Writer: Dawson Raspuzzi
Roasted Malts: Tips from the Pros
MEMBERS ONLYTwo 2020 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) medalists share their preferences and techniques for brewing with roasted malts. Jeff Young, Co-Founder/Brewmaster of Shoe Tree Brewing Co. in Carson City, Nevada For chocolate
Brewing with Extract: Tips from the Pros
MEMBERS ONLYMany homebrewers start the hobby brewing with malt extract and move into all-grain batches, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t advantages to brewing with extract or that great beer can’t be made
Beyond Oak: Tips from the Pros
FREEThere are many woods beyond oak that can add complexity to beer. Two pros who know their way around these exotic flavors share their top tips. Wayne Wambles, Brewmaster at Cigar City
10 New Hops to Brew With
FREEIt still strikes me as a little odd when I see a beer can boldly declaring “hops” as an ingredient. Sure, hops are an ingredient in almost every modern beer, but the
Lupulin Brewing Co.’s Sophistry 06 clone
MEMBERS ONLYLupulin Brewing Co.’s Sophistry 06 clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.072 FG = 1.015IBU = 27* SRM = 5 ABV = 7.5% * Beers heavily dry hopped can differ greatly from
Icarus Brewing Co.’s Pineapple Hindenburg clone
MEMBERS ONLYIcarus Brewing Co.’s Pineapple Hindenburg clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.064 FG = 1.016IBU = 17.1 SRM = 6 ABV = 6.2% This recipe was born out of a collaboration with the Ocean
Indeed Brewing Co.’s Triumph Pale Ale clone
MEMBERS ONLYIndeed Brewing Co.’s Triumph Pale Ale clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.055 FG = 1.011IBU = 45 SRM = 6 ABV = 5.7% This single-hop pale ale from Indeed Brewing features juicy/berry/tropical flavors
Late Hopping: Tips from the Pros
MEMBERS ONLYHop additions have been pushed back later and later in the brewing process of hoppy beers as brewers look to maximize aroma and flavor. We asked three pro brewers renowned for their
Kveik: Tips from the Pros
FREEIt shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that when American craft brewers got their hands on the fast-fermenting kveik strains from Norway they immediately started using them to quickly turn around IPAs
Brewing NEIPA – Tips from the Pros
FREEThe current darling of the craft beer (and homebrew) world, New England IPA (NEIPA) requires copious amounts of late hop additions, but there is a lot more to making a world class
Water Adjustments: Tips from the Pros
FREEJust because water is safe to drink doesn’t mean it is ideal for making great beer. Changing the chemistry of water is the first step great brewers take when creating a recipe,
Spontaneous Fermentations: Tips from the Pros
MEMBERS ONLYWild beers can be fermented a couple of ways —from pitching cultured yeast/bacteria or leaving the wort exposed and allowing it to ferment spontaneously, as Belgian lambic brewers do. While riskier, spontaneous