Beer Recipe


Recipe: Annie’s Stout on the Half-Shell

Inspired by Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout, the base here is English-style yet robust, with a taste of the Pacific Northwest. Use fresh oyster shells, when in season, with an eye toward adjusting the type and quantity of shells in future batches.

Recipe: Firestone Walker Hopnosis

With thanks to Bradley Miles, head of R&D and innovation brewing at Firestone Walker, here is a homebrew-scale recipe for their modern take on West Coast IPA. Lager yeast and light malts create a “blank canvas” on which the hops can shine.

Recipe: Shades Kveik 1

With thanks to the team at Shades Brewing, here’s a homebrew-scale recipe for their award-winning sour ale that gets a mix of farmhouse yeast and lactic bacteria, and also serves as the base for multiple medal-winning beers.

Recipe: Coldwater Coffee Stout

Josh Weikert pulled some levers and turned some dials on his own American stout, and this is the result. This version uses cold-steeped, cracked coffee beans to complement the complex roasted malt and pine notes.

Recipe: Randy Mosher’s New OG IPA

A restrained touch of caramel, firm bitterness, citrus-forward hops, and a pitch of thiol-promoting yeast all come together for a new spin on the classic American IPA.

Recipe: Hammer & Stitch The Porter

From Hammer & Stich Brewing in Portland, Oregon, comes this classically shaped American porter balancing darker malts with Pacific Northwest hops.

Recipe: Annie’s Red Planet IPA

Old-school malt layers, New World hop flavors, and that beautiful red-amber color... Love live the red IPA.

Recipe: Third Eye Higher Purpose Milk Stout

Kelly Montgomery, head brewer and co-owner at Third Eye in Cincinnati, shares this homebrew-scale recipe for their GABF gold medal–winning milk stout.

Recipe: Barebottle Space Detective Hazy IPA

Thanks to John “Magic” Montes De Oca of Barebottle Brewing in San Francisco for this homebrew-scale recipe. “Strata and Simcoe are a very synergistic pairing,” he says. “A hint of specialty-malt sweetness balances the hot-side additions to make this both juicy and refreshing.”

Recipe: Green Cheek It Just Works

From Green Cheek in Orange County, California, here’s a homebrew-scale recipe for the cold IPA that our judges scored a perfect 100/100, landing it a spot on our list of the Best 20 Beers in 2021.