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A 450-year-old beer recipe and deep curiosity about 16th century drinking led to the revival of an unusually made yet highly drinkable ale—one made with hefty portions of malted oats and an almost-forgotten barley variety. Here’s how they did it.
Zach Turner, cofounder and general manager of Single Hill Brewing in Yakima, Washington, shares this recipe for a “a soft and lively fresh hop IPA designed to showcase our favorite early season hops,” he says. “Strata and Centennial are picked about a week before Simcoe, which is picked just in time for the dry hop.”
The style parameters here are actually pretty simple: high bitterness, intense hop aroma and flavor, and just enough malt character to provide some background.
Lagers are fine, but ask Tim Johnson of Minnesota’s Barrel Theory what he likes to drink most, and he’ll toast you with a hazy IPA. His love of the style drives an ongoing, methodical quest for constant improvement.
Brewers you know share their stories about maximizing flavor with Berkeley Yeast’s unique bioengineered strains.
Josh Pfriem, cofounder and brewmaster of pFriem Family Brewers, explains how they go for a vigorous boil and efficient whirlpool on the hot side to minimize the risk of DMS off-flavors in their pale lagers.
One of the most beautiful things about beer is the product of sound brewing, proper service, and an unlikely convergence of chemical phenomena. But how much do you really know about what makes great foam? Let’s feed your head.
Give this one some time. After about three months, you’ll find that the malt and hops are so perfectly integrated that you’ll want to just sit and smell this beer for a while.
When it comes to building big flavor into smaller, session-strength beers, smoke is fire. These five picks from the pros are sure to make sparks fly.
Looking for weekend grilling ideas? From our deep Cooking with Beer archive: You don’t need a smoker for this slam-dunk rib recipe—but you can include a smoked porter, if you want.
Despite opening in the throes of the pandemic in late 2020, Austin’s Meanwhile has bet big on a sprawling beer garden and well-appointed taproom, quenched by World Beer Cup and GABF medal–winning pilsner, helles, and San Diego–style IPA.
Josh Pfriem, cofounder and brewmaster of pFriem Family Brewers in Hood River, Oregon, explains what they love about their 34/70 lager strain and classic step mash.
As it always does, the recent Craft Brewers Conference offered glimpses of where brewing may be going, whatever your scale. From terpenes to Dynaboost to new yeast strains, here are a few finds from the trade-show floor have us excited about what’s next.
From Tom Beckmann, owner and brewer at Goldfinger Brewing in suburban Chicago, here’s a recipe for their smoothly smoky collab with Fair State Brewing Cooperative in Minneapolis.
The idea that “all beer used to be smoky” doesn’t quite hold up, even if smoky malt must have been common in many places. Smokeheads, meanwhile, can tell you another possibility: The beer was smoky because people liked it that way.
From Cervecería Hércules in Santiago de Querétaro, here’s a taste of summer from Mexico featuring a global blend of American, British, German, and New Zealand hops.
Fuller’s Brewery in west London no longer brews this dark mild—and hasn't done so regularly since the 1990s—but brewing manager Guy Stewart shares this recipe for a revived, all-malt version that briefly reappeared in 2010.
In his quest to understand the impact of every ingredient in their ever-widening family of hazy IPAs, no test is off-limits for Burlington Beer founder Joe Lemnah. From malts and adjuncts to the impact of yeast strains on surprisingly classic hop combos, the Burlington team haven’t stopped learning and tweaking in their pursuit of optimized flavor.
Yeast is often forgotten when we talk about crafting artisanal fermented beverages. Learn how these remarkable organisms can elevate your beer—or cider or spirits—game.
Josh Pfriem, cofounder and brewmaster of Oregon’s pFriem Family Brewers, details the thinking and process behind the brewery’s delicate, award-winning lagers inspired by traditions in Mexico, Japan, and beyond.