May-June 2013
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Mayflower Brewing Company: Replicator
Dear Replicator, I’m not a hop head and usually don’t go for IPAs but recently I had the opportunity to tour the Mayflower Brewery in Plymouth, Massachusetts while traveling on business and
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Fermentation Temperature Control
As you learn to homebrew, you will hear over and over again that you will need to maintain control over the temperature of your fermentation to maintain some control over the profile
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All Bark, No Bite
Five years ago Oscar Youd decided, with the help of his family, to study how yeast eats sugar to create carbonation. Oscar was in kindergarten at the time, and the project was
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Adjusting for Filtering
Gravity settling good, filtration bad,” was my conviction for a long while. I joined England’s Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in its early days and am still a member, even though I
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Stein Beer
Brewing on the homestead is just like living on the homestead: You grow your own, you make your own (when possible), you try to avoid buying stuff, you learn the conventional methods
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Malt Madness
I’m always amazed by the fact that nature provided us with such a perfect ingredient to brew beer with. In their raw form, brewing grains are like a small safe needing just
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Beer Starts Here: Base Malts
Like any structure, beer must have a foundation, which is what we call “base malt.” With malt extract the choice of base malt has been made for you, but in the case
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Belgian Blond
I was recently in Belgium and, as always, beer was a significant part of the experience. One of the wonderful things about traveling in Belgium is experiencing the wide array of beers,
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Hop Stands & Hop Bursting: Tips from Pros
A hop stand sounds like something you’d do with your car at a stop sign, while hop bursting conjures up images of flowers exploding in defense of being harvested. In actuality, both
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Belgian Blond: Style Profile
I was recently in Belgium and, as always, beer was a significant part of the experience. One of the wonderful things about traveling in Belgium is experiencing the wide array of beers,
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Saison for All Seasons
Learn about the Old-World roots of this farmhouse ale.
