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Low-Alpha Hops Are Primed to Light up Your IPAHops, like people, are incredibly diverse. Countless breweries have successfully combined high-alpha hops to craft excellent beers, yet an untapped group of low-alpha hops has yet to be explored. To satisfy a broad consumer palate and to broaden the reach of craft, is it time for a new IPA paradigm?
Using Fruit Puree in a Beer? Do Your Homework. | Video TipA puree is not a puree is not a puree. In this clip from his video course, Urban Artifact cofounder and COO Bret Kollman Baker explains why it’s important to know exactly what you’re buying when you’re sourcing puree for a fruit beer.
The Hot Steep MethodExplore this simple tool for making educated brewing decisions in a market full of change.
Ask the Pros: Brewing a Smoked Lager that’s Fire, with Silver ReefBrewed on the edge of the Mojave in St. George, Utah, Silver Reef’s Más Fuego Rauchbier won gold at the World Beer Cup last year. Here’s what goes into the elegant smoked beer that’s gained a following among brewers and other beer-savvy visitors to Las Vegas.
Recipe: Desi Pale AleWriter David Jesudason and brewer Nidhi Sharma share this homebrew-scale recipe based on an Indian-spiced pale ale they brewed together at London’s Meantime. It features “luminescent” turmeric as well as coriander, bay leaves, and black pepper.
Podcast Episode 407: Biotransformation Myths and Realities in Hoppy and Nonalcoholic Beers, with Dr. Peter BirchamBy Jamie BognerThe molecular biologist and head of R&D for New Zealand’s Garage Project has spent his career studying yeast and coaxing them to work in more effective ways. Today, he’s working on everything from refined thiol expression to better mouthfeel and malt expression in nonalcoholic beers.
Future-Proof Your Taproom: 10 Must-Have Tech Tools for Breweries in 2025Great beer is just the beginning. In 2025, the best breweries are using tech in their taprooms to pour faster, sell smarter, and keep guests coming back. From quick-close tabs to ounce-level reporting and QR code magic, here are 10 must-have tools modern taprooms swear by.
The Art of the Fruit Tart with Urban Artifact | Brewing CourseBret Kollman Baker, cofounder and chief operations officer of Urban Artifact in Cincinnati, slices into the core of what goes into brewing the kind of fruited sour beer that keeps people coming back for more.
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What’s So Standard about Rahr 2-Row?Join us for a Rahr Malt roundtable and learn all about the backbone of American beer.
Special Ingredient: TurmericThis plant from the ginger family can add subtle spice to your beer—or turn it so gold that it could have been brewed at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
Recipe: Firstep Polymorph IPAMichal Minarik, cofounder of Firstep Beer in Slovakia, shares this recipe for their bottom-fermented IPA with a “central European twist”—a beer that recently won Best of Show at the King of Craft competition in Budapest.
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Podcast Episode 406: Dr. Tom Shellhammer and Dr. Ron Beatson Discuss the Impacts of Genetics, Terroir, and Pick Timing on New Zealand HopsBy Jamie BognerIs it the hop variety that matters most? Or when it’s picked? The soil it’s grown in? How it’s fertilized and irrigated throughout a season? Or something else? These two preeminent researchers—one from the States, one from New Zealand—debate the relative impacts of various factors on hop flavor and aroma.