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Picking the Right Yeast for Your Abbey AlesPaul Odell offers some reassurance as you decide on the right yeast for your Abbey-style homebrew.
We Recommend: Great Beer Bars in Massachusetts, Los Angeles, and AlabamaThe “Love Handles” department in Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine® is devoted to great beer bars. Here are the three beer bars that we explored in Issue 17 (February/March 2017).
Ask the Experts: Why Did This Beer Come Out Bitter?By Brad SmithHomebrew expert Brad Smith, author of the Beersmith homebrewing software and the voice behind the Beersmith podcast, looks at what can cause unintentional bitterness in beer.
Florida Brewers Collaborate on Hurricane Irma Relief BeerBy John HollTampa-area breweries will brew an IPA using hop varietals that begin with I-R-M-A with proceeds going to a local food bank.
Überbrew Humulus InsaniMark Hastings of Überbrew in Billings, Montana shared this homebrew-scaled recipe for their GABF gold medal-winning DIPA.
Beer StorageBy Brad SmithWe’ve heard it many times: Store your beer in a dark, cool place. Brad Smith explains what damage light and heat can do to finished beer.
Breakout Brewer: Fonta Flora BreweryBy Emily HuttoOn the eastern edge of the North Carolina’s Blue Ridge mountains, Fonta Flora Brewery is pursuing a vision of honest and creative beer made with locally sourced ingredients that reflect both the terroir, and the pioneering spirit, of their locale.
Make Your Best Flanders Red AleBy Josh WeikertA classic Flanders Red Ale is a riot of flavors, from rich fruity notes of black currant and plum and berries, to bright acidity and dark funk, and even a raw-grain-and-biscuit malt background. Read on and get brewing!
Beery Bananas Foster With CrepesHere is a delicious recipe for Bananas Foster and crepes made with rum barrel aged beer.
Überbrew CC7 IPA RecipeMark Hastings of Überbrew in Billings, Montana shares this homebrewed-scaled recipe for one of their "very best" IPAs.
Breakout Brewer: Blackberry Farm BreweryBy Emily HuttoIn a mountain hamlet on the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains, Blackberry Farm Brewery is putting the “farm” back in “farmhouse” with their focus on seasonality, local ingredients, hospitality, culinary cross-polination, and native culture.
Brewing Outside the LinesIf you have a set of recipes you always use or if you usually stay within the bounds of the BJCP styles, challenge yourself once in a while to ignore the style guide and go where your muse leads.