I've been doing a pretty substantial amount of searching for websites related to beer lately. I've been looking for places to learn more at a quicker rate about brewing and beer in general. Some of my favorites so far include (in no particular order):
1) American Homebrewers Association (http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/)
...yeah this should have been a no brainer, but it took me a while to find this one, and I don't think I did until I was searching for beer magazine subscriptions and found their quarterly, Zymurgy. They also have a really simple visual learning to brew guide that takes you from novice to advanced brewing with all grain. Recipes abound as well. I think I already found my next homebrew on this site.
2) Craft Beer & Brewing (http://www.beerandbrewing.com/)
...a solid website with great articles and resources, also home to a magazine by the same name. They have online courses that you can take (for a price $) which I'm reluctant to do because I do not if it will be worth the $ when I can find a lot of information in other ways.
3) Mike's Brew Review (http://mikesbrewreview.com/)
...a site mostly dedicated to home brewing, which includes write-ups about first time homebrewers and their recipes, challenges and tips learned. The best article about how to use a hydrometer is available here along with other visual aids. There are also interviews with brewmasters from respected breweries and reviews of brews and pubs. Downside? It hasn't been updated since 2011...worth a look through though.
4) Bear Flavored (http://www.bear-flavored.com/)
...great articles, reviews of popular brews, recipes of homebrews and one man's quest to eat only fermented food and beverages for an entire year! Really impressed by this site.
5) The Brewing Network (http://thebrewingnetwork.com/)
...admittedly I haven't checked this out much yet, but there are radio broadcasts and different shows that cover the world of beer.
6) The Brew Site (http://www.thebrewsite.com/)
...blog style website, like most of the others, reviews and articles about breweries and other beer related stuff.
7) Inside Beer (http://www.insidebeer.com/)
...has a beer of the month archive with reviews and tasting notes and beer news. A UK site by Jeff Evans, who has had over 30 years of experience writing about beer.
8) Hop Union (http://hopunion.com/)
...this has a great resource about hops and selecting hops for specific flavors, which work well together and how to pair hops. I'll definitely be using this website when choosing hops in the future. There's also a link to alphanalyticstesting.com where you can send a beer sample from your beer to get alpha analysis and IBU levels.
9) Mike Beer (http://www.mikebeer.net/default.htm)
...this guy has been homebrewing since 2005 and has a list of all the beers he's ever made. There's resources and articles that are really interesting to peruse about brewing with extract, grains and both.
10) Tasty Brew (http://tastybrew.com/index.html)
...another great resource with articles dedicated to specific topics. There is even a recipes and a recipe calculator for making your own homebrews.
11) Brewtoad (https://www.brewtoad.com/)
...lots of recipes, user created submissions and tips (you can add your own), with brew logs and a subscription available to the site that in my opinion does not look to be worth it.
12) Brewtarget (http://www.brewtarget.org/)
...this has a free software program for brewing your own beer and calculating recipes. I've downloaded it and checked it out a bit and it looks pretty cool.
Just for clarification, I've not included any magazines or tv shows, even though they have websites, because these kind of go with a different topic (magazines and tv shows, respectively).
Check some of these out and tell me what you think!
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