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Video Tip: Treating Your Water for Big StoutsBy Cory KingCory King, founder and brewer at Side Project, discusses water treatment and managing your mash pH when brewing imperial stouts.
Special Ingredient: MintBy John HollGiven that some hop varieties share aroma and flavor characteristics with mint, combining the two in a mint IPA just makes sense.
Recipe: Snowfall Oatmeal StoutBy Josh WeikertThe style allows for creativity, which means that you can choose to dress up whichever part of the profile you prefer, making the beer sweeter, more bitter, less roasty, or more “oaty,” as you like it.
Podcast Episode 114: Phil Joyce of Amalgam and Westbound & Down on What Does (and Doesn’t) Matter in Mixed-Culture and Sour BeerBy Jamie BognerCreating sour and funky beers with depth involves many factors. But according to Phil Joyce, those factors aren't what you may think. Malt? Don't sweat it. Hops? Maybe. Water profile? Definitely. Yeast? Obviously.
Brewer's Perspective: A Stout For Any SeasonMatthew O’Hara, brewmaster at Beau’s Brewing in Ontario, Canada, talks about how the stout—once associated with colder drinking months and St. Patrick’s Day—is now a year-round affair. (It's still nice in winter though.)
Video Tip: Thinking of Barrels as an IngredientBy Cory KingCory King, owner and brewer at Side Project, talks about formulating a barrel-aged imperial stout recipe with the barrel in mind, and being patient enough to allow the beer and barrel character to meld.
A Taste of JapanExperience the culture and tradition of Japanese craft beer.
Recipe: Main & Mill Morning Session StoutWith this recipe, the brewers at Main & Mill are going for imperial character and mouthfeel in a sessionable frame, with this lighter version of their Imperial Breakfast Stout.
Breakout Brewer: Main & MillBy John HollWith an expansion in the works to help meet customer demand, the owners behind Main & Mill Brewing in Festus, Missouri, will keep their existing brewhouse and expand their experiments.
Podcast Episode 113: John Rowley of Rowley Farmhouse Ales on Nuance and Character in Sour BeerBy Jamie BognerThe cofounder of GABF’s 2019 Small Brewpub of the Year shares the processes and philosophies behind their award-winning sour beer.
Full Video: Mastering Barrel-Aged Stouts with Side ProjectBy Cory KingJoin Cory King, founder and brewer at Side Project Brewing, as he digs into the details of brewing thicker, stronger, more deeply characterful barrel-aged imperial stouts.
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Best in Beer 2019 Readers' Choice: Package Power & Favorite GlasswareOur annual Best in Beer reader survey asked how you like to buy your beer, and what's your favored vessel for drinking it. Here's what you told us.