March 1997
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Simplify Your Stout: Tips from the Pros
Brewer: Fal Allen Brewery: The Pike Brewing Co., Seattle Years of experience: Eight Education: Attended several courses at the Siebel Institute in Chicago and has been homebrewing for 12 years House Beers:
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Steam Beer
Tracing the Origins of Steam Beer
Recipe
Maple Marzen
A märzen beer is the perfect base to highlight the earthy qualities of maple sap and syrup. Alternatively, you could try fermenting with a clean ale yeast if you are not equipped to ferment a beer at lager temps for several weeks. Birch sap and syrup can also be used if maple sap and syrup are not available in your region.
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Julius Caesar’s Beer
History tells us that Julius Caesar was stabbed in the back by Brutus in 44 BC. If everyone had just been a little patient, Caesar’s passion for a mug of beer would
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Custom Cast Tap Handles
Few things make your homebrew look more professional than custom clear tap handles with your own label embedded inside. You can use the taps on a keg system by displaying them on
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Hit Your Target Gravity
When your neighborhood pub stops serving your favorite English bitter, what can you do? Make your own, of course. Homebrewers thrive on the challenge of recreating the round malts and bracing hops
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Märzen and Oktoberfest
A recipe and a how-to brewing guide to Marzen, the beer that’s so special Germans brew it in March and don’t serve it until fall.
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10 Tips for Hop Growers
It’s planting season again. BYO’s hop gardener offers some ways to make this year’s crop healthier and more productive.
