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If you’re ready to take your IPA to the next level, and maybe even win an award along the way, use these tips to improve your odds of making the final round.

Hefeweizen yeast creates the compelling aromas of bananas, citrus, and cloves. This is a super-easy recipe, which is how Hefeweizen ought to be.

Need beer in a hurry? No need to worry, you can turn out a great brew in ten days or fewer if you follow a few basic principles.

Despite huge milestones and growth, Funky Buddha Brewery’s Ryan Sentz is still a homebrewer at heart who continues to focus on “culinary-driven” beers.

Crispy beer-battered cod and spicy beer-spiked chipotle sauce are tucked into a soft corn tortilla with shredded cabbage. Yum!

With quality ingredients, these kits can turn out excellent beer with just a few minutes more of your time.

The resurgence of the saisin style is in full swing, driven by new-school brewers building on the past but pushing in creative new directions.

Brewed with Earl Grey Creme tea, The Bitter Earl is malty and complex with a pronounced Earl Grey flavor and earthy hops presence.

Chile beer can add to this dish a fruity brightness, a slow heat, or an eye-watering blast, depending on your choice of beers.

Homebrew competitions offer the chance to get honest unbiased feedback on your beer. Here are 3 things to remember when you consider entering your beer in a competition.

“Stouts are blank canvasses on which we can paint whatever picture we want.” —Paul Nashak, a managing partner of the Mountain Sun Pub group

We asked Adam Glaser, head brewer at Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery in Denver, Colorado, to help demystify fermentation progress and dry hops.

This kolsch is less hoppy with a kiss of wheat, and the hops add a slightly tart spicy flavor.

Learn the four cornerstones of an ideal cellar and how the more popular beer-cellar options stack up.

Our take on the classic Chicago Italian beef sandwich includes peppers pickled with pale ale (say that three times fast).

“Don’t sweat the small stuff when you’re brewing,” says Michael Copado. History assures us that most homebrew mistakes are “small stuff.”

Here are the three beer bars that we explored in Issue 9 (October/November 2015) of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine®.

Clear, clean, and beautiful in the glass, Jester Goldman’s pale golden Kölsch is a graceful dance of hops, malt, and mild ester in your mouth.

A chest freezer and a dual-stage controller can give homebrewers the environmental control needed to brew lagers in August and saisons in February.

From toasted and sweet to creamy and fresh, coconut adds a new flavor dimension to these beers.