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A guest-centric, cloud-based point-of-sale system can increase tabs, tips, and the bottom line for breweries of all sizes.

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Chris Colby explains a few key details of brewing the sugar wash for hard seltzer, including the questions of whether to adjust the pH, add wort, or add hops like some of the pros do.

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• Video Tip

Courtesy of Kane Wille, head brewer at O’Connor Brewing in Norfolk, Virginia, this recipe for an imperial red IPA gets depth from layers of Proximity craft malts.

• Beer Recipe
• Imperial IPA
• Red IPA

We all know how profoundly the types of malt we use can change what we brew. Less obvious is how independent brewing is changing how barley itself is being grown—leading, eventually, to exciting new options for brewers.

• Farming
• Malt
• Barley

As growers look to meet demand from brewers, here‘s a look at how the most-grown hops in the Pacific Northwest have changed in recent years.

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• Hops
• Hop Varieties

Whatever you want to call it, the West Coast–style red ale is different from other beers that try to capture it on their margins. If you’re not brewing these, you’re missing out.

• Beer Recipe
• Red Ale

Ghostfish Brewing started with an audacious goal: to brew compelling beer with grains that don’t contain gluten. Here, they share some of the core tenets of brewing with non-gluten grains.

• Podcast
• Gluten-free
• Brewing

MadeWest Brewing in Ventura, California, calls it a “light ale” or a “blonde ale.” Whatever you call it, it won gold at GABF in 2018 and silver in 2019. Aromatic hopping, cooler fermentation, and full attenuation are the keys to its super-crisp profile.

• Beer Recipe
• Blonde Ale
• Golden Ale

Pucker up! A Skid-Mounted Brewhouse from Blichmann Engineering may be just what you need to dial in your kettle-soured beers.

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Are you ready for the challenge? Chris Colby leads this full video course on the ins and outs of brewing hard seltzer at home—from the technical difficulty of making a clean, sparkling base to adding flavors, and much more.

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• Full Video
• Hard Seltzer

MadeWest Brewing in Ventura, California, won GABF gold in 2018 and silver in 2019 for its flagship blonde ale, Standard. Mike Morrison, cofounder and head brewer, sketches out its origins and lays out the schematics of this extraordinary ordinary beer.

• Blonde Ales
• Brewer's Perspective

Few experiences in brewing are more rewarding—or make for better practice—than bringing some undersung, underloved, old-fashioned beer styles to life in your own brewhouse. Josh Weikert makes the case for learning, drinking, and brewing the canon.

• Homebrewing
• Classic Styles
• Recipe Development