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• 6-Pack Late-Hopped Simcoe Ale (Small Batch)

  • An American Pale Ale, this recipe is for the ultimate short brew day. From flame-on to cleanup is only 90 minutes. Lots of floral, fruity Simcoe flavor and aroma from the 15-minute boil.

• Dogfish Head Brewing Co. Shelter Pale Ale clone

  • Dogfish's original American Pale Ale and most approachable beer.

• Mike Wright's Judy’s Blonde Ale

  • A pale ale with flaked corn.
    

• Kepler’s Kölsch

  • Kölsch is a tricky beer style to pull off. Some would say that stovetop extract brewers shouldn’t even think about trying it. Not us. We know that if you take a scientific approach you can do it. However, you need to read these instructions carefully before you brew and follow them exactly.

• South Hills Brewing Supply Blonde Ale

  • A blonde ale kit from South Hills Brewing Supply

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    www.southhillsbrewing.com

• Bee Hive Blonde Ale

  • Another Pale Ale kit. It is kind of a cross between an American Pale Ale and a Blonde Ale.

    The Winemaker Shop, Fort Worth, Texas
    www.winemakershop.com

• Good Brewer Hefeweizen

  • Although “bigger” than BJCP guidelines would suggest, this hefe’s extra kick is eased by crystal hops and Weihenstephan yeast.

• Garden Wedding Cream Ale

  • The Beverage People, Santa Rosa, California
    www.thebeveragepeople.com

• Apricot Harvest Wit

  • This is a light, crisp and wonderfully delicious beer Ben Knoerdel made for his wife who doesn’t like hoppy beer. 
    

• Mo’s Summer Ale

  • A Spiced Pale Summer Ale.

    Great Fermentations, Indianapolis, Indiana
    www.greatfermentations.com
    

• Rye Pale Ale

  • All the hoppiness of an Indian Pale Ale (IPA), with rye malt rounding out the flavor profile - RyePA.

    -Bader Beer & Wine Supply & Bader Winery, Vancouver, Washington, www.baderbrewing.com

• 95 in the Shade (Light Ale)

  • William’s Brewing, San Leandro, California
    www.williamsbrewing.com

• Grande Mexican Lager

  • “Grande” was designed by Randy Guerrero, an employee of William’s Brewing in San Leandro, California to accompany the setting summer sun.

• Michigan Summer Wheat Ale

  • Many Siciliano’s customers regularly request a recipe for a “Michigan” style wheat ale.

• DeFalco’s Golden Ale

  • A Golden Summer Ale to beet the heat. 

    DeFalco’s Home Wine & Beer Supplies, Houston, Texas
    www.defalcos.com

• 283 Kilometers (European Pale Lager)

  • Named for the distance between Plzen (Pilsen), Czechoslovakia and Wien (Vienna), Austria, 283 Kilometers is a crisp, clean, well-balanced beer with a firm malt presence from Vienna malt.  Recipe from BYO Editor Chris Colby.
    

• O'Shea Brewing's Hop Monster Double IPA

  • This West Coast style double IPA is a topseller.  It weighs in at 8.1% ABV, and, with over a 1/2 lb. of hops, the IBU's register in at a whopping 141 IBU's. This beer is very smooth with a nice hop punch and a great citrusy aroma. Let this beer age and you will want more!

• Blanche de Ballard (Belgian Witbier)
• How does silicone affect beer foam?
• How does tyramine in beer affect people taking MAOI?
• Dzin' Buddhists: Last Call
  • A pair of homebrewers take their suds to a spiritual level. Meet the Dzin' Buddhists.
• Brewing Experiments: Advanced Brewing
  • Learn how to replace the hot air of opinion with the cold, hard facts of science — by conducting an experiment. Put your favorite homebrew argument to rest with an appropriate test.
• Make a Yeast Starter: Techniques
  • Raise the right amount of happy, healthy yeast cells for your wort by making a yeast starter. Everything you need to know to make the little batch of beer for your big batch of beer.Plus: Using a stir plate to keep your yeast in suspension.
• Witbier: Style Profile
  • Witbier nearly went extinct after the Second World War, but now — thanks mostly to Pierre Celis — the style is roaring back. Learn the ingredients and methods to brew this cloudy, tangy, spicy brew.
• Tyramine and Silicone: Mr. Wizard
  • Trouble with a capital "T" (and that stands for Tyramine) and the skinny on silicone.
• Making Summer Brews: Tips from the Pros
  • When the heat is on, our pros — Bill Covaleski (Victory) and Todd Charbonneau (Harpoon) — explain how to keep things cool when formulating your summer brews.
• Homebrew Nation
  • A Homebrewer with the Wright stuff, a frosty fridge in Minnesota, a homemade brew stand and a club from the frozen tundra of Green Bay, Wisconsin.Plus: the Replicator clones Dogfish Head's Shelter Pale Ale
• Build Your Own Stir Plate
  • A stir plate will keep your yeast in suspension while you are raising them in your yeast starter . . . and we've got instructions on how to make two different stir plates, one from old computer parts you may have lying around.
• 15 Summertime Recipes
  • Want a cool, crisp, refreshing beer to drink when grilling or sitting around the pool this summer? Try one from our collection of 15 recipes, submitted by homebrew shops from across the nation.
• Small Scale Brewing
  • Sometimes scaling down your brewing efforts can scale up your enthusiasm. Homebrew can be made in smaller batches than 5 gallons (19 L) and we give you the how, why and when to brew efficiently at a reduced scale.
• 2007 Label Contest
  • They say it's what's on the inside that really counts . . . but not for our annual label contest. The artistic side of our readers is on display as we present the bronze, silver, gold and grand champion of our 2007 Label Contest.