6ifHWNwnVmkuYScyc2ckwo

In this Craft Beer & Brewing Tip of the Week brewer Kyle Carbaugh discusses what's great about using large format barrels during fermentation, as well as some of the drawbacks.

• Video

Homebrew expert Brad Smith, author of the Beersmith homebrewing software and the voice behind the Beersmith podcast, offers advice on finding the right pump for your homebrewing needs.

• Ask The Experts

This New England–style IPA from Maplewood Brewery and Distillery in Chicago, Illinois, is a local favorite.

• All Grain Recipe
• Homebrew Recipe
• Beer Recipe

Learning to adjust your mash temperature and thickness based on the beer you're brewing will bring out the right flavors in your malts, resulting in better-tasting beer. We show you how in this video tip of the week.

• Video

In every small brewery in the West African nation of Benin, beer is prepared daily and consumed shortly after. It’s called tchoukoutou, is made only by women, and, as correspondent Noland Ryan Deaver discovered, is steeped in tradition, flavor, and pride.

• Craft Beer Scene

Once nearly extinct, both American and German breweries have saved this beer style, which can now be found on any number of tap lists and shelves. That's a wonderful thing, because it can be a fantastic beer.

• Make Your Best
• Gose

Rudi Ghequire, the brewmaster of Rodenbach recently sat down with senior editor John Holl to share his thoughts on the sensation of balance. They also discuss tradition, time, and what's wrong with some of today's sour beers.

• Podcast
• Craft Beer Scene

As more breweries open and more craft customers have kids, it’s becoming more and more common to encounter little ones in tasting rooms. Good idea? Bad idea?

• Craft Beer Scene

When brewing without hops, you'll want to be sure to use the right ingredients. Josh Weikert has some tips for adjusting your recipe in this video tip of the week.

• Video

Three Four Beer Co. Co-owner and Head Brewer (and former Odell and Horse & Dragon brewer) Linsey Cornish offers five tips for brewing great stouts and porters.

• Stout
• Porter

What's the difference between porter and stout? long, quiet eras in brewing history have washed out the distinctions between the two styles, insofar as they ever were significantly different to begin with. Josh Weikert wades into to dark waters.

• Stout
• Porter
• Craft Beer Scene

Jester King Brewery Founder Jeffrey Stuffings is a vocal force in the brewing industry who has never been afraid to speak his mind.

• Podcast
• Craft Beer Scene