Topic: Recipes
Brewing Lawnmower Beers: Tips from the Pros
Slake your summer thirst with a lawnmower beer.
Honey in a Glass
How to make a batch of mead, a classic fermented beverage that’s been around – and been enjoyed – for at least six thousand years. With simple recipes, step-by-step instructions and a guide to different kinds of honey, from clover to orange blossom and tupelo.
Grain on the Brain
From two-row to pale ale and pils, a guide to five common base malts – how to use them and how to brew great beer with them. Plus: easy all-grain recipes for evaluating base malts, a quick guide to barley strains, and tips on swapping malt extract for grains.
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.
Adjuncts Explained
Corn and rice, oats and rye, brown sugar and more: Homebrewers can use adjuncts to add different flavors to beer and improve mouthfeel, head retention and clarity. A guide to adjuncts, plus recipes to help you understand these often-overlooked fermentables.
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 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.
