Josh Weikert

Josh Weikert


Make Your Best Kellerbier

Kellerbier is a beer that merges the best of British cask ale with German malts and hops in a unique lager style. You can learn to make one here!

Make Your Best Mild

The English mild is a great test of your skills as a brewer and requires a great deal of balance to make it work.

Make Your Best Belgian Pale Ale

Learn how to brew a pleasantly complex Belgian Pale Ale, perhaps the least-Belgian of the Belgian styles.

Make your Best Maibock

Start now to brew this near-perfect fall beer (despite its name) whose bread, spice, pine, and floral flavor profile lends itself beautifully to pairing with fall foods!

Make Your Best Irish Red

You don’t have to be Irish to make a great Irish Ale. Follow these guidelines, and you’re well on your way to brewing this easy-drinking red ale.

Hunting for Diacetyl

Learn to identify diacetyl in your batches by honing your palate and performing a few simple tests.

The Question Mark Saison Recipe

Have some fun with your saison by forgetting hops selection, timing, and IBUs and use a single addition of leftover hops.

Make Your Best Old Ale

Don’t let the name fool you—old ale might sound like a time-consuming beer to brew, but the opposite is true!

The Craftsman Saison Recipe

Use Northern Brewer hops for a saison with a hops character that is like strolling through the Black Forest.

How To Get Decoction Results Without Actually Doing a Decoction Mash

Performing the labor- and time-intensive process of creating a decoction mash might produce excellent results, but you can save time by fine-tuning the malts in your recipe.