Topic: Beer Styles
Brewing Lawnmower Beers: Tips from the Pros
Slake your summer thirst with a lawnmower beer.
Old-World Alt
An American brewer flies to Germany to learn how to brew altbier, the traditional top-fermented ale that made Dusseldorf famous. He talked to brewers, tasted his share of alt and came home with the inside dope on malt, hops, yeast strains and fermentation, plus an authentic recipe straight from a brewer’s mouth.
Great Scot!
A homebrewer wanders through Scotland and returns with all the firsthand knowledge you’ll need to brew classic “shilling” ales and wee heavies at home. Plus: masterful tips from Scottish beer expert Greg Noonan, and extract and all-grain recipes for 60-shilling, 70-shilling, 80-shilling, wee heavy, heather ale and grozet.
Vienna Lager
Recipes & tips for two classic beer styles.
Fine Wheatwine
Wheatwine is potent, difficult to brew and decidly different. Which is why every intrepid homebrewer should give it a whirl.
Extract Recipe Roundup from Homebrew Retailers
Round out your homebrew recipe box with 15 easy extract recipes for 15 classic beer styles.
Kölsch
OG = 1.040 to 1.048 FG = 1.008 to 1.013 IBUs = 16 to 30 SRM = 3.5 to 5 ABV = 4.0 to 5.0% Kölsch is the beer that put the
Brew a German Helles with an All-Grain, Step-Mash
Raising the mash temperature, understanding exzymes and the iodine test. Plus: what’s going on in the mash and the protein-rest debate.
Brew a Scottish ale with an All-Grain, Single-Infusion Mash
How to mash grains, recirculate the wort and sparge.
Brew a Porter using a Partial-Mash
How to do a partial-mash, boil the full wort, use a wort chiller and prime a full five-gallon batch. Plus: a quick guide to grain color.
Brew a Pale Ale Using Extract and Specialty Grains
How to steep grains, boil pellet hops, make a starter from liquid yeast and conduct a secondary fermentation.
Brew a No-Boil Extract Brown Ale
How to clean, sanitize, prepare a no-boil wort, aerate, proof and pitch a dry yeast, ferment a batch and bottle your beer. Plus: basic equipment.
