The results are in! Find out what Zymurgy readers think are the best beers – and the best breweries – in America in our sixth annual survey, then try your […]

Most homebrewers know the basic water quality issues and solutions for tweaking their water for optimal brewing. The final frontier in brewing is residual alkalinity.

Have you ever made the perfect beer your friends raved about – and then remade it and it was not nearly the same? This happened with a tripel, for surprising reasons.

This great hobby combines compressed gas, boiling fluids, glass, electricity, alcohol and flame – whatever could go wrong? Just about everything, it seems.

Oak has been used in brewing for many years, but recently it has seen a resurgence of interest due to its large flavor impact on both wine and beer.

Recent hop shortages are debasing your homebrew and putting a dent in your wallet, so why not grow your own? Hops are easy to grow, and their requirements are simple.

Zymurgy readers share their homebuilt tools, and offer a few other tricks using household items that weren’t originally meant for brewing beer.

Fermentation temperature control seems to be a common problem with homebrewers. Why not convert an upright freezer into a fermentation cabinet?

Pressed for time? With a keg/carboy washer, you can wash kegs and carboys with hot water while taking care of other brewery matters.