HomebrewCon came to Portland OR for its 40th anniversary as well as the farewell for Charlie Papazian, author of The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing and founder of the American Homebrewers Association and the Brewers Association. We had a great time …
Surly Brewing’s philosophy is that the beer is what matters most, above everything else. It’s a philosophy better poured than spoken or written.
That philosophy certainly rings true when you take a sip …
The GABF Pro-Am competition pairs an award-winning homebrewer with a commercial brewery, who collaborate on a single beer to be poured at the Great American Beer Festival, and to compete against other collaborative Pro-Am beers from around the country.
In …
BSG HandCraft was proud to be a sponsor of Craft Beer & Brewing’s Brewers’ Retreat at Devil’s Thumb Ranch, where a number of lucky homebrewers had the experience of a lifetime.
Besides taking in seminars and enjoying the scenery of …
The BSG HandCraft booth at this year’s HomebrewCon in Baltimore will be pouring some homebrews from our staff, each highlighting different malts.
Michael Dawson’s contributions are both lagers – one showing off reddish color and toasty flavor from Castle Munich …
During this year’s Craft Brewers Conference in Philadelphia, BSG CraftBrewing’s beer station poured a collaboration beer between BSG’s Peter Hoey and Sudwerk Brewing Co. The beer, a saison titled Fünke Canadien, incorporated a mixture of barley, oats, plus raw …
Very few (if any) brewers simply purchase “aroma hops” without naming a variety, so it is surprising that so many turn around and simply purchase “two-row barley malt” without that same information.
– John Mallett, Malt: A Practical Guide from …
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A new experimental variety from Jackson Hop Farm in Wilder ID, Idaho 7 hops started appearing in a few beers in 2015. The hop was used in limited-release or taproom-only offerings from a handful of breweries (you may have had …