Dave Carpenter

Dave Carpenter


Full Video: Introduction to Lagering

In Craft Beer & Brewing's Introduction to Lagering video, you'll learn to create crisp, cold-conditioned lagers at home. WIth solid technical advice and temperature control tips, you'll have all the tools you need to brew lagers right the first time.

6 Tools to Unstick Your Fermentation

When your fermentation gets stuck, it pays to have the right tools on hand.

Off-Flavor of the Week: Astringency

This week’s off flavor is easy to recognize once you know what you’re looking for.

How to Inject Pure Oxygen into Wort

Using pure oxygen is actually quite simple. Here are the four things you really need.

What, Exactly, IS Yeast Nutrient?

Although every product is different, here are some of the most common constituents of a good nutrient blend.

Join the Culture Club: Brew With Yeast From Commercial Beer!

Brew the beer you love to drink the most using the same yeast.

Color Outside the Lines

If we think of modern beer style guides as canonical coloring books for grownups, then saison is the devil on our shoulders inviting us to venture outside the lines and use all the crayons in the box. Here’s a guide to this playful style.

Hacker’s Delight Pale Ale Recipe

If you’re ready to put your beer-making kit to the test and see what it can really do, try our kit-scale recipe.

3 Ways to Dry Hop

Ready to deliver dry-hopped goodness to your homebrew?

Saison Squared

Call it super, call it double, or call it imperial. After you’ve tried one or two strong saisons, you’ll just call it your new favorite beer.