Brewing Techniques and Advic


Lauter and Clear

Lautering is the process of separating sweet wort from mashed grain.

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Best in Beer 2016: Homebrewers’ Picks

The results are in! We have the results of The Best in Beer 2016: Homebrewers' Picks, where you can check out hombrewing trends, favorite gear, and more!

Captain, We Have Strange Gravity Readings

Homebrewing can sometimes seem like an exercise in crisis management, but armed with the know-how to diagnose your recipe and equipment malfunctions, you can take control of your process.

Barrel Aging for Homebrewers

Here are 6 tips to help you get started barrel aging your own homebrew.

Make Your Best Vienna Lager

The best examples of Vienna Lager are like drinking a liquid version of dry toast. Here, Josh Weikert shows you how to brew one that delivers toasty malt flavors with a dry and clean background.

Calibrating Your Hydrometer

Calibrating your hydrometer is an easy step that will ensure higher-quality beer and more reproducible results with your recipes.

A Czech, a German, and an American Walk into a Bar: Pilsners in Context

Thanks to a few drain-poured barrels of bad ale, Pilsners were born and became the most popular beer style in the world, showcasing the flavor potential of hops long before the first IPAs came on the scene, but giving brewers no place to hide faults.

Belgian Beer: You’re Probably Doing It Wrong

Joe Stange offers 5 tips for (correctly) making Belgian-style beer.

Safety First: Don’t Get (Bottle) Bombed

When a bottle of homebrew explodes, you’ll need to determine the cause of the explosion and decide whether the batch can be saved. Longtime homebrewer Jester Goldman has a step-by-step guide, as well as safe disposal tips.

In Defense of Extract Kits

Extract kits can be a bit maligned in the homebrew community, but before you disregard them completely, take a look at why we think they can be pretty great.