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This recipe is inspired by Lithuania’s unique farmhouse ales—including those of Aldona Udriené’s Jovaru Alus, of Julius Simonaitis, and others. This is a great starting point for experimenting with raw ale, hop tea, or baking the mash for keptinis.

• Beer Recipe
• Farmhouse Ale
• Kaimiškas

Whether “raw” and unboiled, bittered with hop tea, or made from a mash baked into crusty loaves, Lithuanian farmhouse ales represent a distinct tradition of comforting beers that can’t be found anywhere else.

• Style School
• Lithuania
• Farmhouse

C’est quoi? First there was “Italian-style” pils, and now there’s a French one? Chris Lohring, founder and head brewer at lager-centric Notch in Salem, Massachusetts, describes the background and elements of their Bière d’Alsace.

• Pilsner

This is not the haze you’re looking for... Oxygen from the mash and other parts of the brewing process can negatively affect color, clarity, and flavor. Russian River cofounder Vinnie Cilurzo and head lab technician Taylor Lane explain the science.

• Video
• Oxidation
• Oxygen

Courtesy of the brewing team at Burke-Gilman in Seattle, here is a homebrew-scale recipe for the double hazy IPA that won GABF gold in 2020.

• Beer Recipe
• Hazy IPA
• Double IPA

Incremental improvements are paying off big for Seattle’s Burke-Gilman. Fresh off Alpha King and Great American Beer Festival gold medals for their double IPAs, the team aims to push their whole range to the next level.

• Breakout Brewer

In this pick from our Love Handles department for beer bars we love, here’s a classic Belgian pub experience—on the American West Coast.

• Love Handles
• Oakland
• Belgian Ale

Light, gently tart, and smoked—lichtenhainer is an unusual beer, yet surprisingly good for all seasons and one you’ll want to brew and enjoy often.

• Beer Recipe
• Lichtenhainer
• Smoked Beer

From the rolling hills of Kansas, Central Standard has embarked on an ambitious program to explore everything from mixed-culture grisette to Norwegian-inspired farmhouse ales, including a range of styles brewed with kveik.

• Podcast

The differences between dissolved oxygen (DO), shaken DO, and total packaged oxygen (TPO) can cause confusion in the brewhouse. Russian River cofounder Vinnie Cilurzo and head lab technician Taylor Lane explain what they mean and when they matter.

• Video
• Oxygen
• DO

Here are five of our favorite examples of this unassuming and elegant style, each managing ample character in addition to supreme balance and drinkability.

• Kölsch
• Editors' Picks
• Kölsch-Style Ale

Pushing IPA to its furthest physical limits requires close attention to fermentation and a lot of—well, a lot of everything. Thanks go to Paul Sangster and Rip Current Brewing for this unusual recipe.

• Beer Recipe
• Imperial IPA