How to Choose a Temperature Controller
Here are 3 things to consider when buying a temperature controller. Good temperature control is one of the main technologies that separates professional brewers and homebrewers. While the pros have…
How to Store Hops
Unless you're using all your fresh hops at once, it's time to store them for future beer. The 2014 hops harvest is firmly in the rearview mirror, and, like squirrels…
“Storm Surge” Baltic Porter
This Baltic Porter is complex but well worth the wait, per its creator Ryan Stansbury with the Brewmasters of Alpharetta homebrew club. With this recipe and a meticulous process, he…
The Aromas of Tropical Hops
Homebrew expert Brad Smith, author of the Beersmith homebrewing software and the voice behind the Beersmith podcast, answers a question on how to get tropic fruit flavors and aromas into…
Make Your Best Fruit Beer
As a Specialty style, Fruit Beer is necessarily broad (or, more accurately, user- and declared-style-defined). The overarching theme of the style is “balance,” though, with a beer that’s still recognizable…
Make Your Best Special/Best/Premium Bitter
Far from being just the “middle child” of the British Pale Ale family, the Best Bitter should be one of your favorites because it combines the lightness of the Ordinary…
Special Ingredient: Dandelion
Next time you’re planning a spring or early summer homebrewing session and you look out onto the lawn and see dandelions popping up, don’t hit them with the mower. Gather…
Hops: Blending and Pairing
Smart and effective hops pairing is a front-end, preproduction skill that every brewer should work to develop because pairing, blending, and mixing hops increases the odds of getting what you…
Are there Disadvantages to Going All-grain?
Homebrew expert Brad Smith, author of the Beersmith homebrewing software and the voice behind the Beersmith podcast answers a question from a homebrewer looking to go all-grain.