Josh Weikert

Maybe we can't do Oktoberfest this year, but we can still don our dirndls and drink lager. Plan ahead to have this one ready for autumn. The fresh, grassy, floral hop nose on this one is a perfect fit for the bready malts in the grist.

• Beer Recipe
• Festbier
• Oktoberfest

If ever you buy specialty malts specifically for a batch, let it be for this one. Fresh crystal and chocolate malts really make it sing, and at such a light ABV, you’ll be able to enjoy all of that flavor by the dimpled mug full.

• Beer Recipe
• English Mild

Want to brew a fruit beer greater than the sum of its parts? To show how one might match a fruit to a particular style, here is Josh Weikert's recipe for an apricot-flavored American pale ale.

• Beer Recipe
• Fruit Beer
• Pale Ale

Want to add fruit to your beer? Okay. But first ask yourself this important question: Why?

• Fruit Beer
• Beer Styles
• Brewing with Fruit

Don’t expect barnyard flavors here: When *Brett* is the sole fermenting agent, the result should be relatively clean.

• Beer Recipe
• Brett Beer
• Pale Ale

From his Make Your Best series, here is Josh Weikert's not-so-sweet sweet stout, which gets some roast malt and Fuggles hops to balance the milk sugar and add complexity.

• Sweet Stout
• Beer Recipe
• Milk Stout

Consider that you might be better served and produce better beer by choosing from a curated selection of go-to yeasts. Josh Weikert explains the how and why.

• Elements of Beer
• Yeast
• Recipe Development

The goal isn't sweet and spicy, but rather dry, dark, and deceptively drinkable. Take a stab at this Belgian-style dubbel.

• Beer Recipe
• Belgian Dubbel
• Brown Ale

From his Make Your Best style series, try this recipe for Josh Weikert's "Headsplitter"—a richly malted strong Scotch ale, a.k.a. wee heavy (hold the peat).

• Scotch Ale
• Scottish Wee Heavy
• Beer Recipe

This rich, malty, warming barleywine recipe is fit for special occasions and long aging.

• Barleywine
• Beer Recipe

Here is a Baltic porter recipe worthy of patient lagering and maturation.

• Baltic Porter
• Beer Recipe

Thick, rich, smooth Baltic porter is a comforting treat for the frigid months. If only it were easier to brew...

• Baltic Porter
• Porter
• Lager