Partial Mash

In this excerpt from our Illustrated Guide to Homebrewing, we discuss brewing with extracts and steeping with specialty grains—and why there is much to be said for embracing them at home.

A rich and malty, brown elixir that spawned Kettlehouse Brewing's best seller Cold Smoke® Scotch Ale

Try Taylor Caron’s recipe for an American-style stout that includes a tiny bit of preboil sour wort similar to Old School Irish stouts.

Try this clean and crisp pilsner with a spicy hops aroma and flavor, now updated with a gluten-reduced option.

Here's a light bodied, moderately spiced Belgian wit.

This hoppy British session ale has a smooth malt character.

More than a decade ago, Mark Pasquinelli embarked on a quest to brew the perfect pumpkin ale. Here, he shares his finely honed recipe.

SMaSH (Single Malt and Single Hops) beers provide a great opportunity to understand the characteristics of your ingredients.

Brew this spicy sessionable saison (say that fast 3 times!).

CB&B co-founder Steve Keonig walks you through a full all-grain brew day, from mashing and lautering to batch sparging to hop additions to pitching yeast and racking to secondary fermentation, as well as bottling your beer!

Brew this saison that is modeled on Saison Dupont, the definitive example of this beer style.

Here’s a conventionally made saison with the OG kicked up to 1.080 and a good dose of Chinese white pepper and bitter orange peel.

This bière de garde version is possibly the definitive representation of the style.

Here’s a version of bière de garde that is a bit higher in alcohol and somewhat sweeter, with a pleasant honey aroma and flavor.

Have some fun with your saison by forgetting hops selection, timing, and IBUs and use a single addition of leftover hops.

This American IPA placed third in the 2013 NHC first round in Atlanta and advanced to the NHC Finals. Don’t blink or you’ll miss a hops addition.

We’ve battle-tested this IPA on numerous occasions and love the way the dark wheat plays off of the high hops volume.

A darker, stronger version of Bavarian wheat beer. A crisp wheat flavor is balanced by a slight chocolate maltiness. A mild clove/banana flavor accents the spicy character of Tradition hops.

Pick your brewing method—all-grain, partial-mash, or extract—for this spiced treat.

This bright and hoppy pale ale is a great complement to a wide range of dishes.