Josh Weikert

In this Ask the Pros edition of his Make Your Best series, Josh Weikert talks to the team at Creature Comforts about their GABF medal–winning Classic City Lager and the keys to its success.

• American Lager
• American Pilsner
• Light Lager

For Josh Weikert, author of our Make Your Best series, altbier is the all-around perfect style and the one he brews most often at home. Here’s his own recipe.

• Beer Recipe
• Altbier

American craft beer’s archetypal classic style, updated with some contemporary ideas.

• Beer Recipe
• Pale Ale
• American Pale Ale

With greater awareness of its pitfalls and a few new tricks up our sleeves, the time for a resurgence in beautifully balanced American pale ale is now.

• Pale Ale
• APA
• American Pale Ale

In this edition of Make Your Best: Ask the Pros, Josh Weikert investigates the inner workings of Rogue’s iconic Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout.

• Stout
• Oatmeal
• Oatmeal Stout

This light, fruity ale highlights honey and honey-driven peach and apricot flavors against a clean, biscuit-like background.

• Beer Recipe
• Honey Beer

You don’t need fruit to brew a fruit-flavored beer—malt, sugar, hops, and yeast can all be used to mimic the character of various fruits. Yet, once mastered, there is another use for this power of deception: boosting the flavors of real fruit.

• Fruit
• Esters
• Fruit Beer

IPL is about making sure the “L” part—lager—is getting its due. With this recipe, the idea is make something that’s clearly a lager but also features hops in a way that doesn’t overwhelm the palate or the grist.

• Beer Recipe
• India Pale Lager
• IPL

This recipe from Josh Weikert’s Make Your Best series leans into Munich malt for a rich yet smooth foundation, for a doppelbock that drinks much more easily than its strength.

• Beer Recipe
• Doppelbock
• Bock

Historically, this beer was delivered and consumed when it was young, so feel free to do the same. It should drink well right out of the gate, given its simple flavor profile and cool, clean fermentation.

• Beer Recipe
• Kentucky Common
• Hybrid Beer

From Josh Weikert’s Make Your Best series, this is a great recipe for establishing your baseline witbier.

• Beer Recipe
• Witbier
• Wheat Beer

Josh Weikert pulled some levers and turned some dials on his own American stout, and this is the result. This version uses cold-steeped, cracked coffee beans to complement the complex roasted malt and pine notes.

• Beer Recipe
• Stout
• American Stout