Brewing Beer: Session IPA Homebrew Recipe

November 7, 2017

Homebrewing has been increasing in popularity since it was "legalized" in 1978 and commercial craft brewing has become hugely popular over the last decade. These two phenomenon have greatly increased the diversity of beer that is brewed and consumed in the United States. These days there seems to be a beer to suit every taste.... Read more

Brewing Beer: Oktoberfest / Mirzen / Festbier

October 12, 2017

While not everyone has traveled all the way from the United States to Germany for Oktoberfest, most of us have at least heard of the country's annual fall beer festival. If a beer vacation to Germany isn't in the cards for you, why not do the second best thing and buy or make some Oktoberfest... Read more

Brewing Beer: Blackberry Porter Homebrew

August 8, 2017

It's summer right now and berries are ripe for the picking in our neck of the woods. We took a trip out to a friends farm and nabbed several gallons of blackberries for our latest creation, a robust blackberry porter. To be honest, this is purely experimental. We found a porter recipe online that looked... Read more

Brewing Beer: Porter Recipe

April 14, 2017

Here's the latest homebrew beer to roll off the production line at Clawhammer Supply: a "Porterhouse" Porter. Why'd we call it that? Well, we thought it'd go well with a porterhouse steak  Aside from sourcing the grains, this beer was super easy to make. There is only 1 hop addition at the beginning of the... Read more

Brewing Beer: Easy American Style Ale

April 4, 2017

We're brewing more beer this week and have decided to make an American Style Ale. We're calling it a "lawnmower beer," which means it's the kind of beer you drink while mowing your lawn. When it's hot and sunny and you're working, heavy, high alcohol beers tend to be a bit much. This beer is... Read more