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The 5-Sense Beer Test
It’s more than a sense of taste. You use all five of your senses to evaluate a beer. Refining your technique can provide more enjoyment and help you make your own beer better.
The Great Beer BBQ Cook-Off
What better way to celebrate summer than with a four-course barbecue featuring great dishes cooked with beer.
Personalizing Your Wine Package
Summer is approaching, and if you haven’t already, it’s probably time to start thinking about what to do with all that wine you made last harvest season (well, besides drink it). The
Brewing Hempen Ale
The brewer who developed Hempen Ale and Hempen Gold tells us how he created the popular and controversial beers.
Blending for Better Wines
The ancient Greeks used to mix their wine with herbs, spices, and pine-tree resin. In medieval England it was considered an honor to be given both the wine and the water pitchers
American and English Brown Ale
Brown ales, sometimes known as nut brown because of their color, originated in England and exist as a very strong style today. Brown ale is broken into two categories, Northern brown
Keeping Your Yeast Healthy
As a professional brewer I am often asked for homebrewing advice or to sample and critique homebrewers’ wares. Most often I am quite impressed with the talents of our local homebrewers and
More Incredibly Practical Brewing Tips
Favorite tips featuring BYO readers’ innovative ideas on making homebrewing easier and better. Speed up your bottle cleaning with an electric drill, wort chilling with a car radiator and more!
Grain Expectations
Brewers always seem to get a bright gleam in their eyes when designing a new beer recipe. Poring over available specialty malts and beer profiles, brewers drool with anticipation at the thought
Successful Mash Conversion: Tips from the Pros
Brewer: Artie Tafoya Brewery: Appalachian Brewing Co., Harrisburg, Pa. Years of experience: 10 years professional, five years homebrewing House Beers: Water Gap Wheat, Purist Pale Ale, Jolly Scot Scottish Ale, Susquehanna Stout,
Controlling Diacetyl
Get rid of that buttery off-flavor. A look at hyow diacetyl works and what you can do to keep it under control.
Invasion of the Body Killers
The moment of truth has arrived. You hand your best buddy and toughest critic a pint of your latest brew. He raises the glass to his lips and sips. And says with
