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Spice up an IPA with star anise and orange zest.

Here are 3 common problems that can affect big beer and suggestions for how to overcome them and make high-gravity brewing your own.

Here’s updated help in understanding your favorite beer geeks.

Goetta, a meat-and-grain sausage or mush popular in the greater Cincinnati area, consists primarily of ground meat, steel-cut oats, and spices. A roasty porter adds depth and interest to this traditional dish.

We asked Phil Leinhart, brewmaster at Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York, for some advice on Belgian yeast strains.

Progressive alcohol legislation reform in combination with the national surge in craft-beer popularity has allowed Cincinnati’s impressive brewing DNA to be thrust into the spotlight.

A buttery cheese with full-bodied texture and snappy, citrus-like fruity notes pairs beautifully with the Pilsner in this Southwest take on the classic artichoke dip.

Want to try your hand at a beer spiced with something other than cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and ginger? Here’s how to experiment before you brew a whole batch.

Despite their dark color and robust flavors, Irish-style stouts are a great style for Springtime.

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.