Amid wholesaler consolidation and a tightening market, could alternative distribution methods help small breweries achieve their goals?

Years before craft lager became trendy, Washington state’s Chuckanut was the little lager brewery that could. Here, the Kempers discuss the best ways to tightly control lager brewing on a small scale for highest quality.

Much like any other porter recipe, the trick to brewing a smoked porter is finding the right balance. Click here to learn how to brew a smoked porter.

The head brewer of St. Louis upstart Rockwell Beer shares his experience brewing everything from mixed-culture beers to Baltic porter in wood.

Looking for something different, yet traditional for your next Oktoberfest party? Look no further than to the German Festbier. Even though many think the darker, more malt forward Märzen style is what is served, the

Saisons originated in Wallonia in southern Belgium. In French, Saison means “season.” This style is deep gold in color while having earthy and fruity aromatics. Their rustic flavors dominate the palate and can be quite

As a rule, the Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan doesn’t open its books to share exact recipes. However, at our request, Brewmaster Tobias Zollo generously agreed to share a recipe based on the world classic Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier.

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For those who like it dark, strong, and contemplative, here’s a partial-mash extract recipe for a Trappist-inspired ale that can be cellared for many months, with a drinkability belies its strength and complexity.

Here are our tips for brewing a smoked beer at home, with an all-grain rauchbier recipe to try with it. Click here to learn how to brew a smoked beer.

For advice on brewing a great doppelbock, we turned to an experienced Bavarian brewer: Florian Kuplent, cofounder and brewmaster of Urban Chestnut in St. Louis and the Hallertau.

It’s clear that much about the origins of saison is confusing. That doesn’t mean there aren’t style marks to strive for. Randy Mosher breaks down this beer (often called farmhouse) point by point to give us a better understanding.

Brewing a vanilla porter is more of an art in which you must perfect three elements. Here's how you can brew the perfect vanilla porter.

“Here is a recipe for a typical helles of the sort we like to brew,' says John Lenzini, president and head of brewery operations for Schilling Beer. 'It gets enough character from the raw materials and process to create both complexity and sessionability.”

Far from being thin in flavor, Scottish 60 Shilling beers overperform relative to their gravity and grist, thanks to kettle caramelization and a judicious use of crystal malts.

Munich dunkel is an often-overlooked, but incredibly delicious beer that’s rich and dry, and tastes like molten toffee. Here, we have suggestions to make the best Munich dunkel possible.

More and more I’m beginning to think that there is real potential to create delicious beers by exploiting the synergies that can take place between fruity American hops, and fruity yeast strains. To achieve this end, it is important to select the appropriate hop varieties that lean more towards the fruity/tropical rather than pine/resin end of the flavor spectrum. To further investigate these possibilities, I decided to brew up a super hoppy saison that would be complemented by the pleasant fruitiness provided by the Dupont saison yeast and intense tropical esters provided by Brettanomyces Trois (which may or may not actually be a Brettanomyces strain). Additionally, my goal in pitching … Continue reading →

Here are some tips for brewing darker beers without adding a roast or off-flavor to it.

When it comes to making barrel-aged beers, a growing number of breweries are looking to wine producers and their tools to help with the process.

This imperial stout is designed by Weldwerks Brewing Co.'s Head Brewer, Neil Fisher, specifically for aging with roasted cacao nibs and vanilla beans to create a rich, decadent, and complex beer that features notes of bittersweet, dark, and milk chocolate.

This dark wheat beer is not only a great “back-to-school” beer, but it is surprisingly refreshing during the hotter summer months, too!