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Go for the gold with these gold medal–winning recipes from the American Hombrewers Association.

It’s Czech, it’s amber, and it’s a lager—but where did it come from? Nobody seems to know the origin story of polotmavý, or even whether it has one. Yet it’s here today, and the traditional Czech brewing process defines it every bit as much as that rich garnet color.

Jan Chodkowski, co-owner and head brewer at Our Mutual Friend in Denver, shares this recipe for their Polish-inspired grodziskie. Brewed with only in-state ingredients, it includes wheat malt from Colorado Malting Company—half of it oak-smoked—and Colorado-grown Tettnanger hops.

De Dolle Brouwers has a reputation for colorful branding and characterful, high-gravity beers that hold up beautifully in the cellar. Yet their process is intentionally laborious and layered, from the coolship and Baudelot cooler to the open copper fermentors and more in an old, classic Flemish brewhouse.

Between the farm and the brewery, much of beer’s flavor is born in the malthouse. Here we journey inside a traditional floor maltings—and inside a kernel of grain—to witness the daily toil and tools that turn a raw cereal into the soul of beer.

Steve Parker, cofounder and head brewer of Fidens in Albany, New York, explains the thinking behind their hot-side hopping, from kettle to whirlpool—and why he’s recently grown to love Strata.

Meeting expectations with a great saison means making careful choices with grains, hops, yeast, and fermentation. Julian Shrago, co-owner and brewmaster at Beachwood Brewing in Los Angeles, explains how they’ve adjusted theirs based on their own goals and judges’ feedback.

Malt extract and hop extract join hands for this American pale ale recipe, which gets some aromatic bang from a potent cold-side addition.

Pro brewers these days are learning about how best to take advantage of cold-side aroma extracts and other advanced hop products. Why shouldn’t you?

From our Love Handles files on beer bars we love: Maui’s only gastropub features the island’s best local beer list plus hearty foods and cocktails.

With characterful, medal-winning lagers and a decidedly West Coast approach to “foggy” IPA, Humble Sea is navigating craft beer’s choppy waters out of Santa Cruz, California, with quality as their North Star and an appetite for exploring new routes.

There are so many versions, varieties, and approaches here that it would be arrogant to claim this will be your best American IPA—but it’s a very, very good one that’s held up well to the test of time.

Steve Parker, cofounder and head brewer of Fidens in Albany, New York, lays out their grains of choice for hazy IPAs—including why he prefers two-row to pilsner in the base, and why he loves chit malt.

This version of the award-winning yet ever-evolving oak-aged Brett beer from Alesong Brewing & Blending in Eugene, Oregon, includes Citra hops and several different grains—but it welcomes your own spin.

No beer from Alesong Brewing & Blending in Eugene, Oregon, has won more accolades than Touch of Brett, even though the saison is constantly evolving. Here’s how they put it together.

Courtney Servaes, founder and brewer at Servaes Brewing in Shawnee, Kansas, shares this recipe for a Czech-inspired pilsner base that gets a whole bag of tortilla chips in the secondary.

The West Flanders brewery, launched in 1946 to brew the beers for a nearby (and equally well-known) monastery, has adapted decade by decade as ingredients fluctuate and technology progresses. But their goal—to faithfully produce these abbey beers in a way that’s true to the original recipes—remains the same even as the tools change.

With more than a decade of experience specializing in working closely with craft brewers, the professional architectural designers at OPA Design Studio outline the most important ways effective taproom design can contribute to your brewery’s success.

Steve Parker, cofounder and head brewer of Fidens in Albany, New York, details their approach to building the kind of soft, juicy, impactful hazy IPAs that keep you going back for more.

North Park, Riip, Fireforge, Resident Culture, and Dust Bowl share their stories about making low-diacetyl IPAs and lagers with Berkeley Yeast’s Fresh Strains.