Dave Carpenter | Craft Beer & Brewing

How to Brew Your Best IPA Ever

If you’re ready to take your IPA to the next level, and maybe even win an award along the way, use these tips to improve your odds of making the final round.

Grain to Glass in 10 Days

Need beer in a hurry? No need to worry, you can turn out a great brew in ten days or fewer if you follow a few basic principles.

Hot-Rod Your Beer-Making Kit!

With quality ingredients, these kits can turn out excellent beer with just a few minutes more of your time.

Dry Hops Dilemmas

We asked Adam Glaser, head brewer at Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery in Denver, Colorado, to help demystify fermentation progress and dry hops.

Have Faith in Your Beer

“Don’t sweat the small stuff when you’re brewing,” says Michael Copado. History assures us that most homebrew mistakes are “small stuff.”

The Great Kegs versus Bottles Showdown

Here is a completely subjective list of considerations when you’re trying to decide whether to keg or bottle.

Captain Cook’s Strait Up DIPA Recipe

This unique imperial IPA pairs a light malt bill with loads of late kettle hops from the southern hemisphere.

Lautering and Sparging

Here’s the lowdown on lautering and the skinny on sparging.

The Remedy of Errors

Whether you’re tasting or brewing beer, understanding off-flavors can help you appreciate well-made beer or identify flaws in your own. Here’s a handy reference for recognizing 17 of the most common off-flavors found in beer.

The Art of Darkness

With its robust flavor, inky darkness, alcoholic warmth, and august lineage, imperial stout is the ne plu ultra of big beer, and indeed, the source of all things imperial.