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L.A.’s Wildest Homebrewer

Professional forager Pascal Baudar pushes the limits of foraged “beer.”

Let's Make a Deal: Brewing Industry Acquisitions Change Craft-Beer Landscape

Short’s Brewing Company, 21st Amendment Brewery, and Funkwerks all involved with big deals to larger breweries.

Gear Test 2017: Stainless-Steel Fermentors

In our 2017 Gear Guide issue (April/May), our editors tested and reviewed four stainless-steel fermentors. Here are the results.

Multiplying the Taproom Effect

As taprooms continue to play a central role in the success of breweries large and small, some brewers are orienting their entire business model around a network of interconnected outlets.

Pliers Porter Recipe

Here’s a recipe for a brown ale that’s obviously a brown ale, but also obviously not just another English Brown or Mild. It will have much more interest on the palate, especially if you take the more adventurous Rauchmalt route!

Get to Know Your Malt

A malt analysis sheet gives you a glimpse under the hood to better understand what’s going on and how to optimize your process.

Breakout Brewer: Wander Brewing

At Wander Brewing, the biggest focus is blazing a trail through beer and beer styles that interest and inspire them, from Belgian styles to rauchbiers to fruited kettle sours to barrel-aged saisons to coolship beers and, yes, even IPAs.

Make Your Best India Pale Lager

For Josh Weikert, IPL is really about making sure the “L” part (lager) is getting its due, so here, he dives in with the goal of making something that’s clearly a lager but also features hops in a way that doesn’t overwhelm the palate or the grist.

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Fermentation Management: A Season for Every Beer

Fermentation temperature matters. Josh Weikert offers some tips on choosing the right time of year to brew certain styles of beer to make temperature control easier.
 

Fermentation Management: Yeast Strains and Their Quirks

Josh Weikert explains the importance of understanding (and adjusting for) the quirks in different yeast strains so that, at the end of the day, you get the beer you want.
 

Fermentation Management: Stable Temperatures

Josh Weikert offers tips on creating an environment with stable temperatures for your fermenting beer.

 

Fermentation Management: Avoid the Skunk

Josh Weikert covers the whys and hows of keeping your fermenting beer in the dark.

Beer reviews >

Review: Odyssey Beerwerks Heliocentric Hefeweizen (93)

“Adhering to *Reinheitsgebot,* we brew Heliocentric with malted grain, pure Arvada water, European hops, and healthy German Weizen yeast. Embrace the light and enjoy Heliocentric all year long.”

Review: Grimm Brothers Brewhouse The Count (Batch 2) (98)

“The Count is a Russian imperial stout aged in Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrels for one year.”

Review: The Veil Brewing Co. Master Shredder (96)

“Wheat IPA.”

Review: Wiley Roots Brewing Company Blood Orange Gose (93)

“This contemporary Göse features blood oranges, sea salt, and coriander for a tart and refreshing beer.”

Review: Genesee Brewing Company Pilsner (90)

“A crisp, exceptionally clean beer prominently featuring Noble German hops and the finest Pilsner malt. This medium-bodied lager releases subtle, bready malt flavors and aromas that are balanced by intense, yet pleasant, hops bitterness.”

Review: Brasserie Dupont Biere de Miel (93)

"This amber beer has strong pronounced honey aromas and flavors. It isn't sweet at all, but full of honey aromas and taste. A real refermentation in the bottle, which continues for a long time in your cellar, make this a really complex beer."

Review: Ninkasi Brewing Company Noir Milk Stout (97)

“Combines roasted malts with smooth coffee from Stumptown Coffee Roasters. A subtle sweetness from milk sugar makes this beer reminiscent of the most satisfying cup of Joe.”

Review: Against the Grain Brewery Rico Sauvin (95)

“An IPA featuring organic Nelson Sauvin hops, which have a strong fruity flavor and aroma that resembles white wine or fresh crushed grapes or gooseberries. Some reviewers notice passion fruit, tangerines, and grapefruit.”

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August-September 2017 Issue (IPA Today)

The Annual IPA Issue with recipes, tips, tricks, and more.

Brewing New England-Style IPAs

Learn everything from water chemistry to yeast selection for the hottest style in the country.

June-July 2017 Issue (Fruit in Beer)

Feature focus on Fruit in Beer, including IPAs, stouts, sours, and more

Ss Brewtech Glycol Chiller

Now pro-level temperature control is available to brewers of any size with Ss Brewtech’s Ss Glycol Chiller.

