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• Parascalops Porter (Mole Porter)

  • Parascalops? Mole? What the hell!?

    Mole (pronounced MOH-lay) poblano is a sauce made with cocoa, nuts, chili peppers and other spices.

• Teddy Porter (Coffee Porter)
• Cacao Puffs Porter (Chocolate Porter)

  • What goes great with chocolate? How about more chocolate? This beer combines chocolate malt, cocoa powder and cacao nibs for a massive chocolate flavor and aroma. A high mash temperature and relatively large dose of crystal malt yield a sweet, full-bodied beer.

• Molasses-Kissed Vanilla Porter

  • A sweet porter accentuated with the aroma and flavor of vanilla.  Recipe from James Spencer from Basic Brewing Radio and Video (www.basicbrewing.com).

• What are yeast nutrients and how are they used?
• I would like to start brewing small batches of beer while I am camping...
• Best Intentions: Last Call
  • Root beer doesn't have caffeine, so that shouldn't keep you up at night. On the other hand, too much carbonation might.
• Backpack Brewing and hops on the vine: Mr. Wizard
  • The Wiz walks through a question on brewing while hiking and explains why hops don't skunk on the vine.
• Spicing Beers: Tips from the Pros
  • Arnie Johnson (Marin Brewing), Eric Rode (Tommyknocker) and Will Meyers (Cambridge Brewing) explain how to spice up your beers. From wits to winter warmers, the secrets to successful spicing.
• 2007 Holiday Gift Guide
  • This holiday season give the gift of beer. Check out these great beer-related gift ideas for friends and family or your own holiday wishlist.
• Practical Porter
  • Porter is a popular and flavorful style of homebrew. In this practical guide to brewing porter, learn about the flavors - chocolate, coffee, caramel and potentially many more - of porter and how to get them in your pint glass.
• Bonus Porter Recipes
  • Can't brew enough porter? We can help! Check out this month's bonus recipes.

• Build a Recirculating Wort Chiller: Projects
  • Want to cool your wort to lower temperatures...and save water while you are at it? Check out our recirculating wort chilller.
• Cereal Mashing: Techniques
  • How to utilize starchy adjuncts with a cereal mash - and the alternate forms of these adjuncts that can be single infusion mashed.
• Winter Spiced Ale: Style Profile
  • One of the best things about a white Christmas is the dark, spiced holiday ales that go along with it. Learn how to brew a wonderful winter warmer.
• Homebrew Nation
  • A cool tip, a group of brewers who are proud to be SNOBs and how to use a refractometer. Plus: the Replicator clones Erie Brewing Company's Drake's Crude Stout
• New Ingredients for 2008
  • When it comes to ingredient choices, homebrewers have it much better now than in the "good old days" - but what's new for 2008? Find out in our roundup of new brewing ingredients.
• Reiterated Mashing: Multiple Mashes for Massive Brews
  • Want to brew a bigger beer, entirely from grains, without investing in a larger mash tun or kettle? Then try reiterated mashing. It's mashing, then using the wort to mash again...and perhaps again.
• Chocolate Malt
  • Mmmmmm...chocolate. Chocolate malt brings this well-loved flavor of chocolate to homebrew. Learn how this dark malt is made and how to use it in your homebrewery. Plus: four clone recipes