Pro Recipe

This American-style extra pale ale is brewed with a nice layer of wheat and hopped exclusively with Citra. It’s super-smooth with a light body and dank notes of tangelo, nectarine, and kiwi.

This Double IPA with 'expressive yeast' is one of Alvarado Street Brewery’s most popular beers.

As close to a flagship that Industrial Arts Brewing Co. gets, this American pale ale created by Jeff O’Neil is vibrant with Apollo, Simcoe, Cascade and Chinook hops. Folks wait in line for this at his brewery, and now you can make it at home.

Industrial Arts Brewing Founder Jeff O’Neil shared the recipe for Wrench IPA as a part of the 'Brewing Industrial Arts Wrench IPA' video.

Derek Gallanosa (formerly) of Abnormal Beer Co. in San Diego brews this imperial stout base before giving it treatments such as vanilla, coffee, coconut, and more.

This homebrew-scaled recipe for one of Creature Comforts Brewing Co.’s year-round beers produces a complex and flavorful amber ale.

Wander Brewing’s Uncommon California Common is a nod to a truly American style. It’s also a nod to the beer that converted brewery Founders Chad and Colleen Kuehl into craft-beer lovers.

This adventurous beer is based on an American pale ale and inspired by the Moscow Moose cocktail. The ginger and rye are present, but subtle. The wild card is the use of lime, which shines through on the finish.

Small amounts of Munich and melanoidin malts, along with generous heaps of fresh peaches, prop up the citrusy habaneros and earthy jalapeños.

This award-winning rich black ale with dark roasted malt flavors is blended with bittersweet chocolate, a blend of three Mexican chile peppers, and cinnamon.

Emphasize the tartness of green tomatoes by brewing this lighter saison-style beer with a relatively dry finish.

Neshaminy Creek Brewing’s Co-owner and Head Brewer Jeremy Myers shared this recipe for a “non-esoteric” stout.

This recipe from Boston-based Trillium Brewing’s Cofounder and Brewmaster, Jean-Claude Tetreault, uses New England malt and honey. To give your version its own terroir, source your malt and honey locally.

Wormtown Brewery (Worcester, Massachusetts) Brewmaster Ben Roesch shared this extract recipe for his double IPA.

This IPA, provided by Sean Lawson, owner of Lawson’s Finest Liquids, is packed with juicy tropical fruit flavors and bright herbal aromas thanks to the abundance of U.S. grown hops.

This recipe from Matt Gallagher, brewmaster at Half Acre Beer Co., is great for highlighting two different hops, but it could easily be used to evaluate a single varietal as well.

This recipe from Eric Bean, owner and brewmaster at Ohio’s Columbus Brewing Company, has simple malt bill that is designed to allow the hops to shine.

This house IPA at Block 15 Brewing (Corvallis, Oregon) is packed with notes of citrus, dank pine, and papaya with just enough malt character to prop them up and bitterness to balance.

If you liked The Rare Barrel’s Golden Ale and Red Ale recipes, check out this one for their Dark Ale.

Burial Beer’s goal for Thresher was to prove that a coffee beer can be light and nuanced.