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From Belgium to Harlem and around the world, with deep dives into barleywine and barrel aging, here are some recent titles worth adding to the brewery bookshelf.

From layering malts to selecting and infusing adjuncts, Third Eye co-owner and head brewer Kelly Montgomery lays out their medal-winning approach to planning and brewing rich, flavorful stouts.

From hop selection to dry hops, finishing gravity, and mouthfeel, Other Half cofounder and brewmaster Sam Richardson isolates the key elements of their popular, year-round imperial hazy IPA.

The Isuzu NRR is a low-cab-forward class 5 truck, designed to haul over 6,000 lbs of payload, depending on the wheelbase.

Big yet simple in its construction, this is a showcase of what clean ethanol flavors can add to a beer. Apple-like alcohols meld with the hop aroma and bready grist to yield a simple yet dangerous lager that’s anything but boring.

Contrary to popular misconception, great dessert stouts require balance and intention. In this episode, James Herrholz explains how Corporate Ladder uses roast, bitterness, and a wide range of malt to build depth and dimension into indulgently sweet beers.

When most people hear “bock,” they think malt—and there’s no question that maibock is a malt-forward style. However, you can lean into hops and other flavor elements to add interest, and—done well—the result is much more than a “strong helles.”

This Belgian-style amber ale should serve as a fine vehicle for any “concrete” sugar such as panela, piloncillo, rapadura, tapa de dulce, or jaggery.

Once derided as cheap adjuncts, sugars have become useful, flavorful tools for today’s creative brewers.

The nonalcoholic beer market is undergoing a remarkable transformation, evolving from a niche segment to a thriving industry fueled by consumer demand for healthier, lower-alcohol alternatives. Here we take a look at the role ProBrew’s Alchemator is playing in this transformation.

For the past decade, Denver’s River North Brewery has pushed the limits of fermentation with ultra-high-gravity beers, and in this episode they share insights into building balance and refinement in very, very big beers.

From founder-brewer Jonathan Thibault at La Ferme in Shefford, Quebec—a rural brewery about 60 miles east of Montreal and 35 miles north of Vermont—here’s the recipe for a tart wheat beer that features nearly two kilos of a beloved local produce: haskap berries, aka camerise.

This juicy berry from the North has many names and much potential, rising from relative obscurity to become a tasty superfruit worthy of a leading role.

This conversation with some of the best minds in brewing will provide you with a comprehensive overview of everything you need to know to get started crafting great tasting NA beer at any scale with maltose negative yeast.

The former Blackberry Farm Brewery in Maryville, Tennessee, is now known as Peaceful Side, but they continue to brew Classic Saison the way it was envisioned: with Wallonian inspiration and a slight Southern accent.

The team at Peaceful Side in Maryville, Tennessee, shares the process behind the Blackberry Farm Classic Saison—including how they work with a notorious finicky yeast strain.

Based on an early 19th century recipe, this might well have been the kind of thing locals would’ve drunk fresh from the keller. It includes an older technique called hopfenrösten, which means the brewers boiled the hops separately in a small amount of wort.

After decades leading yeast and quality programs at some of the biggest breweries in the Western Hemisphere, Casey retired to work on his passion project: telling the story of American lager brewing from the 1830s to the present.

This bigger cousin of the dry stout gets a bump of strength and a deeper coffee-chocolate flavor profile, making it a great option for a seasonal treat.

For a hearty dish to warm these chilly days, grab your favorite roast-forward stout or porter and head for the kitchen to try the recipe for these short ribs.