Brewing Techniques and Advice


DIY: Carboy Carrier

If you want to build a carboy carrier yourself, there are several different approaches that you can follow. Here, we show you how to convert a large malt bucket, and—as a bonus—how to build a carboy dolly.

The Pitfalls of Expediency

Has your brew day been reduced to a few hours, leaving you to opt for efficiency over precision in your brewing? Based on his experience, Eric Reinsvold offers you some “expert” tips on avoiding some of the pitfalls of this approach.

3 Ways to Dry Hop

Ready to deliver dry-hopped goodness to your homebrew?

Should It Stay, or Should It Go?

Learning when and how to rescue a bad batch—and when to sacrifice it to the beer gods—will save beer and frustration, and will also make you a better brewer.

Homebrewing an Adjunct Stout

Brewing a great stout with coffee, chocolate, and other adjunct ingredients requires recipe tweaks beyond just the ingredients you add.

Make Your Best Belgian Pale Ale

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

DIY: Counterflow Wort Chiller

Counterflow wort chillers cool your boiled wort quickly and with less water than immersion chillers—learn to make your own here!

A Dash of Pepper

In the same way a chef can add a touch of cracked peppercorn to open up a dish with added spice and complexity, a brewer can use the same ingredient to achieve the same result.

Getting the Most from Specialty Grains

Here are 5 ways to get the most from specialty grains in your extract-based homebrews.

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!