November 2020
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A Harmony of Fruit and Honey
Making mead with fruit is a creative journey. What fruits and combinations you use, where and when you use them in the process, and what attributes of the fruit you work to express are all creative choices. Unlocking the secrets of all these different choices is the key to being able to mix them up to create your own hits.
Recipe
Ancient Fire Mead & Cider’s 60% Of The Time clone
Ancient Fire Mead & Cider’s 60% Of The Time clone (5 gallons/19 L, bottled under cork)OG = 1.152 FG = 1.028ABV = 16% Ingredients16 lbs. (7.3 kg) wildflower honey2.5 gallons (9.5 L) 24 °Brix
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Ancient Fire Mead & Cider’s Leaping Off The Ledge clone
Ancient Fire Mead & Cider’s Leaping Off The Ledge clone (5.25–5.5 gallons/20–21 L, keg carbonated)OG = 1.058 FG = 0.997 FG = 1.010 (after backsweetening)ABV = 7% Ingredients8 lbs. (3.6 kg) orange blossom
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Ancient Fire Mead & Cider’s Granola Bar! clone
Ancient Fire Mead & Cider’s Granola Bar! clone (5 gallons/19 L, bottled under cork)OG = 1.131 FG = 1.020ABV = 14.5% Ingredients18 lbs. (8.2 kg) buckwheat honeyWater to 5 gallons (19 L)20 g Lalvin
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Doppel Your Pleasure, Doppel Your Fun
Doppelbock is often deemed one of the harder beer styles to brew well. First off, it’s big and bready — the monks brewed it specifically for times of fasting to stave off
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The Rise of Brazilian Beer
The rise of Brazil’s craft and homebrewing scene over the last decade has resulted in some unique beer styles taking advantage of the country’s tropical fruits and ingredients. Plus: Craft clones and homebrew recipes that capture the local flavors in a glass.
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Imperial Stout with Dried Mushrooms and Cumaru
Imperial Stout with Dried Mushrooms and Cumaru (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.097 FG = 1.017IBU = 61 SRM = 80 ABV = 10.6% Courtesy of Daniel Ropelato, this imperial
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Alem Bier’s Muscat Brett Saison clone
Alem Bier’s Muscat Brett Saison clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.056 FG = 1.007IBU = 13 SRM = 3 ABV = 6.8% This saison with Brettanomyces from Alem Bier
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Cervejaria UNIKA’s Catharina Sour with Strawberry & Coffee clone
Cervejaria UNIKA’s Catharina Sour with Strawberry & Coffee clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.049 FG = 1.008IBU = 9 SRM = 3 ABV = 5.5% A unique take on
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Cervejaria Narcose’s Mora Mora clone
Cervejaria Narcose’s Mora Mora clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.055 FG = 1.013IBU = 20 SRM = 23 ABV = 5.5% Mora Mora is a dark lager with
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Pantry Brew
Food security has been playing on my mind a lot in recent months. I don’t know about your local area, but stores here in the UK temporarily ran out of a number
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To Better Times (Farmhouse Table Beer)
To Better Times (Farmhouse Table Beer) (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.035 FG = 1.007IBU = 10 SRM = 3 ABV = 3.7% This recipe was created with one purpose in mind
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Crooked Nail Rustic Ale
Crooked Nail Rustic Ale (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.045 FG = 1.010IBU = No hops SRM = 9 ABV = 4.6% With no hops, homemade base malt, and recycled yeast, this beer
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Kimchi
The national dish of South Korea, kimchi is most often fermented cabbage and has been gaining popularity worldwide. Get some pointers and a recipe to ferment your own batch of this spicy and savory food.
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Cheers To My Dad: My journey from macro to micro
One U.S. Air Force member wanted to raise a toast to his dad, who introduced him not only to craft beer but also the world of homebrewing. He is now the label maker and his dad is head brewer in their operation.
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Power Your Propane Burner: Run your flames on a simple switch
Creating a safe and consistent flame that you can switch on and off with a toggle switch can be achieved with some modifications to your burner. Learn how one brewer made it happen.
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Passion and Planning: A strategic pause
Many breweries around the world are experiencing a slowdown. Now is the time to focus on making sure you’re running a tight ship.
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Moving Beer: Advanced draft designs
Draft systems can get complicated. If you plan to develop a seemingly complex or long-draw system, here is your guide to keeping balance despite lots of obstacles.
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Testing Your Hypothesis: Experiments you should do
Homebrewing and experimenting are about as old as brewing itself . . . but modern scientific method delineates theories and proven facts. Denny and Drew provide some pointers.
Recipe
Brown’s Brewing Co.’s Cherry Razz clone
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.064 FG = 1.014IBU = 15 SRM = 12 ABV = 6.6% Ingredients9 lbs. (4.08 kg) Pilsner malt1.75 lbs. (0.79 kg) wheat malt1.5 lbs. (0.68 kg) crystal
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Flanders Red: The Burgundy of Belgium
Many people may not realize that Flanders red and brown ales actually trace their roots across the Channel to England. Find out about the history of these styles of beer, the keys to their flavor development, and how to brew one yourself.
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Gordon Strong’s Flanders Red
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.050 FG = 1.010IBU = 16 SRM = 17 ABV = 5.3% Ingredients7 lbs. (3.2 kg) Vienna malt2 lbs. (0.91 kg) flaked maize12 oz. (340 g) dark
Mr. Wizard
Iodine Starch Testing and Defining Mash Conversion
Welcome to BYO where we are committed to providing current, helpful, and technically sound brewing advice to our readers! It’s always nice seeing great homebrewing questions from all parts of the world
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Decocting While Recirculating? Also: Iodine Starch Testing and Defining Mash Conversion
Is there a best-practice technique for decoction mashing while utilizing a recirculating mash system? The Wizard investigates this as well as a deep dive into what brewers mean when they say “enzymatic conversion is complete.”
Mr. Wizard
Decocting While Recirculating?
Randy, this is an interesting question that I will address with a few different perspectives. The first is a short answer to your basic question; I don’t know of any articles that
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Big Beers, Done Right
Get some pointers to brew the big ABV beers this cold-weather season.
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Brown’s Brewing Co.
The Replicator heads to the capital region of New York to get a recipe from Brown’s Brewing Co. Find out why this regional brewery has gained fans beyond craft brew followers.
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Beyond Oak: Tips from the Pros
There are many woods beyond oak that can add complexity to beer. Two pros who know their way around these exotic flavors share their top tips. Wayne Wambles, Brewmaster at Cigar City
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Drool Page
Featuring some of the latest drool worthy features found in our Homebrew Nation section of BYO. Homebrew Drool Setup — JR Renna • Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania Many of us have fun names