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Try this recipe for a honed-in IPA that dominates its local market and took home a gold medal from the Great American Beer Festival.

Here are three proven methods for ridding bottles of their former lives’ branding.

Here, he extolls the virtues of dryness, bitterness, low alcohol, and mixed-culture fermentation.

In this recipe for Cornish meat pies, a Belgian-style dubbel adds suggestions of dark fruits.

We turned to an accomplished brewer and a sanitation microbiologist to learn the best approach to avoiding contamination in a mixed culture environment.

First there were spirits aged in barrels. Then came beers aged in those used spirits barrels. Now, distillers are taking those used beer barrels back to age spirits in them, and the results are delicious.

Barleywine or old ale adds a certain je ne sais quoi to this hearty, comforting soup.

When you enter a homebrew competition, your entry receives valuable feedback that can have a major impact on the quality of your future batches. Here’s are some tips to understanding that feedback.

Add these American farmhouse breweries to the itinerary on your next beercation.

If you’re ready to take your IPA to the next level, and maybe even win an award along the way, use these tips to improve your odds of making the final round.

Hefeweizen yeast creates the compelling aromas of bananas, citrus, and cloves. This is a super-easy recipe, which is how Hefeweizen ought to be.

Need beer in a hurry? No need to worry, you can turn out a great brew in ten days or fewer if you follow a few basic principles.

Despite huge milestones and growth, Funky Buddha Brewery’s Ryan Sentz is still a homebrewer at heart who continues to focus on “culinary-driven” beers.

Crispy beer-battered cod and spicy beer-spiked chipotle sauce are tucked into a soft corn tortilla with shredded cabbage. Yum!

With quality ingredients, these kits can turn out excellent beer with just a few minutes more of your time.

The resurgence of the saisin style is in full swing, driven by new-school brewers building on the past but pushing in creative new directions.

Brewed with Earl Grey Creme tea, The Bitter Earl is malty and complex with a pronounced Earl Grey flavor and earthy hops presence.

Chile beer can add to this dish a fruity brightness, a slow heat, or an eye-watering blast, depending on your choice of beers.

Homebrew competitions offer the chance to get honest unbiased feedback on your beer. Here are 3 things to remember when you consider entering your beer in a competition.

“Stouts are blank canvasses on which we can paint whatever picture we want.” —Paul Nashak, a managing partner of the Mountain Sun Pub group