Software for brewers can help you build recipes, calculate water profiles and hop utilization, and even track fermentation. Ethan Elliott surveys apps for desktop, browsers, mobile, and more.

Pumps can help homebrewers do everything from move strike water to whirlpool and transfer wort. Small-scale filters get beer bright fast for competitions or festivals. Check out what’s available now.

INCOGNITO®, LUPOMAX®, Cryo Hops®, and SPECTRUM® hop extract are some of the hottest hop products on the market today. Chemist and homebrewer Christiana Bockisch brews with them and weighs their […]

Whether you’re pro or a homebrewer, this humble floating instrument is still the tool of choice for measuring wort density. Read about its remarkable history and the scientists who shaped […]

While many still view hot-side aeration as a myth, there’s plenty of evidence that limiting oxygen before the boil doesn’t just improve stability and shelf life, it profoundly impacts malt […]

The region of Alsace has been brewing its own distinctive beer style of pale lager in and around Strasbourg since the 1920s. These Alsatian Pilsners are known throughout France, and the style is beginning to catch on with U.S. craft brewers.

In many cultures, plants with psychotropic effects have been used for centuries to brew sacramental drinks that connect mortals with the spiritual world. Some inspire visions or mild euphoria, but […]