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How to Make a Beer Yeast Starter | With Video!
Making a yeast starter is one of the easiest ways you can increase the quality of your homebrew. And if you have your yeast shipped...
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How to Make Alcoholic Ginger Ale
Alcoholic ginger ale is gaining popularity today, but has been around for centuries. Long before Not Your Father’s Ginger Ale in the United States, Crabbie’s...
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Nordic Harvest Ale in New England
By Ricky Alexander There are a lot of things that signal the transition of summer into fall in New England. The mornings and evenings are...
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Italian Pilsners
By John FortunatoDo you crave a delicately balanced soft-toned brew to go with light Italian food dishes such as pizza, pasta and shellfish? Then what...
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4 Tips for Opening a Homebrew Shop
By Dylan Dunn owner of www.thebeardedbrewer.com MoreBeer! Note This topic is one that is near and dear to our hearts. In the...
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Dortmunder Export Lager
By Dustyn Cormier Hello, friends and well-wishers! My name is Dustyn Cormier. I live in a small town in the Hudson Valley in New York...
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Kveik - A Gift from Our Nordic Cousins
By Steve HarbottleWhen the average person hears about something “hot and fast” coming from Norway, I suspect their first inclination isn’t to think about beer...
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Solera aging a Beer
The Art of Solera Aging Your Beer - MoreBeer Article The Art of Solera Aging Your Beer By Evan Knezic Why in the world would...
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Not Your Garden Variety Food Pairing: Beer & Herbs
By Kimberley HurleyFood pairings are a thing. A big thing. And not just food and wine… food and beer dinners are popping up at breweries,...
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Spunding: the good, the bad, and the bubbly
By Ryan Hansen from Big Pop Brewing Process and purpose of spunding: The age-old tradition of spunding has been making a comeback. In short, spunding...
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How to Maintain Oak Barrels
This information is based on my experience with wine rather than beer, but principles still apply. Traditional beer barrels are thicker, as they have to...
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Brewing with Wet (Fresh) Hops
By Jack Horzempa What are the differences between wet hops and dried (kilned) hops The hops that we typically use when homebrewing our beers have...
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Canning Homebrew
By William Mundy Imagine this: You have 5 gallons of a juicy IPA sitting in the keg. You get a call from a friend, who...
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What is Coffee Blending and Why You Should Do It.
By Jacob Wachtel In any small roastery or coffeeshop, you've probably encountered two terms that cause more contention among coffee enthusiasts: "single-origin" and "coffee blends”.To...
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Helles Lager | The Sacred Heart of Bavarian Lager
By Dr. Michael E. Brown Helles lager, a Bavarian classic first brewed in 1894 by Spaten Brewery in Munich, arose from key brewing science advances...