Spiced Beer

Looking for some new creative avenues to explore, or want to try something special for your next holiday seasonal? Randy Mosher shares some insights into why botanicals have always been important to beer—plus, strategies to help you use them successfully, today.

This plant from the ginger family can add subtle spice to your beer—or turn it so gold that it could have been brewed at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

From layering malts to selecting and infusing adjuncts, Third Eye co-owner and head brewer Kelly Montgomery lays out their medal-winning approach to planning and brewing rich, flavorful stouts.

Be generous with the gourd and toast your own allpsice for this smashing pumpkin ale that’s easy as, well, pie.

This seasonal ale is a bright enough red to match your Santa hat, and it goes well with just about anything on your holiday table.

Hops can smell like other foods because they share many of the same aroma compounds. Here is Randy Mosher on how to boost your IPAs with ingredients that have those sought-after traits.

A stronger and darker Anchor Christmas Ale is here to help us try to forget about 2020. Here, Anchor’s brewmaster explains the thinking behind this year’s recipe and label.

Courtesy of Stuart Keating, founder of Earthbound Brewing in St. Louis, Missouri, here is a homebrew recipe for a crisp, sessionable blonde ale in which cardamom, black pepper, and black tea mimic the floral, spicy notes of British hops.

This is Turkey’s Delight Cranberry Irish Red Ale. A holiday ale that is nice, bright red in color, is seasonably rich in malt flavor, and pairs perfectly with turkey in all of its various incarnations (including – and maybe especially – the leftovers).

With just a couple of months until the winter holidays, it’s time to start thinking about those winter brews.