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Critic's List: Alex Kidd’s Best in 2021By Alex KiddThe driving force behind DontDrinkBeer.com and the Malt Couture podcast shares his favorite beers of the year and unique views on current trends.
Critic's List: Stan Hieronymus’s Best in 2021The man who wrote the books on hops, terroir, wheat, monks, and more shares some surprising highlights from the past year.
Recipe: Kehrwieder SHIPA CallistaCourtesy of Oliver Wesseloh, brewer and founder of Kehrwieder Kreativbrauerei in Hamburg, Germany, this single-hopped IPA goes all-in on Callista.
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Sierra Nevada’s Hop Trek to Start the CelebrationThe season can’t begin without Celebration—but first, there’s a journey to pick the right hops and rush them back to the brew kettles.
Video Course: Enzymes and Other Tricks for Boosting Hop Aroma, the Alvarado Street WayBy J.C. HillAlvarado Street’s J.C. Hill leads this master class in using knockout hops, yeast, enzymes, and other techniques to squeeze the most aroma and flavor out of your hops.
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Editor’s Picks: More Beer BooksFeed your brains! From vegetarian cooking (and pairing) with beer to brewing with cannabis to local beer-history deep-dives, here are some books we enjoyed this year.
Podcast Episode 215: Browar Pinta’s Paweł Maslowski and Bart Ociesa Apply Modern Creativity to Classic StylesBy Jamie BognerPoland’s Browar Pinta established a reputation for risk-taking in craft styles, focusing on hop-forward IPAs and extending that creative approach to everything from dry-hopped Baltic porter to barrel-aged big beers.
Ohio’s Brewfontaine is Small-Town Bar with Big-Town Beer SelectionBy David NilsenFrom our Love Handles department for beer bars we love: In Bellefontaine, Ohio, this small-town hub for local beer lovers also attracts city folk who want to get out of town for a great pint.
Recipe: Wolf & Workman Strong AleBy Josh WeikertThis strong ale leans into British ingredients and London ale yeast for a robust but elegant brew that also serves ably as a winter warmer.
Infographic: Medal CountWhich states have won the most medals in the Great American Beer Festival relative to the total breweries in the state?
Editor's Picks: Anton Paar’s EasyDensWe found this digital hydrometer to be a snap to use, encouraging more diligent monitoring of our fermentations.
Recipe: To Cascadia! American Black AleThis old-school Cascadian dark ale embraces piney Chinook hops in Sasquatchian proportions. Don’t worry about the IBUs—this should end up relatively balanced, with enough malt and hop flavors and aroma to provide depth for the bitterness.