Recipe and head note excerpted from Lager: The Definitive Guide to Tasting and Brewing the World’s Most Popular Beer Styles by Dave Carpenter (2017, Voyageur Press). Reprinted with permission from the author, who is a wealth of lager knowledge and key player on the Brewers Association / American Homebrewers Association team that produces and publishes
Bad Weather Brewing Company head brewer Andy Ruhland shares the first beer from the brewery’s Heritage Lager Series and tells Chip the story behind the brew. Andy also talks about his goal for recreating historical lagers and chasing down vintage styles to bring them back for modern beer lovers. FYI: Andy and crew will be
Chip makes the best of cancelled Oktoberfest celebrations by taking the party online with Vince Hucek, a Milwaukee homebrewer who is uber-obsessed with Oktoberfest. Chip and Vince drink their way through four examples while discussing the finer points of the style, their emotional attachment to Oktoberfests, their favorite riffs on the tradition, and Vince’s epic
