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Editors’ Picks: Click HERE for Beer

One of the bright spots of this challenging year: Getting beer delivered to your doorstep has gone mainstream. Here are some apps that make it simple.

Recipe: Brink Duncan Clan Wee Heavy

This recipe from Kelly Montgomery, Brink Brewing’s cofounder and head brewer, and his friend Mike Rodocker won a gold medal at the 2018 U.S. Open Beer Championships.

Unhinge Your Brand with a Story-Label

Every beer has a story to tell. Now, with Story-Label™, you have more room to tell it.

Video Tip: Smoother Bitterness, More Hop Flavor

Rockwell's Jonathan Moxey explains their approach to hopping, from first-wort hops to an aroma-boosting whirlpool—and how to conduct a whirlpool on your home kit.

Recipe: Erharting Vollbier Hell 1967

Want to brew a helles from 50 years ago? For a snapshot in the evolution of pale lager, here is a Bavarian helles recipe from 1967.

Editors’ Picks: Gueuze-Inspired Blends

Informed by the Belgian tradition but rooted in their own places, here are five beers brewed and blended in the manner of lambic and gueuze.

Pale Lager: The Pleasures of 'Beer-Flavored Beers'

Randy Mosher, author of Radical Brewing, delves into the decidedly un-radical character of the world’s most unassuming—yet arguably most rewarding—swath of the beer spectrum.

Grilling with Lagers

Fire up the grill and break out the lagers. These three tasty dishes are designed for sharing and are surefire ways of exploring the flavors of beer in food. From the minds and kitchens of Justin Kruger and Justin Wright, the Two Fat Justins.

Podcast Episode 146: The Nuances and Complexities of Malt, with Richard Simpson of Simpson's Malt

The fifth-generation leader of this family-owned British malthouse discusses the ins and outs of barley, malting, heritage varieties like Golden Promise and Maris Otter, crop year challenges, crystallization and roasting, batch blending, and more.

Video Tip: Dry Hopping's So Nice, You Can Do it Twice

Jonathan Moxey, head brewer at Rockwell Beer in St. Louis, discusses the timing of double dry hopping for added flavor and aroma, and "how to get the best of both worlds."