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  A Playground for Experimentation

  No brewery — no matter their size or marketing prowess — has the ability to experiment as much as a homebrewer. Whether it is brewing wi

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  Homebrewer to World Traveler

  A former homebrewer shares how his passion for beer became a conduit for friendships, experiences, and even true love. What started out as a

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  Road-Kill IPA

  As farmers harvest thousands of acres of hops in just a few weeks, there’s no turning back if a few freshly clipped bines fall off the bac

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  D-Day Tribute Brew

  After being honored with an opportunity to take part in the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, last year, two veterans collect w

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  Fermenting Whey? Yes, Whey!

  If you’ve made cheese, then you’ll be left with a considerable amount of whey. Why not use it to start a new fermentation project, such

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  The Hoppiness Project

  A Bristol, U.K.-based organization is helping elderly dementia patients through beer. It started with the idea of growing hops and has turne

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  Those Who Came Before

  A homebrewer reminisces about how he started in the hobby 15 years ago and the man he credits for teaching and inspiring him. As he’d late

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  Trip of a Lifetime

  A recent retiree’s bucket list includes visiting breweries in all 50 U.S. States and diving deeper into his homebrewing hobby. Combining t

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  Homebrewing in the Netherlands

  The Dutch homebrewing club De Roerstock’s 40th anniversary falls on the same year it gets to host the prestigious Open Dutch Championship,

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  Tap Handle Mania

  Many homebrewers create unique bottle labels for each beer they brew. But if you keg your beers then a unique tap handle for each beer would

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  Ancestral Brew

  When a half-joking comment led to a journey 4,500 miles (7,200 km) away, we knew we needed to learn more. Find out how a father-son duo from

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  Finding Unique Water Sources to Brew Beer

  There are many hobbies found within the hobby of homebrewing, such as brewers who search far and wide in the pursuit of novel microorganisms