Make Your Best Lambic-style Ale
Lambics are hard to get right. They take a long time to mature, so you’re going to need to show some patience. They’re worth it, though. In exchange for a…
Make Your Best Clone Beer
Replicating a beer is a different skill set (though it does overlap), but don’t worry too much about making an identical twin – making a great sibling is more than…
Make Your Best Mocktoberfest
One nice thing here is that once you get past the “emergency – need beer” time window, you can lager this beer just like any other. Tuck the bottles or…
Make Your Best Lambic-style Ale
Lambics are hard to get right. They take a long time to mature, so you’re going to need to show some patience. They’re worth it, though. In exchange for a…
Make Your Best Saison
Saison is a fantastically flexible and interesting style of beer. The saying goes that “the exception proves the rule.” For me, Saison is the beer that proves it, because for…
Make Your Best: British Golden Ale
This light, bright ale may become one of your springtime favorites after a few renditions, and columnist Josh Weikert says he'd take it over most any of the soon-to-hit-the-shelves Spring…
Make Your Best Fruit Beer
As a Specialty style, Fruit Beer is necessarily broad (or, more accurately, user- and declared-style-defined). The overarching theme of the style is “balance,” though, with a beer that’s still recognizable…
Make Your Best Special/Best/Premium Bitter
Far from being just the “middle child” of the British Pale Ale family, the Best Bitter should be one of your favorites because it combines the lightness of the Ordinary…
Make Your Best Ordinary Bitter
There’s a simple pleasure to this style that makes it a joy to drink, with the added bonus of being a beer that you can enjoy a full dimpled mug…