America’s road to its bland interpretation of lager is not, as many craft beer snobs haughty exclaim, the work of some massive “Big Beer” conspiracy propagated against the American public. Instead, a series of unfortunate circumstances and events found us trivializing our palates until they became r

Use A Wort CoolerMost homebrewers cannot quickly cool the boiling wort to the best fermentation temperature. Failure to quickly cool the wort to the fermentation temperature may result in a strong and premature initial fermentation. In this case, most of the fermentation process begins before the wo

PatienceLager is a derivative of the German word lagern, which originally meant “to store”. The original beer style was the result of long-term storage in caves deep underground. Although a typical ale can be brewed, bottled, and consumed within two to three weeks, Lager beer can take weeks or even