Ben's Beer Blog

When I first got into craft beer, I was all about the hops. The bar next to campus had plenty of IPAs on tap, and the stronger and hoppier the better! These days I’m looking for mellower, more subtle beers. Malt-forward European styles deliver on that, and the German Kölsch...

My favorite beer on the planet is the Hofbrauhaus dunkelweizen. I was lucky enough to enjoy several liters straight from the source in Munich back in 2015, complete with fresh sausages and live music. It takes the already sweet, spicy, banana-y hefeweizen and with a little roasted malt adds a...

I’ve been homebrewing for almost six years now. But until this summer I hadn’t had the chance to brew with fresh, “wet” hops before. Luckily a friend of mine had plenty of extra Cascade hops, so I offered to turn those hops into beer for him. He harvested the hops,...

Every year, the Post Modern Brewers hold a “weird saison” competition. It’s the highlight of the year, with our members pulling out all the stops. Due to the pandemic, we had cancelled our other competitions this year and have been holding our meetings virtually. But we couldn’t skip the saisons,...

At my local homebrew shop I buy mostly hops by the ounce. In most cases I don’t need the full ounce, so I tend to end up with some leftover hops I throw in the freezer. This time, in order to not be wasteful, I decided to make more beer!...