Date: July-August 2020

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Kveik: Tips from the Pros

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It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that when American craft brewers got their hands on the fast-fermenting kveik strains from Norway they immediately started using them to quickly turn around IPAs


Heirloom and Alternative Grains

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The Industrial Revolution brought about a new era in manufacturing and technological improvements in food processing. Unfortunately, parallel to those advancements began the whitewashing of flavor from our cookbooks, family recipes, and geographical provenance. Grain was re-engineered to be drought-tolerant, bug-resistant, and more robust, sometimes even genetically modified to increase gluten content. These agronomic improvements


American-Style Lager

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American-Style Lager (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.046  FG = 1.008IBU = 15  SRM = 2–4  ABV = 4.9% Ingredients7 lbs. (3.2 kg) 2-row pale malt2.5 lbs. (1.1 kg) raw rice or corn0.25 lb. (113 g) acidulated malt12 AAU Mt. Hood hops (60 min.) (2 oz./56 g at 6% alpha acids)0.5 oz. (14 g) Mt. Hood


New Age Kveik

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Kveik yeast strains impart unique flavors unlike any other yeast. Many of those flavors complement the hazy IPAs that are all the craze right now. Get tips for fermenting new-age kveik beers.


Drekker Brewing Co.’s Hyper Scream clone

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Drekker Brewing Co.’s Hyper Scream clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.076  FG = 1.013 IBU = 25  SRM = 6  ABV = 8.4% This imperial New England-style IPA has a silky mouthfeel from generous oat and spelt additions, and a massive hop aroma due to massive late-hop additions and kveik yeast. Ingredients9 lbs. (4.1 kg)


Jester King & Yazoo Brewing Co.’s A Pale Green Horse clone

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Jester King & Yazoo Brewing Co.’s A Pale Green Horse clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.063  FG = 1.011 IBU = 68  SRM = 5  ABV = 6.7% Ingredients9.5 lbs. (4.3 kg)


Traditional Norwegian Kveik

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To be honest with you, at first I didn’t have much interest in kveik, the strains of indigenous symbiotic yeast culture from Norway that seem to ferment at warp speed and at unusually high temperatures. From what little bit I’d heard about it, it seemed gimmicky, like a trend or fad that wouldn’t last long


American Gravøl

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American Gravøl (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.080  FG = 1.018IBU = 15  SRM = 7  ABV = 8.2% This recipe is brewed in a way that I feel pays homage to the ingredients and processes I saw being used in Norway. That’s not to say it doesn’t involve a lot of improvisation. I used


4 Beers from 1 Brew Day

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Over the years the amount of time I can dedicate to brewing has drastically decreased. When I started homebrewing in college, I had nothing but free time. Then, becoming a single young


Keg Polisher: Give your kegs a shine

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Have you ever tried to clean up the exterior of your kegs and given up due to the effort required? One crafty homebrewer came up with his own Corny keg polisher utilizing a modified wood lathe that gives those old dingy kegs a new shine.


Stay At Home Homebrew Labels

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The 25th Annual Label Contest brought in hundreds of entries. One aspect that caught our attention when judging them was the volume of COVID-19 related labels. We knew we had to share them with you too.


Wet Hopping: How to maximize fresh hop use

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Wet hops are not the opposite of dry hops . . . they’re just hops that haven’t been cured in an oast. Find some of the keys to building your own wet-hop beer recipe for this year’s harvest.


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