If a beer is 5 percent ABV or less, can you really call it an IPA? You might, if you’re subject to Utah’s peculiar alcohol regulations—ultimately, though, it's the award-winning flavor and aroma that absolve the pale little “lies” told by the Park City prodigies at Offset Bier.
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From lower-strength versions to higher-gravity ones that need a bigger yeast pitch and more time, Third Eye co-owner and head brewer Kelly Montgomery details their approach to fermenting award-winning milk stouts.
From Dádiva brewery in São Paulo with BRLO in Berlin, this German-Brazilian take on the Catharina sour combines fresh mango and cherry-like acerola for bright, tropical fruit flavors.
Brazil’s take on tart fruit beer—the Catharina sour—has its own name and moves, but brewers anywhere can follow the steps.
Brian Hutchinson of Cannonball Creek, Jake Gardner of Westbound & Down, and Phil Joyce of Amalgam discuss the similarities as well as points of difference in their award-winning approaches to brewing West Coast–style IPA.
Inspired by the tasting notes of the beer writer Michael Jackson, Breakside in Portland, Oregon, recently brewed this West Coast–style IPA to honor Jackson and raise funds for the Michael Jackson Foundation for Brewing & Distilling.
Checking in at just 3.2 percent ABV, Bourgeois Daydreams is the delicate, aromatic table beer at Chicago’s saison-focused Is/Was Brewing. Cofounder and brewer Mike Schallau describes it as “a balance of rustic grains, fresh-hop character, yeast esters, and a sprinkle of Brett funk.”
Whether you’re scaling up, down, or trying the same recipe on a different brewhouse, you may need to make some adjustments. Third Eye co-owner and head brewer Kelly Montgomery explains some specific changes they make for their stouts at their two breweries.
Simple yet dazzling, farmhouse-inspired beers on the lower end of the ABV spectrum present brewers—and drinkers—with an enthralling riddle.