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Learning Lab: Standard Hops AdditionsHops for bitterness, flavor, and aroma... and, often, three corresponding additions to the boil. Using one-gallon test batches hopped differently, let's test our assumptions.
Podcast Episode 119: John Mallett of Bell's Brewery on Ingredient Quality, Understanding Malt, and Designing Brewery WorkflowsBy Jamie BognerJohn Mallett, VP of operations for Bell's, is one of the most respected technical brewers in the industry. Here, he discusses everything from sourcing and evaluating ingredients to maintaining haze in beer and engineering a brewhouse workflow.
Video Tip: Fix a Broken Pump, Save Money for BrewingBy Steve CriderSteve Crider, founder-brewer-handyman at 2nd Shift in St. Louis, explains the value of knowing how to fix your own broken pumps.
Recipe: Bow & Arrow Denim Tux Blue Corn LagerFrom Bow & Arrow Brewing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this German-American pilsner hybrid has a Southwestern twist.
Yo, These Stouts Are Bananas (A Brewer's Perspective)One recent trend in the long evolution of stout is the addition of unconventional fruit to finished beer. In El Segundo, California, Three Chiefs has released several tropical-fruited stouts to great acclaim. Here, Head Brewer Charles Rapadas gets bananas.
Recipe: Overseas StoutBy Drew BeechumThis is a beer that will make you want to hit the high seas, now with 100 percent less empire-building.
Hiding in the Middle: The Tradition of Foreign Export StoutBy Drew BeechumWhether African, Caribbean, or Belgian, foreign export stouts occupy the oft-overlooked middle ground between the smooth lows of dry Irish stout and the highs of alcoholic exuberance.
Podcast Episode 118: The Ale Apothecary's Paul Arney on Brewing Naturally and ArtfullyBy Jamie BognerArney discusses the choices and systems he created, to take what he learned from large-scale production brewing and apply it to this grounded, intentionally small approach to brewing.
Full Video: How to Fix Sh*t in Your Brewery, with 2nd ShiftBy Steve CriderSteve Crider, founder-brewer-handyman at 2nd Shift Brewing in St. Louis, shares his know-how on keeping a brewery running—and what to do when things break down.
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Recipe: Narrow Gauge Brummel Sour IPAJeff Hardesty of Narrow Gauge shares this homebrew-scale recipe for their sour, fruited IPA meant to evoke blackberry cobbler.
Flavor Fever: Sour-Sweet-Bitter Fruity-Funky-HaziesBy Randy MosherThey say there's nothing new under the sun, but in the past few years a cluster of styles has created a lot of excitement: sour IPAs and/or milkshake IPAs. These are unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.
Recipe: Root Down Kali MistHere’s a homebrew-scale recipe for Pennsylvania-based Root Down’s golden West Coast–style IPA.