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You’re invited to join Allegany County’s Mountain Maryland Tap & Pour Tour, featuring farmhouse breweries, brewpubs, wineries, distilleries, and more—all in a beautifully scenic region far from the bustle.

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Tulsa’s American Solera began with a serious devotion to coolships and mixed fermentation. It has since leaned with abandon into hazy IPAs, big adjunct stouts, fruited foeder lagers, and ... pumpkin seltzer?

• Breakout Brewer
• American Solera
• Hard Seltzer

This fairly straightforward home cider recipe makes use of saison yeast to ensure a complete fermentation, with many other variations possible.

• Beer Recipe
• Cider

We missed traveling, we missed going to bars, and we missed going to the movies. We even missed traveling to bars to watch screenings of geeky beer-documentary movies that really don’t speak to anyone else except those of us who already love those things.

• Movie

When it comes to barleywine, the American way is to balance all that rich malt and alcoholic warmth with a bracing dose of hops. Here’s a partial-mash extract recipe for one you can drink fresh or lay down for months.

• Barleywine
• Beer Recipe

Cofounder Kenneth Trease, head brewer Phil Pesheck, and brewer Julia Astrid Davis of Seattle’s Burke-Gilman discuss their calculated approach to hoppy beers, and how they extend their welcome by brewing and embracing diverse styles.

• Podcast
• IPA
• Lager

Quality food-grade lubricants are essential in a brewery for equipment maintenance, food safety, optimal production speed—and for peace of mind.

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Yeast love to eat sugar, and a sugar wash has it—but unlike wort, it doesn’t have the nutrients that yeast need to grow. In this video tip, Chris Colby walks us through the necessary additions as well as the options on what yeast strain to use.

• Video
• Video Tip
• Hard Seltzer

Looking ahead to late-summer pawpaw picking: This strong ale recipe from Jackie O’s in Athens, Ohio, features a robust wheat base as a platform for the tiki-drink flavors of this unusual fruit.

• Beer Recipe
• Fruit Beer
• Wheat Beer

Last year was a roller coaster for most breweries, but especially for Seattle’s Good Society. COVID slammed their doors shut just weeks after opening. But they persevered—and won a gold medal at GABF, plus Small Brewpub of the Year honors. So, what’s next?

• Podcast

This tropical-flavored fruit from un-tropical places has a funny name and great potential for brewing some unusual fruited beers.

• Pawpaw
• Special Ingredient
• Fruit Beer

Cracking that barley kernel isn’t what it used to be. Today, brewers who want to dial in their grist and brew better, more efficient beer have a wide range of options. John M. Verive demystifies the increasingly complex options.

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• mills
• Malt