Brewery Workshop (Fort Collins, August 6-9, 2017)

The Brewery Workshop helps brewery entrepreneurs build and grow great businesses.

Spike Brewing Kettles

Clean welds, smart design, and affordable customization done at their Milwaukee facility make them a great option for stepping up your kettle game.

Beer recipes >

Pliers Porter Recipe

Here’s a recipe for a brown ale that’s obviously a brown ale, but also obviously not just another English Brown or Mild. It will have much more interest on the palate, especially if you take the more adventurous Rauchmalt route!

Copper Kettle Mexican Chocolate Stout Recipe

This award-winning rich black ale with dark roasted malt flavors is blended with bittersweet chocolate, a blend of three Mexican chile peppers, and cinnamon.

Black Forest Pale Belgian Pale Ale Recipe

Belgian pale ale is a great entry-level Belgian beer for those who are a little overwhelmed by the more common Dubbels and Tripels out there, and it’s the style I recommend when people tell me they “don’t like Belgians.”

Scratch Brewing’s Green Tomato Saison Recipe

Emphasize the tartness of green tomatoes by brewing this lighter saison-style beer with a relatively dry finish.

Brewing Industry Guide >

Multiplying the Taproom Effect

As taprooms continue to play a central role in the success of breweries large and small, some brewers are orienting their entire business model around a network of interconnected outlets.

Breakout Brewer: Wander Brewing

At Wander Brewing, the biggest focus is blazing a trail through beer and beer styles that interest and inspire them, from Belgian styles to rauchbiers to fruited kettle sours to barrel-aged saisons to coolship beers and, yes, even IPAs.

Making the Leap to Commercial

Dreaming of turning your homebrewing hobby into a career? Professional brewmasters go through a lot to earn that position, and opening your own place is even harder. Here are some things to consider as you dream of making the leap.

Breakout Brewer: Cloudburst Brewing

Brewing on used equipment and playing around with new techniques, hops, or other ingredients, Cloudburst Brewing is turning out a spectrum of beers that are remembered for their bold names and the causes they support.

Grow Gracefully

There are areas all breweries should focus on in order to grow a healthy business. Here’s a look at how Seattle-based Fremont Brewing and Wyoming-based Melvin Brewing have managed growth, investment, capacity, and new markets.

Breakout Brewer: Aslan Brewing Co.

From core beers to core values and down to every last detail, Aslan Brewing Co. is very much an expression of its four owners’ commitment to organic ingredients and their community.

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IPA Recipes We Love

We love every IPA recipe on our website, but these stand out as our favorites.

Perfect 6 Packs from the Pros

Here are the dream six packs that your favorite pros would drink.

Gear Tests

Trust the experts at CB&B to test out an array of products so you get the right one for your needs.

Homebrew DIY

Enjoy this collection of articles that will show you how to build the tools to brew better beer.

Mmmm, Coffee and Beer

A collection of articles that combine the two greatest beverages.

Craft Beer Collecting & Trading

16 articles to up your beer-nerd game and build a cellar like whoa.

Cooking with beer >

Brown Butter Couscous with Beer-Braised Fennel and Celery Root Recipe

The anise-like flavors of the fennel combine with the wheat beer, herbs, and celery root make this dish a delectable, flavorful expedition.

Alamosa Striped Bass Tostadas with Lager Tomatillo Salsa Recipe

Paired with tomatillos and Vienna lager, a flaky mild-tasting fish upgrades the traditional tostada.

Sour Beer Goat Cheese Chile Rellenos

There’s no time like summer to turn up the heat with savory and spicy Southwestern fare like these chile rellenos, made with lambic, gueuze, or other sour beer.

Spaghetti Florentine with Prosciutto Recipe

Wheat beer adds just a hint of tang to this traditional dish, tying together all the flavors.

Travel >

Beercation: Burlington, Vermont

Beer and travel writer Heather Vandenengel spent a few days in Chittenden County, Vermont, to learn what the new craft-beer scene is brewing . . .

Beercation: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Whether you’re drinking beer to make the long, cold winter bearable, or enjoying a pint on a patio on a warm summer day, these are the spots that have helped this Michigan city earn the name “Beer City USA.”

We Recommend: Great Beer Bars in South Carolina, Massachusetts, and Belgium

Here are the three beer bars that we explored in Issue 19 (June/July 2017) of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine®.

Beercation: Atlanta, Georgia

Despite laws on the books that make it tough to get into and stay in the craft-beer business, a new generation of dedicated brewers is destroying old stereotypes and redefining Atlanta from beer backwater to craft trendsetter.
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