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Podcast Episode 492: Building Better Gateways into Brewing, Produced in Partnership with Pinter

Most professional craft brewers get their start as homebrewers, often with simple extract-based kits. Pinter’s mission to make that process easier—and the beer better—is helping a...

Homebrewing 101

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Recipe: Thornbridge The Union IPA

You may not be able to ferment in a proper Burton Union—though we wouldn’t put it past some of you to build your own—but you can brew your own version of this beer that Thornbridge...

Make Your Best American Light Lager

Whether you’re the type who appreciates a real technical challenge—or just the type who appreciates something easygoing and ice-cold on a hot day—light lager has plenty to offer th...

Make Your Best Pre-Prohibition Lager

Meant to represent the kind of pale lagers that were brewed by the likes of John Wagner, who brewed the first lager in the United States, this is kind of like German or Czech Pils...

Brewer’s Perspective: The Story Behind Cape Town’s “Neverending” Boil

A collaborative experiment between South African brewers led to a super-hefty barleywine of 17.5 percent ABV, via an unusual boiling process measured in days rather than hours.

Robert Young III on Brewing Success at Augusta’s Tapped 33

MY JOURNEY TO launching Tapped33 began with curiosity, not capital. While traveling throughout Europe during my Navy deployment, I fell in love with the beer culture in Prague and...

The Case for Harvesting Yeast

Harvesting yeast can cut costs quickly—but how many times can you reuse it before quality suffers? Here’s what experienced brewers actually watch for.

Recipe: Newfoundland Hopped Perry

Newfoundland Cider shares this recipe for one of their small-batch perries, which undergoes a natural fermentation, ages on oak, and gets a final touch of Cascade and Centennial ho...

2026 General Homebrewer Survey Results

Authors: Marshall Schott & Andrew Bromley In what I can only surmise is a sign of the times, this survey […] The post 2026 General Homebrewer Survey Results appeared first on B...

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Fonio Calls, and Craft Brewers Answer

Breweries big and small are discovering the huge, modern potential of this tiny, ancient grain.

Brü It Yourself | Tett For Tat Pils

Author: Marshall Schott I’ve sort of become known for my adoration of the Fine Pilsner known as Miller Lite, a […] The post Brü It Yourself | Tett For Tat Pils appeared first on Br...

Podcast Episode 487: Ben Allgood and Brady Jones of Geisthaus are Finding their Brewing Identity by Focusing on Lager

The cofounders of this small central California brewery have intentionally limited their scope to lager—but that doesn’t mean they sacrifice breadth or experimentation, as they tin...

Brewing with Wild Rice, an American Grain

This truly indigenous, widely available American grain offers nutty, earthy flavors that would seem to be compatible with malt-forward beer. Yet relatively few breweries have tried...

From Bean Belt to Break Room: How Bluecollar-brewing co Sources the Finest Coffee From Global Origins for Everyday Drink...

How ZwanzigZ Wins with Its Old-School Imperial Stout

From ZwanzigZ Pizza & Brewing in Columbus, Indiana, the Fulcrum imperial stout twice won gold medals at the World Beer Cup, in 2022 and 2025. Here, brewmaster Mike Rybinski sha...

Recipe: Opus Aeternum, the Neverending Boil

From South Africa’s Afro Caribbean and Soul Barrel breweries, this hefty barleywine of 17.5 percent ABV is based on a unique, experimental process involving a boil stretched out ov...

Ask the Pros: How New York Beer Project’s “Island-Style” Hazy Crush Keeps Crushing Medals

Winner of back-to-back gold medals for experimental IPA at the Great American Beer Festival, NYBP head brewer John Hyman lays out the makings of their super-tropical Hazy Crush.

Recipe: Vine Street Black Is Beautiful Fonio Ale

Missouri’s first Black-owned brewery, Kansas City’s Vine Street, released this light, hoppy, fonio-focused riff on the Black Is Beautiful open-source collab in 2025.

Recipe: Just Lite American Lager

Besides sanitation, success here depends on two things: slightly chloride-forward water to round out the malt, and great attenuation for a light, dry finish.

Here’s How England’s Thornbridge Is Preserving the Union

In England’s East Midlands, the brewing trailblazer Thornbridge has rescued and is continuing to use a vital piece of British brewing heritage—an original Burton Union system. More...

Sussex brewery has sights on second micropub site

A specialist East Sussex brewery, started by three school friends, has its sights on a second micropub venue while it works hard to overcome hurdles and complete formalities to ope...

Bluecollar-brewing co Champions Freshness and Convenience With Its Direct-to-Door Coffee and Tea Delivery Service