Can We Do Better Than “IPA?” 

Ben Edmunds, brewmaster at Breakside Brewery in Portland, Ore. (Photo courtesy John Foyston) Earlier this week, I was sitting over

Jeff Alworth Homebrewing

Why We Homebrew

Here is the author, Jeff Alworth, homebrewing. (Photo courtesy Patrick Emerson) There are many different kinds of homebrewers. Some barely

When Off-Flavors Are Spot-On

A couple of weeks ago, Jester King’s head brewer Garrett Crowell made an astonishing proclamation. The brewery has made a

The Trickiness of Beer Styles

I recently received a bottle of The Stoic from Deschutes Brewery (Thanks, guys!). When they first brewed it in 2011,

The Italians Are Coming

In doing research for The Beer Bible, I had to make some very tough decisions about how to use my

Quirks of Brewing: Ferulic Acid Rest

A tall, seductively curvy vase of weissbier, preferably served in the dappled light of a Bavarian biergarten on a summer

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