Topic: 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.
Old Ale
OLD ALE OG = 1.060 to 90+ FG = 1.015 to 22+ IBUs = 30 to 60 SRM = 12 to 16 Old ales are often regarded as winter warmers and
Brewing Maibock: Tips from the Pros
Maibock is potent, but it’s also fragile. It’s a big beer, yet it’s a lager, which makes it vulnerable to temperature spikes
Strong Ales
Old ale, Scotch Ale, Barleywine or Belgian: Spring is a fine time to flex your brewing muscles and make a batch of strong ale.
American Brown Ale
OG = 1.040 to 1.060 FG = 1.010 to 1.017 IBU = 25 to 60 SRM = 15 to 22 American brown ale is a style that is modeled after English brown