Extract Brown Ale With Wild Yeast

May 19, 2020

There are three methods for brewing beer: all-grain, extract, and partial mash. If you keep up with our website or YouTube channel, you’ve probably noticed that we only make all-grain batches of beer, but for this recipe, we decided to make an extract beer with steeping grains. Extract brewing is a much better choice for... Read more

How to Make a 3 Day IPa Beer - P1

May 15, 2020

One of the best parts about homebrewing is sharing the entire experience with friends and family. Here at Clawhammer, we love inviting people over to the office and having them choose one of the 8 beers we always have on tap. However, sometimes life gets busy and we can’t make time for our favorite hobby,... Read more

Norwegian Pale Ale Homebrew Recipe

April 17, 2020

We brewed a pale ale homebrew beer using one-of-a-kind yeast from an old brewing barrel on a farm in Norway. Sound somewhat random? That's because it is. One of our Instagram followers messaged us and explained how he harvested and cultivated his yeast sample and then asked if we wanted some. A unique yeast strain... Read more

Milkshake IPA Recipe - How to Brew Beer

April 10, 2020

Honestly, our expectations for this milkshake IPA were low. Big bodied, sweet beers aren't really the type of beers the folks in our office like to drink. However, we were pleasantly surprised. If you're looking for a tutorial on how to brew beer, specifically, the milkshake IPA style, you're in the right place. First things... Read more

Top Crop Beer: Kveik IPA - 3 Day IPA Part 3

March 18, 2020

Homebrewing often takes patience. Typically, you’ll spend a day brewing, weeks fermenting, and a few more days to bottle or keg your beer for carbonation and serving. The delayed gratification of the homebrewing process could potentially turn some away and can lead to emergency situations where you want to share some beer with friends but... Read more

Robust Smoked Porter - Homebrew Recipe

December 17, 2019

For many people, beer is a seasonal beverage. November, December, January and February are the months where a dark, smoky, full bodied beer pairs well with the cold weather. Especially when you’re up here in the mountains, like we are. Since it’s mid December, we decided to brew a Robust Smoked Porter, and it turned... Read more

Citra Double IPA Homebrew Recipe

November 25, 2019

We brewed this Citra hopped double IPA with our 10 gallon 240 volt system. We used 18.2 pounds (8kg 255.4g) of grain for this beer, which showed once again that a 10.5 gallon (39.7 liter) kettle is versatile enough to brew beers on the larger end of the ABV spectrum. We used a good amount of... Read more

Banana Bread Beer

November 19, 2019

This beer was an experiment of sorts and we tried a lot of new things while doing it. We won't say it was a failed experiment, it was definitely a learning experience, but the recipe could use some tweaking. Use this article as a reference to brew your own banana nut beer. After all, it's just homebrewing, aren't... Read more

Japanese Rice Lager

October 17, 2019

This might be the tastiest homebrew beer we've ever made. We wanted to mimic a traditional Japanese beer such as Asahi or Sapporo. Honestly, the results blew us away. If you're looking for a unique light lager that loosely resembles commercial beers made with rice, but is a heck of a lot better, this is it. It... Read more

Nelson Sauvin Catty Lager Beer

July 11, 2019

          Our friend Ross wanted to brew this one to celebrate an upcoming wedding. The bride and groom are known for their two old cats that pee on everything, so it was only appropriate to make them a Cat Piss Lager. Ross wanted a lager that had some catty aromas and... Read more