Date: June 1995
Traditional German Bock
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA great Bock recipe for a traditional, triple decocted German Bock(bier).
Cherry Brown Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA fun-to-brew Brown Ale with some home toasted malts and a lot of cherries!
Fruit Beer
Digital and Plus Members OnlyI have an old photograph at home, taken at the Weinhard Brewery here in Portland, Oregon in 1906. The brewmaster is posed in front of the brew kettle in high collar, tie, and jacket, handlebar mustache brushed and waxed. The jacket, tie, and his bowler hat are clearly symbols of rank; the other brewery workers
Picking the Right Yeast: Tips from the Pros
Digital and Plus Members OnlyGrant Johnston Marin Brewing Co., Larkspur, California Grant Johnston looks first for a yeast with “great flavor.” When formulating a new beer, he works around the flavor of the yeast he is using, choosing malt and hops that will “meld” with it. Johnston also looks for a yeast strain that is easy to use. “I
Brewing Basics for Beginners
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIf You Can Boil Water, You Can Brew Your Own
Interview with Charlie Papazian
Digital and Plus Members OnlyHis voice is soft, his manner calm. In fact Charlie Papazian is amazingly mellow for someone with his schedule. Before the snow even begins to melt this spring in the mountains outside Boulder, Colorado—home of the American Homebrewers Association (AHA), which Papazian founded in 1978—he will have traveled to Brazil, Japan, Southeast Asia, South Africa,
Solve the Mystery of Decoction Mashing
Digital and Plus Members OnlyAs brewers, we refer to the entire process of converting the starch present in grains and adjuncts into sugar as mashing. We use the enzymes present in pale malted grains to perform this conversion. These enzymes are active over a range of temperatures, with more activity within certain ranges than outside of these ranges. Decoction
Your Own Draft System
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIf you brew your own beer, you know the drill. A few friends come over on brew day. The brewing process is fun and relaxing. There are plenty of natural breaks in the work. You and your friends talk about the latest innovations in brewing equipment, brag about your homebrews, drink a few of the
Better Beer with Extract Kits
Digital and Plus Members OnlySo you’re a kit brewer, or perhaps you want to start brewing with kits. Maybe it’s your first brew or you’ve brewed several and are still getting things down before venturing into grain brewing, or you’ve decided that you like kit beer and are happy to stick with them. If any of these descriptions fits,
Prohibition Pilsner
Digital and Plus Members OnlyFind out what beer was like in the time of Al Capone. We’ve got the recipe for his once-illegal brew.