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Recipe: Otherlands Household Gods Lagerbier
Tuesday January 21, 2025
From Otherlands Beer in Bellingham Washington, this evolving recipe represents a snapshot of head brewer Ben Howe’s ongoing quest to crack the code of Franconian lager.The Bier from the Keller
Monday January 20, 2025
As independent brewers worldwide follow their own paths of lager rediscovery, it’s worth taking a closer look at where it all started—the keller—and the rustic tradition we know as kellerbier.Recipe: Third Eye Astral Chocolate Stout
Sunday January 19, 2025
From Kelly Montgomery, co-owner and head brewer of Cincinnati’s Third Eye—a frequent medal-winner for their stouts—this richly layered recipe includes a range of flavorful dark malts plus additions of lactose, cacao nibs, and vanilla.Recipe: Third Eye Lil Astral Chocolate Oatmeal Stout
Sunday January 19, 2025
From Kelly Montgomery and his team at Third Eye Brewing in Cincinnati, here’s a homebrew-scale recipe for a full-bodied stout from their medal-winning program. Lil Astral features oats, lactose, cacao nibs, and vanilla.Podcast Episode 396: Matt Manthe, Formerly of Odd Breed, Is Drawn to Doing the Hard Things
Friday January 17, 2025
Drawn to the challenges of complex fermentations, this microbiology major and VLB-trained brewer continues to apply the lesson’s he’s learned about yeast selection, hop load, acidification, Brett acclimation, and more—lessons that could be valuable to any brewer working with mixed cultures.Recipe: Marble Manchester Bitter
Thursday January 16, 2025
From Marble Beers in Manchester, England, here’s what head of production Joe Ince describes as “a lighter, hoppier bitter, northern in style.”Recipe: Tim Sciascia’s NA West Coast IPA
Wednesday January 15, 2025
Brewing a tasty nonalcoholic beer is dramatically different from brewing one of normal strength—but this recipe provides a great jumping-off point for making something pleasurably hoppy but without the alcohol.Recipe: Tim Sciascia’s NA Light “Lager”
Wednesday January 15, 2025
Drinkers who are familiar with American light lager will be impressed by this crisp nonalcoholic version. Even more amazing, nonalcoholic beer production’s shortened fermentation can move this “lager” from grain to glass in as little as one week.Nonalcoholic Brewing Best Practices
Tuesday January 14, 2025
Former Kona and Cellarmaker brewmasters have created the following guide to give you an advantage in a booming NA market.Cask Bitter, Refreshed for the 21st Century
Monday January 13, 2025
Today’s British brewers are melding traditional cask bitter with brighter, modern hopping for a crushable alchemy greater than the sum of its parts. Will the rest of us ever catch on?We’ll See You at Ansari’s in Minnesota for Shish Kabobs, Belly Dancing, and Great Beer
Sunday January 12, 2025
From our Love Handles files on the world’s great beer bars: Just south of the Twin Cities, Ansari’s offers some of the country’s finest craft beers with Mediterranean food, pull-tabs, hookahs, and other diversions.Podcast Episode 395: For Marcin Chmielarz, Baltic Porter Day Is Every Day
Friday January 10, 2025
The expert, brewer, and publican who helped to elevate Poland’s true national beer style—porter—dives into the style and its modern evolution from a local perspective, also telling the story behind the special day he conceived nearly a decade ago.Editors’ Picks: Easy-Brew Gadgetry, Revisited
Thursday January 09, 2025
Have those countertop, push-button homebrew machines gotten any better over the years? Let’s find out.Dialing in the Bitterness of West Coast IPA | Video Tip
Wednesday January 08, 2025
Evan Price, cofounder and head brewer of Green Cheek in Orange, California, details how pH, water chemistry, hop varieties, and grain choices are all among the knobs you can turn to shape your ideal perception of bitterness in West Coast–style, hop-forward beers.Recipe: Thai-Style Homemade Sato
Tuesday January 07, 2025
Based on input from Nattachai “Ob” Ungsriwong of the Devanom Brewing Company in Nonthaburi, Thailand, here’s a recipe for making your own sato—inspired by traditional methods, but with a few optional twists.Sato: Thailand’s Enigmatic Sticky-Rice Beer
Monday January 06, 2025
Amid craft beer’s rise in Thailand, brewers there are taking a fresh look at what their uncles and grandmas concocted—a folk drink fermented from sticky rice, wild yeast, molds, and a seemingly random mix of botanicals. (They’re also figuring out how to make it better.)What Happens at the Silver Stamp Stays at the Silver Stamp
