July-August 2016
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Build a Portable Glass Rinser
Clean glasses anywhere with this rinser that utilizes a windshield washer fluid reservoir and pump.
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I started homebrewing in January 2011 and in July 2013 I entered my first homebrew competition. That same month, a near-death experience changed my life forever. I broke 25 bones and collapsed
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Resurgence Brewing Company: Oktoberfest clone
This upstate New York Oktoberfest is a traditional Marzen style beer. It features biscuit, caramel, and toffee notes.
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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
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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
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So You Want to Go Pro?
Dreaming about taking your homebrewing hobby to the next level? Consider these words of advice first.
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2016 Label Contest Winners
The BYO homebrew Label Contest turned 21 years old this year, and to help us celebrate its legal drinking age, our readers sent in what may have been the most artistic and
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3 Ways to Wheat
It’s easy to spot the wheat beer among the ambers and stouts on any taproom table: just look for the one with the soft, hazy glow in the palest shade of gold
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Choosing and Using Fittings
Anywhere your wort or beer moves, there’s a fitting involved — barbed fittings, flared fittings, heat-resistant fittings, plastic fittings, stainless fittings, garden hose fittings, brass fittings, sanitary fittings, and pipe fittings. Familiarize yourself with the options available so you can choose the best fittings for the job that also fits your budget.
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Czech Amber Lager
I have a confession to make. I was going to write about Czech dark lager, but I tried an authentic Czech amber lager brewed by my friend Petr Bachan at a recent
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Starches in the Mash: Mr. Wizard
Q Do starches quickly become solubilized or do they remain trapped in the grist when the strike water is added? This question is regarding how a recirculating system behaves and whether there
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Resurgence Brewing Co.’s Oktoberfest clone: Replicator
Dear Replicator, New breweries continue to pop up all over the country and Buffalo, New York is no exception. Resurgence Brewing is one that is climbing quickly in popularity and after ordering a flight
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Opening a Nanobrewery: Tips from the Pros
Three homebrewers who opened nanobreweries offer their advice on how you, too, can go pro.
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Toast Ale
A group in London is brewing with bread destined for landfills. Learn to make delicious beer while eliminating food waste.
Mr. Wizard
Mash Starches
Mr. Wizard analyzes what happens to starches in the mash tun & more.
