Bill Pierce

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Make Mine a Ballantine

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Balancing Your Draft System

A properly set up and maintained home dispensing system allows you to pour correctly carbonated beer that has the appropriate head and appea

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Nitrogen Draft Systems

It’s not that difficult to duplicate the “nitro pour” of your favorite pub draught. All it requires is some additional equipment beyon

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RIMS and HERMS

In both systems, mash liquid is drawn off the grain bed, pumped past a heating element or heat exchanger, and returned to the mash.

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Buying & Storing Hops

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Ballantine Brewing Co.’s Ballantine IPA clone

Ballantine carried the hoppy torch for many years with their Ballantine IPA. You can try to recreate that classic amber-colored beer with th

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SamiClones

It’s arguably the most famous holiday beer in the world – Samichlaus. Learn from homebrewers who have made it how to clone this Christmas

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Growing Hops

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Drewrys Brewery: Celebrating History with Cream Ale

The House of Heileman

The rise and fall of an American brewery. How investment hijinks brought down a brewing empire. Plus: the keys to krä

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Wort Boiling

Your bubbling boil doesn’t have to cause trouble or toil. We’ll show you how to get the most from this most basic of brewing procedures.

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Fermentability

Your beer’s final gravity is determined by the fermentability of the wort and the action of the yeast. Find out how to control these fact