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West Coast IPA recipe: 6.4% ABV, 57 IBU Styles & recipes2 min read West Coast IPA Recipe (All-Grain): 5 to 30 GallonsAn all-grain West Coast IPA recipe you can brew at 5 to 30 gallons: 6.4% ABV and 57 IBU, with the grain bill, hop schedule, yeast and step-by-step process. American Pale Ale recipe: 5.2% ABV, 32 IBU Styles & recipes2 min read American Pale Ale Recipe (All-Grain): 5 to 30 GallonsAn all-grain American Pale Ale recipe you can brew at 5 to 30 gallons: 5.2% ABV and 32 IBU, with the grain bill, hop schedule, yeast and step-by-step process. Illustration: Understanding the BJCP Style Guidelines: A Comprehensive Overview Styles & recipes3 min read Understanding the BJCP Style Guidelines: A Comprehensive OverviewThe BJCP guidelines describe beer styles for homebrew competitions. Here is how they’re organized, how judges score, and how to use them for recipes. Illustration: The Art of Brewing Non-Alcoholic Beers Styles & recipes6 min read How to Make Non-Alcoholic Beer at Home: Yeast, Recipes and SafetyNon-alcoholic beer is under 0.5% ABV. How to brew it at home with a maltose-negative yeast or an arrested fermentation, the starting gravity to aim for, three recipes, and how... Illustration: How to Brew a Pilsner at Home: Recipe, Ingredients and Lager Schedule Styles & recipes7 min read How to Brew a Pilsner at Home: Recipe, Ingredients and Lager ScheduleA complete Czech-style pilsner for 5 gallons: grain, Saaz hops, soft water, mash, fermentation temperatures and the lagering schedule, plus the pressure-fermented shortcut that gets you there in half the... Illustration: Exploring the Evolution of Stout: Classic to Innovative Styles Styles & recipes3 min read Exploring the Evolution of Stout: Classic to Innovative StylesStout began as a stronger porter in 18th-century London. Here are the main stout styles today, from dry Irish to imperial, with strength and flavour for each. Illustration: What Makes Hazy IPA Hazy? The Science, and How to Brew One Styles & recipes5 min read What Makes Hazy IPA Hazy? The Science, and How to Brew OneHazy IPA gets its haze from proteins in oats and wheat binding with hop compounds from heavy late and dry hopping, not from yeast. Here is the science, how to... Illustration: What is Kölsch Beer? Styles & recipes4 min read What is Kölsch Beer?Kölsch is a pale, crisp hybrid beer from Cologne: fermented cool with ale yeast, then cold-conditioned like a lager. Here are the style stats and how to brew one. Illustration: History of IPA: Why It's Called India Pale Ale, and How It Changed Styles & recipes4 min read History of IPA: Why It's Called India Pale Ale, and How It ChangedIPA started as a well-hopped pale ale shipped from London to India in the late 1700s. Here is the real history, the myths that stuck, and how it became West... Illustration: Crafting Beer: A Journey Through History, Science, and Flavor Styles & recipes3 min read Crafting Beer: A Journey Through History, Science, and FlavorBeer basics: the four ingredients, how they become beer, a short history, and where the flavours come from, with links to our detailed guides. Amber Horizon recipe card: 5.9% ABV, 29 IBU Styles & recipes3 min read Amber Ale Recipe (All-Grain) and Style Guide: Amber HorizonAn all-grain American amber ale recipe you can brew at 5 to 30 gallons: 5.9% ABV, 29 IBU, with late Cascade, Centennial and Zeus. Plus the style at a glance. Illustration: Ultimate Guide to Porter and Stout: Discovering the Differences & Brewing the Perfect Porter Recipe Styles & recipes2 min read Ultimate Guide to Porter and Stout: Discovering the Differences & Brewing the Perfect Porter RecipePorter and stout overlap more than most people think. Here is how they differ today, where each came from, and the main styles of each. Illustration: Christmas Beer: Styles, Spices and a Holiday Ale Recipe Styles & recipes3 min read Christmas Beer: Styles, Spices and a Holiday Ale RecipeThe main Christmas beer styles, when to brew them, how much cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg or orange peel to use, and our honey spice Christmas ale recipe at 7.2% ABV. Strawberry Blonde Ale recipe card: 5.3% ABV, 22 IBU Styles & recipes3 min read Strawberry Blonde Ale Recipe (All-Grain) and Tasting NotesAn all-grain strawberry blonde ale you can brew at 5 to 30 gallons: 5.3% ABV, pale malt and wheat, Hallertau Blanc, and a pound of strawberries per gallon added after... Chasing Ghosts Hazy IPA recipe card: 6.8% ABV, 14 IBU Styles & recipes4 min read Chasing Ghosts Hazy IPA Recipe: Citra, Simcoe and KveikA Citra and Simcoe hazy IPA fermented with Opshaug kveik: 6.8% ABV, whirlpool and dry hops only, with our 15 gallon brew day and tasting notes. Switches between 5 to... Cloud Walker Hazy IPA recipe card: 6.2% ABV, 10 IBU Styles & recipes2 min read Cloud Walker Hazy IPA Recipe: El Dorado, Comet and KveikA hazy IPA with 30% oats, El Dorado and Comet hops, fermented with Opshaug kveik in 4 days. 6.2% ABV, with the grain bill explained and our brew day. Switches... Dank ales recipe card: 6.7% ABV, 32 IBU Styles & recipes3 min read Dank Pale Ale and IPA Recipes (All-Grain): Galaxy, Simcoe, AmarilloWhat “dank” means in beer, and two all-grain recipes: a Hazy Tropical Pale Ale and the SuperDank IPA, with Galaxy, Simcoe and Amarillo. Both switch between 5 to 30 gallons. Popular Spring Seasonal Beers To Make This Year Styles & recipes3 min read Popular Spring Seasonal Beers To Make This YearRecipes for spring: our saison and American pale ale, each for 5, 10 or 15 gallons. Ah yes, the sights and sounds of spring are all around us. Birds are...
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