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30-Minute No-Boil Extract Beers
When you’re making a batch of no-boil beer, your brew “day” will be done in 30 minutes. Fermentation takes 10 to 14 days, and you can bottle the batch in just 90
Robust Porter
OG = 1.050 to 1.065 FG = 1.012 to 1.016 IBUs = 25 to 45 SRM = 30+ ABV = 4.8 to 6.0% Porter originated in London, England as early as the 18th
Brewing with Ancient Grains
The modern era of agriculture and cultivation of crops, somewhere around 7000 BC, was partly due to the desire and demand for beer. People wanted a reliable source of beer, something I
A Guide to Brewing Honey Beers
Honey is a powerful tool that we brewers can utilize in our quest to make tasty beers. While honey additions have traditionally been associated with certain styles (brown ale, porter, holiday ale,
Best Bitter
Noted English beer writer Martyn Cornell described bitter as the “iconic pint” that is the “country’s favourite drink” in his excellent book, Amber, Gold & Black. That was certainly my impression the
Brewing with Vegetables
There are hundreds of recipes designed to sneak vegetables into kids’ food: Beet-chocolate cupcakes or cauliflower-crust pizza, anyone? What if you want a more adult solution to vegetable consumption? Whereas fruit has
Best of Show: 5 Award-Winning Brewers Share Tips & Recipes
There’s no thrill for a competitive homebrewer that compares to hearing your name announced as the Best of Show (BOS) winner of a competition, and it’s even more impressive when that competition
Making Dark Versions of Pale Beers
A recent trend over the past few years in craft and homebrewing is making dark or black versions of pale colored beers; the first, and still most popular, being IPA. Recently I
Brewing Rustic French Ales
The modern tradition of French bière de garde was a reboot of an older, more rustic beer dating to the early twentieth century, also called, confusingly, bière de garde. That earlier line
5 Spring Seasonal Craft Clone Recipes
Spring beer is a riot of diversity, showcasing the best of our hopes (hops?) for warmer weather alongside amber beers that still retain a hint of heft leftover from winter and still others that feature ingredients from a changing season. Here are five clone recipes that embody the spring season.
Cold Steeping Specialty Grains
Steeping specialty grains is a common practice for many homebrewers, particularly those who brew extract or partial-mash recipes. As with many things in the beer brewing process, there are trade-offs to be
International Amber Lager
by the numbers OG: 1.042-1.055 FG:1.008-1.014 SRM:7-14 IBU:8-25 ABV:4.6-6.0% I know this will sound strange coming from me, but some people take beer styles way too seriously. They’re quite happy to invent
