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Michael Tonsmeire
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Advanced Dry Hopping Tips, Techniques, & Traps
Dry hopping is the practice of adding hops to beer at the tail end or post-fermentation. However, there is a lot more to it than that. There
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Are Thiols Worth the Hype?
Having brewed dozens of different beers with thiolized yeasts and thiol-enhancing products, Michael Tonsmeire explains what thiols do to bee
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Sapwood Cellars’ Cosmic Rings Clone
We love GalaxyTM and Citra® together, but when we can’t source good GalaxyTM, using a thiol-producing yeast with Citra® can bring a simi
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Sapwood Cellars & Bissel Brothers Brewing Co.’s Field Learning Clone
This beer uses fresh grapes at the end of the process to layer the flavors onto the Phantasm powder used at the start of fermentation.
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Traditional German Sours
Go into a brewery or craft beer bar with a decent tap list and there’s a pretty good chance you’ll find a fruited Berliner weisse or Gos
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Sapwood Cellars’ Salzig clone
The coriander in this Gose provides a beautiful lemon-lime citrusy flavor that only adds to the refreshing qualities of this session beer.
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Sapwood Cellars’ Little By Slowly Clone
This Berliner weisse combines acidity, bread dough wheaty notes, lemony-hay funk, and high carbonation.
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The Finer Things: Brewing with culinary delicacies
Brewers tend to reach for beer additives that are easy to find and light on the wallet. But what about that $100 black truffle? Welcome to b
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The Evolution of IPA
Dramatic shifts in the IPA style is nothing new, even though they are happening more frequently as of late. Review where this style came fro
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Sapwood Cellars’ Cheater X clone
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Sapwood Cellars’ Nu Zulund clone
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Sapwood Cellars’ Western Shore clone