Dave Carpenter | Craft Beer & Brewing

What Is an Adjunct?

The term adjunct has come to imply inferiority, but adjuncts have long held an important role in brewing,

Gluten-Free Craft Malt

Grouse Malting packages their gluten-free malted grain in weights suitable for both home and commercial brewers.

Beyond Bitter: Defining Imperial Pale Ale

Imperial pale ale is a derivative style, one that could easily be defined less by what it is than what it isn’t.

Put Your Empty Draft Lines to Good Use

Here are 5 ideas to keep things flowing from your home draft system even when you haven’t had time to brew.

A “Balanced” Beer

If balance in a beer’s flavor, aroma, and mouthfeel is real, what can you do as a brewer to achieve it?

Cold Break

Find out exactly what cold break is and why it’s important.

Harvesting Your Homegrown Hops

Conduct a dry-matter test to determine when your homegrown hops are ready to harvest.

Off-Flavor: Oxidized

Oxygen has a way of destroying the things we love, including beer.

Off-Flavor: Phenolic

If your beer tastes of plastic, smoke, Chloraseptic, or Band-Aids, then look to these 5 potential sources.

Off-Flavor: Solvent

Solvent character is almost always the result of fermenting too hot.