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Podcast Episode 193: Adam Cieslak of Maplewood Puts a Gentle Spin on Classic Styles

While Chicago’s Maplewood brews their share of hazy IPAs and pastry stouts, it’s their nuanced take on classics such as American pale ale and oatmeal stout that truly set them apart.

Special Ingredient: Brewing with Bread

Don’t let that extra loaf go to waste—try throwing it into your mash tun. Here, Sam Fleet of Brussels Beer Project breaks down the unexpected benefits of brewing with bread.

Brewer’s Perspective: De Garde’s Trevor Rogers Preaches Patience and Sense of Place

Patience! Trevor Rogers, cofounder of de Garde Brewing in Tillamook, Oregon, muses on the unique expression and slow work of spontaneous fermentation.

Recipe: Sternwiese Dortmunder Export

Ready to brew the Cadillac of pale lagers? This recipe has a straightforward infusion mash but gets some extra richness from layers of Munich and Vienna malts.

Heading for Shelter (with Lager) at the Roost in Washington, D.C.

From our Love Handles series on beer bars we love, this session-focused, lager-loving pub inside a modern food hall features highly trained beer service and a range of culinary options.

Recipe: Russian River Janet’s Brown Ale

This recipe is based on notes from Russian River’s Vinnie Cilurzo, who shared details from his most recent commercial-scale iteration of the late Mike “Tasty” McDole’s famous homebrew recipe.

Paint the Town Brown

It began as a striking reaction to industrial beer before fading into near-obscurity. Drew Beechum tells the tale of brown ale and makes the case for brewing up a big, malty hug.

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Recipe: American Solera Pals Pale Ale

This double-dry-hopped, hazy-juicy pale ale recipe from Tulsa’s American Solera is meant to be a showcase for whatever hops you want to try out and share with your pals.

Make Your Brewery a Leader in Quality

Upgrade your QA while dropping costs: Midwest Microbio’s beer-specific lab-testing system designed by brewers, for brewers, to ensure the highest quality at the lowest cost.

Video Tip: Ensuring a Cleaner, Healthier Hard Seltzer Fermentation

Chris Colby lays out specific suggestions for ensuring the clean fermentation of a sugar wash, from yeast-pitching rates and aeration to the surprisingly wide variety of yeast strains that can do the job.