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Lager is anything but a minimalist pursuit for the head brewer of Philadelphia lager stalwarts Human Robot. Flavor and character are primary focuses, and the brewery achieves those with all the tools in the toolbox—interesting ingredients, customized approaches to decoction and other processes, and a variety of fermentation profiles that maximize different types of expressions.

• Podcast
• Lager

Dear reader: You’ve seen the headlines, contemplated the statistics, and you’ve probably felt some of the sting yourself, but rest assured—draft beer is not dead. It has, however, been neglected. Here’s how we give it new life.

• Sponsored

Sometimes known as “kettle caramelization,” the Maillard richness of a boil reduction can add deeper malt flavor to any beer you brew—even if it’s not Scottish.

• Malt
• Scotch Ale
• Scottish Ale

At Bauman’s Cider in Gervais, Oregon, owner and cidermaker Christine Walker prefers to bottle her ciders as single-varietals whenever the harvest makes it possible—and this one features the red-fleshed Mountain Rose apple, native to Oregon.

• Beer Recipe
• Cider

Christine Walter, owner and head cidermaker at Bauman’s Cider in Gervais, Oregon, makes both traditional and modern ciders using apples and other fruits sourced as locally as possible. Here, she shares her process for transforming red-fleshed, acid-forward Mountain Rose apples into complex yet balanced heritage ciders.

• Cidermaking
• Cider
• Single-Varietal

From our Love Handles files on the world’s great beer bars: The 16 Tun offers a range of New Zealand’s better craft beers in one harbor-side spot in Auckland.

• Love Handles
• New Zealand

These leading brewers and great friends from Brooklyn Brewery and Russian River share what they’ve learned from brewing new beers with the African grain fonio.

• Podcast

Using eco-friendly can carriers, your brewery can reduce its carbon footprint while using a format that’s both durable and convenient for your customers.

• Packaging
• Sponsored

North Park founder Kelsey McNair has become one of the country’s most influential brewers, thanks to his process-oriented approach to saturating beer with hop flavors. Here, he goes back in time to reach for six IPAs that still inform how he brews them today.

• Pick Six
• IPA

Adapted from a book of Ukrainian folk recipes, here’s one for a traditional homemade kvass made from rye bread, sugar, some raisins, and a slice of lemon.

• Beer Recipe
• Kvass
• Traditional Beer

Technically, kvass isn’t beer—but it’s delicious, fermented, easy to make, and a long-standing tradition in Eastern Europe.

• Kvass
• Style School
• Bread

Brewed with American hops and swagger but hailing from Cape Town, here’s a recipe for the lush hazy IPA that won Best Beer in Africa at the 2021 African Beer Cup.

• Beer Recipe
• Hazy IPA
• Double IPA