Topic: Brewing History

Tesgüino

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The Sacred Corn Beer of the Sierra Madre


Prohibition Porter

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A couple homebrewers brewed a real Prohibition-era beer with malt extract from the 1920s.


Pre-Prohibition Techniques

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Learn to brew like they did pre-Prohibition, with the help of someone who has the old brewing notebooks.


New Albion Ale: The First US Craft Beer

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The first modern microbrewed ale in the United States was New Albion Ale. Learn how to brew this historic ale.


The House of Heileman

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The rise and fall of an American brewery. How investment hijinks brought down a brewing empire. Plus: the keys to kräusening — and an Old Style clone recipe.  


Tudor Beer

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Examine and attempt to decode the first written (hopped) beer recipe in England. Brew a beer that will please the historians and perhaps be fit for a king.


Steam-Powered Belgian Brews

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A brewery in Belgium is a living museum.


Gose: A relic returns

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This obscure beer style, which is slightly salty and slightly sour, has been brewed for over 1,000 years.


Tutankhamun Ale

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With a little help from some archaeologists, we may all be able to brew and drink the beer that King Tut drank.


Brewing Historical Porter with Brett

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Historically, porter was transferred in oak casks, which very likely contributed Brettanomyces to the brew. Can that phenomenon be recreated?


Two Ancient Brews

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What’s old is new again. Dogfish Head Brewery has been brewing Midas Touch, a beer based on the residue found in an ancient urn, for years. Now they’ve added a second historically-recreated brew to their lineup – Chateau Jiahu. Learn how to clone these “archaeobeers.”


Archaeobeer

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Back in the day – we’re talking WAY back in the day – beer was brewed with malt, and bread, and honey and wine . . . and just about anything that could be fermented. How the ancients brewed – and how you can too!


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