Craft Brewing Magazine
Podcast Episode 509: Mike Pelechaty of Masthead Makes Headlines with Gold-Medal Light Lager and Rice Lager
The Cleveland brewer walks through the ingredients and processes behind Shower Beer and Oni Giri—beers that both won 2026 GABF gold medals in their respective light lager and rice lager categories.
Cooking with Beer: Ale-Poached Salmon in Hops Bearnaise
With hop harvest behind us and deeper autumn ahead, here’s a salmon preparation—including an apple-fennel slaw on the side—that makes use of a whole-cone hop and a splash of your favorite Belgian-style blonde ale.
Recipe: Únětický Spécial Letní 8°
Also known as the Osmička, or Eight, this is Unětický’s lighter summer seasonal checks in at about 3.4 percent ABV. Unusually for a Czech pale lager, it gets a step-infusion mash—not a decoction—and a hit of Citra hops in the whirlpool.
The Recipe for Extra Holiday Revenue: Turn Your Event Space into a Second Revenue Stream
Great beer gets guests in the door. Events keep them coming back. Here’s how breweries are turning their event space into real holiday revenue, before competitors book it first.
Svelter Světlý: Brewing Hoppy Light Lager the (New) Czech Way
Smaller Czech breweries are embracing an emerging trend: lighter lagers of 7°P and 8°P, packed with hops and often brewed in ways that defy the country’s usual methods.