May-June 2014
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Perpetuum Sour
Author Michael Tonsmeire provides a recipe he utilizes for his home solera method to produce funky beers.
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Perennial Artisan Ales’ Anniversaria clone
St. Louis, Missouri-based Perennial Artisan Ales’ anniversary ale, Anniversaria, is blended via solera. Their goal isn’t to release the same beer each year, but as brewer Jonathan Moxey put it, “create a thread that will run through each year’s release.”
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Cairn 100% Brett IPA
There are many different ways to go with fermenting this recipe from Sacch Trois to Brett Trois or any favorite strain of yours. Either way, the Centennial and Citra® hops should please any hop fan.
Project
Motorize Your Mill
Crushing grain immediately prior to mashing is one of the hallmarks of homebrewing at its finest and is well documented in numerous articles. I have used a drill-powered mill for years, but
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Modern Times Beer: Southern Lands IPA clone
This 100% Brett Trois-fermented IPA features an intense tropical pineapple character.
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Thunder Island Brewing Company: Vitamin K Kölsch
This light yellow German-style ale is no longer brewed by Thunder Island, but you can brew it at home for a fresh, crisp brew for the summer.
Article
The Chemistry of Beer Flavor
Beer is comprised of hundreds of different chemical compounds that contribute to the overall flavor and aroma perception of the beer. Different styles of beer have different flavor and aroma characteristics that
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Preparing Your Beer for Competition
Some people want to enter competitions to win medals, others simply want to find out the judges’ opinions on what they think is a great beer. I remember a time when the
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Brewing All-Brett IPA
Beer historian Ron Pattinson, of the blog Shut Up About Barclay Perkins, is famous for writing about the longevity of ideas in the brewing community. His research provides some necessary grounding to
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Hops Down Under
Hops have been grown in New Zealand and Australia since the early 19th century. Until the late 1950s, Australian beers mainly used English-bred Whitebine Grape, Kent Goldings and Fuggles from Tasmania, and
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Blending Sour Beers with the Solera Method
Rather than blending to taste at bottling, a solera relies on mixing beers of multiple ages together during aging. When a portion is removed for packaging, the volume is replaced with younger beer. The younger beer can be unfermented, fermented, or even soured. In this way, the solera slowly evolves.
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Making Your Own Flavored Syrups for Berliner Weisse
Berliner weisse is a style of beer that is frequently sweetened in the glass with a dash of flavored syrup, which is known as “with a shot,” or “mit Schuss” in German.
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New World Berliner Weisse
Achtung! The Germans are coming, the Germans are coming! As Daniel Fromson wrote in the Washington Post on August 27, 2013, “For decades, American brewers have infused foreign beer traditions with boldness
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Fruit Beer, Crisp Finish, Storing Ingredients & Peppers: Mr. Wizard
Q I would like to brew a batch of raspberry wheat beer without using concentrated flavoring. The flavor concentrates work well, but i would like to try brewing with real berries. Mike
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Expanding Equipment: Tips from the Pros
When it comes to homebrew equipment, you can spend as much (or as little) as you’d like and still make quality beer. but there comes a point when every homebrewer decides it’s
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Thunder Island Brewery Vitamin K Kölsch: Replicator
Dear Replicator, While hiking the Pacific Crest Trail with a buddy, we found Thunder Island Brewery in the small town of Cascade Locks, Oregon. All the beers were good but the Vitamin
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Flanders Red Recipe
Jamil Zainasheff provides readers with a recipe to recreate an authentically-styled Flanders Red. Just remember that patience is one of the best tools for brewing this style.
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Spencer Trappist Ale clone
The first beer released by the first and only American Trappist brewery, The Spencer Brewery located in Spencer, Massachusetts. This beer was designed to mirror the patersbiers (“fathers’ beer” in Flemish) found in Belgium. They have since released a full line-up of beers, but their original Belgian-style pale ale is something to be savored. Find the recipe here.
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Flanders Red: Style Profile
Brettanomyces fermentation is just one of the wonders that makes the Belgian Flanders red style so appealing.
Mr. Wizard
Brewing with Raspberries
The Wiz lays out ways to add fruit and hot peppers to beer. Plus: How to get a crisp finish.
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American Trappists
The monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Mass. run the first American Trappist brewery. Plus: a clone recipe.
