Josh Weikert
Recipe: Jack’s Brown IPABy Josh WeikertOver the years, this recipe has gotten a bit darker and a bit lighter in body, but the goal is the same: to shape an IPA that is distinct from stylistic “neighbors” such as American brown ale.
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Make Your Best Brown IPABy Josh WeikertThis hop-forward yet malt-backed niche IPA style has gone from rare to nearly extinct over the years—all the more reason to take a stab at its unusual balance while brewing something that the others aren’t.
Recipe: One Take HellesBy Josh WeikertBrewing a helles is a worthy challenge. If your process is consistent and your ingredients fresh, you can make this beer sing on command.
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Make Your Best HellesBy Josh WeikertA great helles is simple in composition—but simple can be surprisingly hard to get right, especially when there’s nowhere for mistakes to hide. It's a worthy challenge, and the payoff is a beer that pretty much everyone is happy to drink.
Making It Malty, MindfullyBy Josh WeikertWhen it comes to building your malt bill, go smarter, not harder. Here are some key insights from two award-winning brewers on purposeful malt choices that can elevate beers, not muddle them.
Make Your Best India Pale LagerBy Josh WeikertIt’s a throwback, now, but we remain loyal, and we know they’re still out there. And brewing a great IPL is more about executing the “L” than anything else.
Recipe: Fisticuffs Pale MildBy Josh WeikertThe finished beer should be light on the palate yet offer plenty of rich biscuit and toffee flavors with some herbal-earthy hops. This is an excellent beginner style, as simple to brew as it is enjoyable to drink.
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Make Your Best Pale MildBy Josh WeikertHard to find and historically interesting? Easy to drink and straightforward to brew? Sounds like the perfect style to tackle at home—or a nice one to grab some interest in the taproom, with its quick turnaround and quantity appeal.
Recipe: Sunny Sunday Catharina SourBy Josh WeikertJosh Weikert prowled his local produce aisle following a simple principle: Buy what looks best, and go with the freshest fruit you can get. That led him to guava and passion fruit, a dynamic for this Brazilian-inspired tart fruit beer.
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Catharina Power: Fruit Beer, Brazilian-StyleBy Josh WeikertBrazil’s take on tart fruit beer—the Catharina sour—has its own name and moves, but brewers anywhere can follow the steps.
Recipe: Frühling Kommt MaibockBy Josh WeikertBig yet simple in its construction, this is a showcase of what clean ethanol flavors can add to a beer. Apple-like alcohols meld with the hop aroma and bready grist to yield a simple yet dangerous lager that’s anything but boring.
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Make Your Best MaibockBy Josh WeikertWhen most people hear “bock,” they think malt—and there’s no question that maibock is a malt-forward style. However, you can lean into hops and other flavor elements to add interest, and—done well—the result is much more than a “strong helles.”