The 88 entries in the 2016 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am competition ranged from perennially popular styles to the unusual and creative. Discover why three of them took home medals.

A common complaint about UK cask ale is that it is flat and warm. In truth, it’s neither, but getting it right requires a delicate balance between dissolved CO2 and oxygen.

Quick! Name five British hop varieties. (We’ve only got two, too.) There’s much more to British hops than Fuggles and EKG. Meet the newest member of the Goldings family.

Rodney Kibzey and Derek Wolf are accomplished homebrewers who happen to have medaled in all 50 states. Their stories inspire us all to up our game.

The refractometer has always been great for measuring original gravity. With these updated methods, it’s also great for final gravity and everything in between.

Mexican-style lagers are more popular than ever, but what makes a lager a Mexican lager? Learn to make your own summertime cerveza–lime completely optional.

Pendants can go ’round the rotary debating New England-style IPA’s stylistic legitimacy. Let ’em argue while you sit back and enjoy a silky, fruity, hazy homebrew.