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Brewing History
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Chancellor Ale
College and beer go together like, well, college and beer. But did your college brew its own? For almost 600 years, Queen’s College at Ox
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A History of Malt Extract
Set sail on a journey of new inventions, scurvy sailors and botched beer. It’s the (early) history of malt extract. Plus:
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Colonial Ale
Using a handwritten recipe unearthed at an eighteenth-century Virginia plantation, a homebrewer and archaeologist recreated Mrs. Cary’s Good
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Mr. Wizard
American Beers and Prohibition
American beers, pre and post-Prohibition. The Wiz knows…
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Reinheitsgebot: Behind the German Beer Purity Law
The Reinheitsgebot is more than an ad slogan. It’s a historical document that says a lot about the development of German-style brewing.
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Searching for Medieval Ale
Today’s homebrewer can recreate history with a few basic ingredients and a little imagination
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Homebrewing During Prohibition
The reputation of homebrewers suffered during the Noble Experiment.
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Julius Caesar’s Beer
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16th Century Homebrewers
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Revolutionary Brewing
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Prohibition Pilsner
Find out what beer was like in the time of Al Capone. We’ve got the recipe for his once-illegal brew.