Drew Beechum

Based on discussions with Julian Shrago, co-owner and brewmaster of Beachwood Brewing in Long Beach, California, here’s a homebrew-scale recipe for something Amalgamator-like—snappy, brisk, and brimming with Mosaic hops.

• IPA
• Beer Recipe
• West Coast IPA

More juice, but with more bite—East Coast and West Coast are synthesizing, again, right before our eyes. How did we get here? And what’s next? Drew Beechum walks us through IPA’s battles and evolutions.

• IPA
• Beer Styles
• Hazy IPA

You, too, can brew a quaffable, enjoyable, malt-forward lager beer—in relatively short order.

• Helles
• Beer Recipe
• Lager

It may be brewing science, but it ain’t rocket science. You can brew a great lager faster than you think—but not too fast. Drew Beechum demystifies how it works.

• Lager
• Lager Yeast
• Fermentation

Try culturing up dregs from a favorite mixed-fermentation beer to brew this farmhouse ale, a balanced frame for funky depth.

• Beer Recipe
• Saison

Farmhouse brewing is a huge barn, with room for all sorts of creatures. How many of them, though, help you make really drinkable beer? Here, Drew Beechum lays out a path toward restraint.

• Saison
• Mixed Fermentation
• Brettanomyces

Drew Beechum demystifies the chemistry, boiling water down to all you really need to know to make better beer.

• Elements of Beer
• Water
• Water Chemistry

Don’t think of this as a clone of Dupont’s Avec Les Bons Voeux—think of this as a beer inspired by it. It’s the right blend of earthy, hoppy, fruity, spicy, and dry, and it makes for sweet dreams.

• Beer Recipe
• Belgian Ale
• Saison

This is a beer that will make you want to hit the high seas, now with 100 percent less empire-building.

• Stout
• Foreign Export Stout
• Beer Recipe

Whether African, Caribbean, or Belgian, foreign export stouts occupy the oft-overlooked middle ground between the smooth lows of dry Irish stout and the highs of alcoholic exuberance.

• Stout
• Foreign Export Stout
• Ireland

We bring you the sordid tale of a love triangle: One brewer, two beers, and a lot of feelings. C’est la vie.

• Brasserie Dupont
• Saison
• Barleywine

This quick and tasty hazy IPA uses malted oats for a luscious body to support a ton of hop oils.

• Hazy IPA
• Extract Brewing
• Malt Extract