Saturday January 04, 2025
From our Love Handles files on the world’s great beer bars: The Silver Stamp in Las Vegas pours an incredible selection of beers in a comfy, divey atmosphere.Podcast Episode 394: Marcin Ostajewski of Browar Grodzisk Is Spreading the Gospel of Grodziskie
Friday January 03, 2025
The low-ABV, 100-percent-oak-smoked-wheat-malt beer came back from the dead in the past decade, and the original Grodzisk brewery was similarly revived to focus on the style. In this episode, head brewer Marcin Ostajewski shares history as well as contemporary techniques for making the beer dubbed “Polish champagne.”Pick Six: Marcus Baskerville’s Sixer of Foundations & Friendships
Thursday January 02, 2025
The accomplished brewer and president of the National Black Brewers Association shares his curated six-pack—and it’s the lineup of a geek who’d queue for special releases, get together with buddies to share hard-to-get bottles, and seek out beers of exquisite quality and flavor.The Evolution of West Coast IPA | Video Tip
Wednesday January 01, 2025
How did we get here? Green Cheek cofounder and head brewer Evan Price traces the recent history of IPA in the West Coast style, as it’s moved away from caramel and fully embraced pilsner malt.Best in Beer Editors’ Picks: Our 2025 Bucket List
Tuesday December 31, 2024
When it comes to memorable beer experiences, we get to do more than most—and we love that part of the job—but we can’t do it all. And yet … what if we could? Here are our picks for where we’d love to be in the year to come, given druthers, time, and wherewithal. See you there?Five on Five: Brewers of the Best in Beer Pick Their Own Faves of 2024
Monday December 30, 2024
We asked five of the brewers behind our Best 20 Beers in 2023 to share their own favorites from 2024.Recipe: Atlas Bullpen Pilsner
Saturday December 28, 2024
From Atlas Brew Works in Washington, D.C., here’s a recipe for their popular pilsner, a bronze medal–winner at the 2022 Great American Beer Festival. Easy-drinking yet flavorful, this pils gets subtle extra character from its Cal Common yeast strain.Podcast EP 270 – Year End Show with Doug and Andy
Friday December 27, 2024
We are back with our annual tradition, where we get Andy, our president and special co-host Doug Veliky in the room to discuss the year in beer with a glimpse into 2025. Items for discussion include: The beers and breweries that we kept coming back to in 2024. The biggest surprise in 2024? The biggest […]
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Podcast EP 270 – Year End Show with Doug and Andy
Friday December 27, 2024
We are back with our annual tradition, where we get Andy, our president and special co-host Doug Veliky in the room to discuss the year in beer with a glimpse into 2025. Items for discussion include: The beers and breweries that we kept coming back to in 2024. The biggest surprise in 2024? The biggest […]
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Podcast EP 270 – Year End Show with Doug and Andy
Friday December 27, 2024
We are back with our annual tradition, where we get Andy, our president and special co-host Doug Veliky in the room to discuss the year in beer with a glimpse into 2025. Items for discussion include: The beers and breweries that we kept coming back to in 2024. The biggest surprise in 2024? The biggest […]
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Podcast Episode 393: Your Favorite Craft Beer & Brewing Podcast Episodes of 2024
Friday December 27, 2024
These are the conversations that piqued your interest, with highlights from the most-downloaded podcast episodes of the past year.Dry Hopping and Finishing West Coast Pils and IPA | Video Tip
Thursday December 26, 2024
From a word on water to dry hopping, fining, and carbonating, cofounder and head brewer Evan Price shares an overview of Green Cheek’s process for West Coast–style beers.Cooking with Christmas Ale: Profiteroles with Maple Mascarpone Mousse
Wednesday December 25, 2024
Need a treat for that holiday gathering? Here, a spiced holiday ale contributes subtle warmth to these profiteroles, nicely complementing the mousse's rich maple flavors.Recipe: Elder Piper Rustic Amber Lager
Tuesday December 24, 2024
An important piece of this old-fashioned lager’s puzzle is the Swiss-style lager yeast, which Elder Piper cofounder and brewer Trace Redmond says provides floral notes that accentuate the hops.