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May/June 2008

Crafting your own perfect Czech pilsner, adding olive oil to your beer, getting more from your grain, and tips on understanding malt extract.

In this issue

  • recipe

    Speedway Brewing Co.’s Speedy Kiwi 5.6 ESB clone

    Speedway Brewing closed its doors in 2010, but we do still have the recipe for their Speedy Kiwi ESB. While it is based on the English style, it comes with its own American twist.

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    Old School Dunkel

    Jamil Zainasheff provides readers with a classic recipe for German dunkel. Sometimes less is more in recipe development.

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    Blow off the kräusen?

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    Bottle Colors

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    Build a Hop Drying Oast

    Sure, you could dry your homegrown hops on an old screen, but wouldn’t you rather build your own oast?

  • article

    Understanding the Science Behind Beer Foam

    Beer foam: It’s more than just a layer at the top of your glass, it’s a complex matrix of air and chemistry that is highly dependent upon the brewing process. Explore the science of the suds with John Palmer.

  • article

    Processing Homegrown Hops

    There’s more to growing your own hops than picking the cones from the bines. Get some advice for harvesting, drying and storing your homegrown harvest.

  • article

    Munich Dunkel

    Let’s get old school and go back to a time when people used pencil and paper, rotary phones and brewed Munich dunkel.

  • article

    Evaluating Hops: Tips from the Pros

    Larry Sidor (Deschutes), Mitch Steele (Stone) and Dr. Val Peacock (Anheuser-Busch) all agree that the best way to evaluate hops isn’t scientific — the nose knows.

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    Increasing Your Extract Efficiency

    Are you getting all you can get out of your malt? With malt prices on the rise, you may be wondering about this. Discover ways to get a better yield without sacrificing wort quality or expanding a brewday.

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    Olive Oil Aeration

    Olive oil and beer: Two great things that go great together? A new technique that’s gaining respect among professional brewers may pave the way to preventing oxidation down the road.

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    Making Malt Extract

    Malt extract is in everything from pretzels to breakfast cereals to, well, beer. But how is it made, and where did it come from? Learn about its history and creation and what it means for your brewing.