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A blonde lager is what is served at the true Oktoberfest.

Whether you’re in the mood for a light and humorous romp through beer culture, a meditative look at the flavors in beer and food, or a step-by-step visual guide to brewing, these books have you covered.

The Roggenbier is the spicier cousin of the Weizen and is the perfect winter lager. If you brew it around Thanksgiving or so, it will be ready to drink just after the new year.

Irish stout is easy to brew and perfect for any weather.

Few things are as mesmerizing to a beer enthusiast as the cascading effect from a perfect nitro pour.

Craft beer provides an extra flavor boost to this traditional bean dish.

The decoction process offers the promise of deeper malt character and clearer beer, but it takes extra time and involves extra processes that many brewers find too daunting. We have some alternatives that will get you the same results, but in less time.

Here, we’ve put together a list of some of the most noteworthy Oktoberfest beers brewed in Germany.

Avoid introducing off-flavors into your extract-based beer by following these steps for steeping grains.

This stout is darker and more bitter than style guidelines, but it is smooth and delicious.

Cold crashing is a tried-and-true way to clear up beer that involves no seaweed or fish guts whatsoever, just gravity and a cold nap. Here’s how to do it.

Arizona Wilderness Brewing explores the world through local flavors and far-flung friendships.

The trick to a tropical stout is making a beer that is sweet (but not cloying), fruity (but without the kinds of by-products that ramped-up esters tend to create), alcoholic (but not hot), and roasty (but not dry). Here’s how.

Ben Edmunds, head brewer for Breakside Brewery in Portland, Oregon, shared this recipe for their classic German Pilsner with an emphasis on late-kettle hops.

Cellarmaker Brewing Company is one of the most cellar-focused craft breweries in San Francisco, if not the country, and accordingly named. They’ve built a reputation as a Bay Area institution in less than three years.

A hop spider allows you to add hops to your boil without the nasty sludge from pellets or the leaves from the cones that can clog your equipment. It’s easy to build, and we will show you how!

October 14 is important in homebrew history as the date homebrewing was officially legalized in the United States. Still, some states have laws on the books that restrict what brewers can do.

Know the impact of the honey you select for your mead.

Instead of ruining your teeth on real candy, reach for one of these beers, which our reviewers thought were as great as the real thing.

Hops-forward lagers may be the last genuinely unexplored area of beer composition and style: let’s enjoy it and help define it.