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The smooth, sweet vanilla porter in the gastrique balances beautifully with the savory warmth of the steak and the crispy charred kale.

Calibrating your hydrometer is an easy step that will ensure higher-quality beer and more reproducible results with your recipes.

Software programs can be incredibly helpful in calculating measurements needed when scaling up from homebrew recipes to a brewery-sized recipe. Joe Fisher, brewmaster at Man Skirt Brewing, shares his advice.

If eating spicy food isn't enough, try these beers.

Ready to make the move from extract to all-grain? This course is the perfect introduction to building out your DIY all-grain homebrew system.

Thanks to a few drain-poured barrels of bad ale, Pilsners were born and became the most popular beer style in the world, showcasing the flavor potential of hops long before the first IPAs came on the scene, but giving brewers no place to hide faults.

Joe Stange offers 5 tips for (correctly) making Belgian-style beer.

Todd Haug opens up about job security and future opportunities, which factored into his decision to decamp Surly for 3 Floyds.

We asked some of our most trusted beer critics for their favorite beers, breweries, trends, and more for 2016.

When a bottle of homebrew explodes, you’ll need to determine the cause of the explosion and decide whether the batch can be saved. Longtime homebrewer Jester Goldman has a step-by-step guide, as well as safe disposal tips.

Roasted carrots added to the fermentor impart sweet and caramelly character to this saison while the ginger adds a hint of spice.

Odell Brewing Founder Doug Odell’s discriminating palate for full-flavored beers goes all the way back to 1978, when he got his start in the brewing industry. His six-pack (with one bonus beer) is an expedition of flavors from all over the world.

November 26 is National Cake Day, and we have some amazing beer-enhanced cake recipes!

We help you identify some beer styles that match, enhance, or confound that fridge full of fun that you faced this morning.

Two very important parts of your brew day will help ensure consistent results from batch to batch: using accurate temperature measurement equipment and establishing a cleaning routine. Joe Fisher, brewmaster at Man Skirt Brewing, shares his advice.

Celebrate National Cake Day (November 26) this year with seven cake-inspired beers.

Extract kits can be a bit maligned in the homebrew community, but before you disregard them completely, take a look at why we think they can be pretty great.

In 2005, there were 1,395 craft breweries located in the US. Fast forward to 2015 and that number exploded to 4,269.

Not only is basil extremely aromatic, but it also lends both a spicy edge and a sweet finish to beer—hops-like without the extra bitterness

Seriously consider brewing an IPA for one of your first batches of homebrew.