September 2009

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Triple Rock Brewery’s Dragon’s Milk Brown Ale clone

By Marc Martin

An English brown ale with enough hop bite to balance the malt backbone.

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Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA clone

By BYO Staff

Sierra Nevada designed this beer to showcase their innovative “hop torpedo,” which is a dry hopping device that controls how much hop aroma is imparted into the beer without adding additional bitterness. This beer features a big citrus, pine, and tropical fruit hop profile.

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Squeezing Grain Bags

By Ashton Lewis

Mr. Wizard gives advice to a new all-grainer.

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Soaking Whole Hops

By Ashton Lewis

The Wiz lets loose with his opinion on wort loss.

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Making Cider: Tips from the Pros

By Betsy Parks

Three cider makers discuss apples and the craft of cidermaking.

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Using Yeast Nutrients

By Jon Stika

Yeast do not live by maltose alone. Find out what nutrients they need and how to ensure you have the proper amount in your wort.

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Yeast Metabolism

By Dr. Chris White

How yeast ferment sugar and produce flavor and aroma compounds.

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Yeast Culturing

By Dr. Chris White

Start your own yeast lab.

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Yeast Handling

By Greg Doss

Advice on how to handle your yeast and manage your fermentations.

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Yeast Biology

By Chris Colby

How did Saccharomyces cerevisiae become a good brewing yeast?

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Hop Torpedoes Away

By Glenn BurnSilver

The brewers at Sierra Nevada have come up with a new device to improve the extraction of hop oils during dry hopping. Meet their torpedo — and the beer that carries its name.