Topic: Ingredients
Candi Sugars & Syrups
Malt contributes most of the Maillard reaction products in beer, but in this column we take a look at the other ingredients affected by the Maillard reaction. Plus: Make your own Belgian candi syrup.
Brewing with Citrus Fruit
As the craft beer and homebrewing movement continues to grow around the world so does the variety of fermented beverages and the ingredients that go into them. Some of the unusual ingredients
Brewing with Maple: Tips from the Pros
Nothing says spring in the Northeast, Upper Midwest, and Canada like the sight of smoke and steam rising from sugar shacks. Many automatically envision drizzling the sweet maple syrup being boiled down
Adding Herbs and Spices to your Beers
A spice is typically defined as a dried part of a plant used to flavor, color, or provide preservative properties to food (or drink). In that regard, every beer you drink is
Brewing with Hemp Seeds
As a longtime homebrewer and a professional brewer at Madison Brewing Company in Bennington, Vermont, I’m always looking for new ingredients to brew with. A while back, I was approached by the
Homebrewing with Chocolate
I believe it was Fred Eckhardt who first put the idea into my mind that chocolate could go well with beer. My reaction was that this was nonsense and that adding chocolate
Crafting Coffee Beers
Coffee and beer are two of the most popular beverages in the world. Both have complex flavors and aromas and can be found in a wide variety of styles. Even better, coffee
Foraging for Wild Brewing Ingredients
There was a long time when nature was humanity’s supermarket, pharmacy, and even homebrewing store. When our ancestors wanted a beer they first had to gather and process grain to provide sugar,
Brewing Sweet Stout with Lactose
Unlike many beer styles sweet stout has a quite specific origin, and for the better part of the 20th century only one version from one English brewer almost completely dominated the market
Brewing with Peppers: Tips from the Pros
When it comes to chili beer, the options are endless. What base beer style do you want as the backbone? What chili varieties will you use? When should you add them, and
Experimental Brewing with Veggies, Pork & Chicken
To say homebrewers are a creative group is an understatement. We’ve all seen posts like this on brewing forums: “I want to brew a Dijon mustard red wine celery beer. How much
Brewing with Spruce Tips: Tips from Pros
Spruce tips were common in Nordic and Scandinavian beers, and were used by colonists when hops could not be sourced (they also helped prevent scurvy). Over the past decade, Craft Brewers have
