Craft Brewing Magazine
Solving for Sulfur in Hoppy Lager
Volatile, fleeting, and polarizing, sulfur compounds are as welcomed in certain forms as they are reviled in others. And with the rise of hop-forward lagers, brewers are targeting their presence or absence with increasing precision.
Recipe: Open Air Sansho Gose
Used with care, quality sansho pepper can deliver potent citrus character with only the slightest Sichuan-like tingle. From Open Air Brewing in Kobe, Japan, this Sansho Gose won gold at the 2025 World Beer Cup.
Get Your Brewery’s Event Space in Front of the Right People
Great event space doesn’t book itself. Here’s how breweries are getting in front of the planners, teams, and groups that are interested in booking and turning that attention into revenue.
Special Ingredient: Sansho
Quality dried sansho might be a magic powder with magic powers, tingling our brains while boosting crowd-pleasing citrus flavors—but with great power comes great responsibility.
Recipe: Red Forest Biére de Garde
You have a lot of flexibility here with the specific ingredients, especially the hops—just about any Noble (or Noble-ish) variety should work well in either addition. Play around with it: Much like an American amber ale, the malty backbone is forgiving, and there are a lot of ways to get this right.