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Scrub Your Way to Better Beer
I’ve said many times that primarily a brewer is a cleaner, nothing more. For no matter how good your brewing skills, if you don’t clean your equipment thoroughly you will produce infected
Brewing with Apples
Just as cooking with fresh seasonal produce enhances the flavors in food, the same is true of beer. Freshly harvested plants, from peaches to pecans, are leaps and bounds more flavorful and
Judging Off Flavors
Beer is cacophony of flavor. There are over 500 flavor compounds in hops alone, and the other three basic ingredients of water, grain, and yeast add many hundreds more. As we combine
Erin Go Brew: Homebrewing & Craft Beer in Ireland
Matt Dick, the Founder of Boundary Brewing in Belfast, was one of the first brewers to sit for a Beer Judge Certification exam in Ireland in 2013. Since then, he and others
Brewing Irish Classic Beer Styles
Ireland was ruled by Britain for centuries, and the north of Ireland still remains a part of Great Britain. But it is worth pointing out that it was the Normans who first
Prohibition-Era Homebrew Club
Next time you go to a homebrew club meeting, take a look around. You will see friends and people who share a passion for crafting beer at home. More important, you do
Airlock Suck Back, Bottling Carbonated Beer: Mr. Wizard
Q When cold crashing or lagering beer from a relatively warmer temperature to a colder one, negative pressure of condensed air in the headspace can draw in liquid and air through the
Brewing Irish Dry Stout: Tips from the Pros
Don’t judge a beer by its color. Not all dark beers are heavy and high in alcohol. Dry stout (also known as Irish stout) is usually 4–5% ABV, has a light body
Iechyd Da Brewing Co.’s Walloon Belgian Dark Strong clone: Replicator
Dear Replicator, I have spent many days traveling for work to Elkhart, Indiana. One of the best parts of the trip is visiting Iechyd Da Brewing Company for one of their many great brews. The best
Brewing Hoppy Fruit Beers
I arrived home to find a re-taped cardboard box with a Florida return address. I used to occasionally trade beer so I could sample breweries that didn’t distribute to the Mid-Atlantic. I
High-Gravity Fermentations
Our bodies can tolerate quite a lot of things in small doses that would be harmful, even deadly in larger doses. That’s true of many medications we take and of course, it’s
So You Want to Go Pro?
Dreaming about taking your homebrewing hobby to the next level? Consider these words of advice first.
