Date: December 1996
Saint-Valentine’s Metheglin
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Kiwi-Strawberry Melomel
Digital and Plus Members OnlyMelomel = mead with added fruit. This is a great substitute for dry champagne.
Sparkling Cyser
FREEA thirst-quenching but deceptively strong sparkling brew. Darker than most, because of the cider. Serve chilled.
Still of the Night Mead
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA light, still straight mead, similar to a sweet white wine. Perfect as an aperitif or with dessert.
Mild Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyLow Alcohol Meets Full Flavor
Sparging: Tips from the Pros
Digital and Plus Members OnlyBrewer: Kevin Rokke Brewery: Crane River Brewpub & Cafe, Lincoln, Neb. Years of experience: 10 Education: BS in biology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln House Beers: Whooping Wheat, Sodhaus Altbier, Zlate Pivo (pilsner-style ale), Homestead Pale Ale, Platte Valley ESB, Good Life Stout At Crane River we’re careful not to sparge too hard or too fast.
Norwegian Christmas Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyChristmas beers are a long standing tradition throughout the Scandinavian countries. Generally dark and malty, they are often usually brewed in the late summer, early falls months for consumption during the holiday season. Feel free to kick this recipe up a notch or two with more extract or belgian candy syrups if you want to up increase the alcohol percentage.
Keep Your Brewhouse in Peak Form
Digital and Plus Members OnlyYour home brewery is much the same as many small craft- and microbreweries. You share the same goal with commercial breweries: to make good-tasting, clean beer. You are also using much of the same equipment. You might not have stainless-steel conical fermenters, bright tanks, or a real heat exchanger, but you make do with glass
Homebrewer at the South Pole
Digital and Plus Members OnlyWorking at a research station directly on the South Pole, the author tells about brewing in an environment where temperatures average -60 degrees F and where no planes fly in and out for months at a time.
Mead: The Most Noble Brew
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIs there a brew that conjures up more images than mead? Whether you associate it with ancient druids, pre-Roman civilizations of central Europe, Vikings, Teutonic raiders, Celts ancient or modern, it is impossible to deny the hold that mead has always had on the imagination of Western civilization. Some believe that it was mead that
Hop Aroma Therapy
Digital and Plus Members OnlyWays to Capture the Perfect Hop Nose Everytime