Our resident guru of home brew looks at this Aussie pale ale and dishes up both all grain and extract recipes.
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Beer Styles
This week I though I would share a case study in beer recipe design to explore how I approach beer recipe design and some of the critical decisions made along the way. I will be designing a robust porter, which is one of my favorite beer styles. Defining the Robust Porter Before I start on […] 
After hearing about Everywhere Beer Co’s grand opening on August 5th, the word “everywhere” got me thinking about terroir in beer. Historically, terroir is what carved out many of the world’s classic beer styles: Pilsner from Pilsen, the lightly hopped Munich Helles, and even the spectacular British Pale Ale, all born because of the local […]
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The new "German-forward” and “lager-forward" brewery is crafting itself a niche in Adelaide.
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This week I take a look at the Dunkles Bock beer style from Northern Germany and examine its history and how to brew one. Dunkles Bock is a dark, strong, malty German lager. Dunkles Bock History Bock beer traces its history to Einbeck, a small German town between Kassel and Hannover. Brewing records mentioning bock […] This week I take a look at how to incorporate separately steeped dark grains with BeerSmith, a technique often used to minimize burnt, harsh roast grain flavors in the finished beer. Steeping/Sparging vs Mashing Dark Grains As I covered in this original article on the topic, all grain brewers can be well served by separately […] 
With all that caramel, fudge, hops, booze and wonderful colour - what's not to love?
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As if the countless American IPA iterations were not enough to satiate a hophead’s palate, a new one—dubbed Cold IPA—lingers bitterly on the horizon.
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In part 2 of this series I will cover the traditional method for making sour beers. Last week in part 1, I covered Kettle Souring which is a relatively quick way to make many sour beer styles. Last week I covered the “Kettle Sour” method where you add the bacteria to your wort up front, […] 
The 2021 BJCP Beer Style guidelines were released on 29 December, 2021 by the Beer Judge Certification Program, and are now available for BeerSmith web and desktop. The 2021 guidelines are considered a modest revision of the 2015 style guide, and an effort was made to maintain the majority of the categories and style names […] 
BeerSmith Holiday Sale – 20% Off!Get the lowest price we’ve ever offered on a combined BeerSmith desktop and BeerSmith web Gold license starting at $11.95 for your first year! (Sale ends at midnight Eastern US time on Monday 6 December) Imagine Your Best Beer Ever!Take the guesswork out of your brewing. BeerSmith desktop and BeerSmith […] What makes a good-looking brewery and taproom? Contributor Will McGough shows us a handful of his favorite remarkable brewery taprooms.
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(Alameda Island, CA) — For the 2021 holidays, Northern California’s farm-to-barrel craft beer pioneers Almanac Beer Co. offer a fun and delicious way to give the craft beer enthusiast in your life a gift to remember. Almanac’s ua-festive Holiday Advent Beer Box features twelve 16 oz. cans of beer, spanning a wide range of innovative craft beer styles including hazy IPAs, […]
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Gordon Strong joins me this week to discuss his trip to Ecuador, the Chicha beer style and the upcoming BJCP beer style guide update. Subscribe on iTunes to Audio version or Video version or Spotify or Google Play Download the MP3 File– Right Click and Save As to download this mp3 file. Your browser does […] This week I look at how to create layers of flavor in your darker beers by mixing grains from different groups and judicious use of harsh zone malts. Depth in Beer Flavor I want to first introduce the concept of depth in beer flavor. Depth refers to a beer that has layers of flavor and […] Professor Dan Svantesson wins awards at Queensland Amateur Brewing Champs.
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(Normal, IL) – DESTIHL Brewery was awarded gold and bronze medals for two of its hazy IPA’s at the 2021 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition, presented by the Brewers Association®. The best beers in 97 beer categories covering 175 different beer styles (including all subcategories) were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals at a […]
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Today I focus on some of the principles of good beer recipe design, and how they can help improve your beer. As many of you know I’ve been doing presentations and classes on the topic of beer recipe design for some time now, and thought it best to summarize some of the key elements below: […] Jamil Zainasheff, founder of Heretic Brewing joins me this week for a beer brewing question and answer session. I apologize for the audio quality – we had some echo coming through from Jamil’s audio feed. Subscribe on iTunes to Audio version or Video version or Spotify or Google Play Download the MP3 File– Right Click […] Box features 12 classic dark beers from six independent Australian breweries.
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This week I take a look at how you can use a blend of hop varieties rather than a single variety to maximize your hop flavor and aroma. Why Blend Your Hops While brewers often use different hop varieties for boil hopping, whirlpool hopping and dry hopping, I was not that familiar with the technique […] 
This week I take a look at homebrewing in the modern era, how it has developed and the impact of technology on brewing. A Quick History of Modern Homebrewing While brewing beer at home has been done for many thousands of years, the modern history of homebrewing in the US has some clearly defined dates: […] Dawn Patrol came out on top in the WA brewery’s You Vote We Brew competition.
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This week I take a look at one of Germany’s most popular beer styles, the light lager known as German Helles. Helles is a traditional German Lager produced primarily in Southern Germany (Bavaria) around Munich. The word “hell” in German can be roughly translated as “pale, light or bright” in English. The History of Helles […] Bright revamp their Mash Club – one of the country’s oldest subscription models.
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Alcohol free beer is flowing in venues as Australia’s first NA bar opens soon.
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New Zealand-Style Pale Ale and India Pale Ale added to BA’s style guidelines.
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Mathias Siebler, a 10th generation German hop farmer, joins me this week from Bavaria to discuss growing hops. Subscribe on iTunes to Audio version or Video version or Spotify or Google Play Download the MP3 File– Right Click and Save As to download this mp3 file. Your browser does not support the audio element. Topics […] Go behind the Counter Culture series with their head brewer and innovation manager.
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These classic Christmas beers from craft breweries pair perfectly whether you’re looking to share a bottle with friends or enjoy as you’re decorating the house for the holidays.
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