This big, complex crowd-pleaser winds up like a cross between a banana protein shake and Belgian dubbel. Ferment warm and buckle up.
Brewed with a massive and complex grain bill, this beer is for those moments of excess in your life.
Here is a homebrew-scale recipe for Kilt Lifter, a versatile, ruby-amber, richly malted ale with notes of caramel, toffee, and just a whisper of peat smoke—and the top-seller at Pike Brewing in Seattle, Washington.
From Bow & Arrow Brewing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this German-American pilsner hybrid has a Southwestern twist.
This is a beer that will make you want to hit the high seas, now with 100 percent less empire-building.
Jeff Hardesty of Narrow Gauge shares this homebrew-scale recipe for their sour, fruited IPA meant to evoke blackberry cobbler.
Here’s a homebrew-scale recipe for Pennsylvania-based Root Down’s golden West Coast–style IPA.
This American-style extra pale ale is brewed with a nice layer of wheat and hopped exclusively with Citra. It’s super-smooth with a light body and dank notes of tangelo, nectarine, and kiwi.
Like those Shamrock Shakes? So do the brewers at Hop Butcher for the World in Chicago. Here is their recipe for a milkshake double IPA inspired by those green, minty concoctions.
The style allows for creativity, which means that you can choose to dress up whichever part of the profile you prefer, making the beer sweeter, more bitter, less roasty, or more “oaty,” as you like it.