Coming to Las Vegas for the AHA National Homebrew Conference? Don’t gamble on being able to find the best beer spots on your own. We’ve enlisted a Las Vegas native and veteran beer writer to give the skinny on “Beer and Loafing in Las Vegas.”

Your priorities will change with a new arrival, but with some advance planning and helpful strategies, homebrewing can still be part of the picture.

Homebrewing is an excellent way for beer drinkers to help save the planet. Even without any special practices or products, homebrewing is usually gentler on the world’s ecosystems than consuming mass-produced industrial brews.

Denmark isn’t the first country that comes to mind as a beer mecca. But between a healthy and growing homebrew community and several small, independent breweries, there is plenty of great beer to be found in Denmark.

As American brewers look to the future and new frontiers of brewing, we see a niche for the non-everyday beer, the small-batch, hand-tooled beer that is not for everyone.

There are countless types of bacteria that would dearly love to wreak havoc with your lovingly prepared wort. To be a successful brewer, you must be a successful bacteria killer.

Belgium is home to more than 100 brewers producing as many as 400 different beers, quite striking for a country about 150 miles across at its widest points.

It’s tough to recreate the “black magic” that makes Belgian ales so special. But a number of American craft brewers have proven they are up to the challenge,

To brew like a Belgian, you have to think like a Belgian. That means freeing yourself from the shackles of strict adherence to style guidelines.

In an excerpt from his new book Farmhouse Ales, Phil Markowski reveals the history of saison and bièr de garde and discusses their place in the brewing world.