In Search of Good Beer

I haven’t been posting every brew I make to this blog for a while now. Part of that is that the blog is and always has been primarily a way ...

Brewed at Maryland Homebrew during their Big Brew for National Homebrew Day. Having to clean all of the equipment, prep ingredients, and pac...

I’ve probably had the idea of making a beer that uses both cherries and cherrywood smoked malt for over a decade but never actually went thr...

Appearance: Fairly hazy light gold color with a nice fluffy white head of small bubbles with good retention. Pretty much exactly what I’d ex...

After winning a silent auction for a year’s worth of Imperial yeast (only $60 for 12 packs) I was confronted with the dilemma of deciding wh...

If Black Saison isn’t a classic style, Hoppy Black Saison certainly isn’t. Yet, I’ve found myself making a hoppy black saison for the third ...

American Lager Recipe: 5 lbs Rahr 6-row 2 lbs flaked maize 2 lbs flacked rice .5 oz hallertau mittelfruh (60 min) .25 oz hallertau mittelfru...

Doppelbock has been my go to autumn beer for the past few years. The first iteration of the beer scored a medal at the California State Hom...

When brewing this beer and starting to write this post I was dealing with a terrible sinus infection and hadn’t been doing a good job keepin...

Fairly clear after a few weeks on tap. A Goldings hop plant can be seen growing on the line behind the glass. I've brewed a few takes on...