brew a wonderful winter warmer.
Practical Porter
Porter is a popular and flavorful style of homebrew. In this practical guide to brewing porter, learn about the flavors – chocolate, coffee, caramel and potentially many more – of porter and how to get them in your pint glass.
American Amber Ale
America is known for its amber waves of grain…and also for its amber ales. Find out how to brew this modern classic.
American Amber: Tips from the Pros
John Harris (Full Sail), John Trogner (Tröegs) and John Hiiva (Steamworks) explain how to put the amber into your American ale.
Brown Ale
Back in the day, every ale was a brown ale. It wasn’t until fairly recently, however, that anybody labelled their beer “brown ale.” Learn the differences between, and how to brew, both English sub-styles of this beer.
Foreign Extra Stout
Beer selection in the tropics is limited, but it isn’t limited to just cookie-cutter yellow lagers. If you don’t want fizz-water with a lime in it, grab a foreign extra stout. We’ll show you how to brew one.
The Spirit of Belgium: Belgian Brewing Roundtable
What’s the deal with all the interesting, Belgian-inspired brews coming from North American breweries these days? We ask seven brewers of experimental, maverick and artistic beers to sit down to our roundtable and discuss their inspirations, ingredients and brewhouse procedures.
Belgian Witbier
Witbier nearly went extinct after the Second World War, but now — thanks mostly to Pierre Celis — the style is roaring back. Learn the ingredients and methods to brew this cloudy, tangy, spicy brew.
Making Summer Brews: Tips from the Pros
When the heat is on, our pros — Bill Covaleski (Victory) and Todd Charbonneau (Harpoon) — explain how to keep things cool when formulating your summer brews.
IPA: A Tale of Two Beer Styles
Find out about two related hoppy beer styles — English-style India pale ales (IPAs) and American-style IPAs
Ordinary Bitter
Ordinary bitter is neither ordinary nor bitter – our new Style columnist will discuss the best way to brew this British session ale at home.
Brewing American Pilsner
Is there some style we haven’t covered yet in this column? Hmm….oh, yeah, there is that one that occupies 97% of the shelf space on the beer aisle — American Pilsner.
