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Recipe: Vitamin Sea & Civil Society Tropical EnvyThis juicy double IPA collaboration between Vitamin Sea and Civil Society became one of our Best 20 Beers in 2021.
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Video Course: Brewing Modern Pale Ales with CellarmakerBy Tim SciasciaTim Sciascia, cofounder and head brewer at Cellarmaker Brewing in San Francisco, details their approach to brewing highly hop-driven yet supremely drinkable American pale ales.
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Editors’ Picks: Attention Yeast Ranchers!By Joe StangeThe labs have been busy developing new critters for us to corral. Here are few recent releases worth trying at home.
Recipe: Green Bench Postcard PilsThanks to head brewer Khris Johnson for this homebrew-scale recipe. “Postcard Pils is an American-style pilsner,” Johnson says, “defined by a refreshing and complex blend of clean lager fermentation, sweet grainy flavor, and a solid American hop profile.”
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Brewer’s Perspective: Brewing a Great “American-Style” Pilsner with Green BenchGreen Bench’s Postcard Pils takes a unique approach, atypical of any singular pilsner tradition. We asked cofounder and head brewer Khris Johnson to explain the thought and schematics behind one of our Best 20 Beers in 2021.
Podcast Episode 225: 3 Fonteinen’s Next Generation Is Going from Grain to GueuzeBy Jamie BognerWerner Van Obberghen and Lukas Van den Abeele discuss extending the tradition and digging deeper into lambic history with the next phase of the historic blendery and brewery.
Five on Five: British Pub AlesThe arts of brewing, cellaring, and serving cask ales can elevate subtle, elegant recipes into brilliant showcases of great character and drinkability. Here, five pros share their top picks.
The Dry-Hopping Precision of Sierra Nevada’s Powder Day IPASierra Nevada’s Powder Day IPA is a citrus-forward, double dry-hopped demonstration of what lupulin powder can do when applied with art and acumen.
Recipe: Burley Oak J.R.E.A.M.By Burley OakThis recipe is based on Burley Oak’s series of dessert-like beers that combine lactic acidification, milk sugar, and copious fruit—or, if you prefer, a certain orange vegetable.
Special Brewing Ingredient: CarrotsBy Joe StangeMildly sweet, vibrantly colored, inexpensive, and good for you—until you make delicious carrot cake out of them. Or carrot-cake beer. Why aren’t we brewing with carrots, again? Let’s get to the root of it.
Podcast Episode 224: Julia Herz of the American Homebrewers Association Connects the Dots Between Beer and FlavorBy Jamie BognerThe author of several quintessential works on food and beer pairing ponders the question “why we brew” and offers a primer in developing your flavor lexicon.
San Diego’s Live Wire Has a Legendary Jukebox and Great Local IPA on TapBy Beth DemmonFrom our Love Handles files on beer bars we love: This unfussy dive helped San Diego develop a palate for craft, and it remains one of the city’s must-visits.