Dave Carpenter | Craft Beer & Brewing

Join the Culture Club: Brew With Yeast From Commercial Beer!

Brew the beer you love to drink the most using the same yeast.

Color Outside the Lines

If we think of modern beer style guides as canonical coloring books for grownups, then saison is the devil on our shoulders inviting us to venture outside the lines and use all the crayons in the box. Here’s a guide to this playful style.

3 Ways to Dry Hop

Ready to deliver dry-hopped goodness to your homebrew?

Hacker’s Delight Pale Ale Recipe

If you’re ready to put your beer-making kit to the test and see what it can really do, try our kit-scale recipe.

Saison Squared

Call it super, call it double, or call it imperial. After you’ve tried one or two strong saisons, you’ll just call it your new favorite beer.

Getting the Most from Specialty Grains

Here are 5 ways to get the most from specialty grains in your extract-based homebrews.

3 Advantages of a Lauter Grant

The lauter grant, among the least publicized of the brew-day gadgets, permits access to runoff as the mash is lautered and sparged.

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Full Video: Make the Most of Your Extract Kit

Whether you've recently purchased a starter kit for yourself or received one as a holiday gift, trust the knowledgeable craft-beer enthusiasts at Craft Beer & Brewing to give you the information you need to brew great beer the first time and every time.

How to Estimate a Reasonable Pitch

Improve your homebrew with the correct amount of yeast.

Exchange Rates VI: An Example

It’s time to put these ideas to work with a complete example.