Making Beer


DIY: Hops Dryer

Ovens and dehydrators can be too aggressive when it comes to drying hops. You can easily build your own drying rack instead, and we’ll show you how!

6 Tools to Unstick Your Fermentation

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

Make Your Best Belgian Tripel

Yeast takes the forefront in this style of beer, but finessing just the right amounts of other additions will make sure that no one flavor steals the show.

Naturally A Bit Wild

American brewers interested in making beers that fit under the rather broad umbrella of saison don’t necessarily need to look toward Wallonia. The answer may be in their own backyards.

Homebrew Your Halloween Treats

Why limit yourself to making candy or other treats this Halloween? Have even more fun with the season by brewing up some of these Halloween candy–inspired brews.

Off-Flavor of the Week: Astringency

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

Make Your Best Munich Dunkel

Munich dunkel is an often-overlooked, but incredibly delicious beer that’s rich and dry, and tastes like molten toffee. Here, we have suggestions to make the best Munich dunkel possible.

All in for All-Grain?

Making the switch to all-grain might sound intimidating, but the result is more dialed-in beer that has much more refined results. For those who are on the fence, we have some guidelines to help you take the plunge!

Slow & Steady Wins the Race

…and ferments the beer. Here are some ways to give your yeast cells a steady and productive fermentation environment to ensure that your beer turns out great.

How to Inject Pure Oxygen into Wort

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