Articles
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Popular Craft Beer Styles - A List of Types of Beer
A Guide To Craft Beer Styles Brewers and drinkers enjoy more variety in their beer options today than at any point in history. The Beer...
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Popular Glassware Every Brewer Should Know
When it comes to beer we all know there is no shortage of styles and varieties, but did you know that for every beer there...
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For Those About To Bock and Doppelbock!
by Darryl Richman and Martin Lodahl (Brewing Techniques) Big, bold, and malty, yet amazingly subtle, Bocks and Doppelbocks are excellent reasons to look forward to...
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Yeast Comparison Charts
Brewers make wort, yeast makes beer. The eternal maxim surrounding our fantastic hobby. The role of the brewer is to make sure that the right...
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Miscellaneous Quality Control Procedures, from Low-Tech to High
The Microbrewery Laboratory Manual by Fal Allen and Jason Parker (Brewing Techniques) Many microbreweries are moving to a capacity that no longer qualifies them as...
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The Road to an American Brown Ale
A learner’s beer? A bottled beer? A British style? An American style? All of those and more. by Pete Slosberg and Martin Lodahl column editor...
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Forced-Kettle Ventilation and Its Benefits
by Micah Millspaw (Brewing Techniques) A simple equipment modification led to reduced boilovers, more consistent wort volume reduction, and increased hop utilization. This description of...
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A Simple Key to the Mastery of Efficient Lautering
by John J. Palmer and Paul Prozinski (Brewing Techniques) Fluid Dynamics Understanding how the fluids in your mash tun move through the grain bed during...
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Preparing Wort & Yeast for Fermentation
by Jim Busch (Brewing Techniques) Processes and techniques for healthy, fast, clean fermentations Brewers make wort; yeast make beer. To make a great beer takes...
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Aeration Basics
by Don Put (Brewing Techniques) Early-Stage Aeration Is the Key to Robust Fermentations Definition of terms: Beginning brewers sometimes get a bit confused by this...
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Reviving the Classic American Pilsner
by Jeff Renner (Brewing Techniques) A Shamefully Neglected Style Modern American lagers bear little resemblance to their forebears, which were full-flavored beers with deep, rich...
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How to Brew In A Bag (BIAB)
Making the move to Brew in a Bag (BIAB) is a great way to get into all-grain brewing. Not only is everything done in one...
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Brewing Comes Full Circle in America
From Craft Brewing and Back Again by Kieran O’Connor (Brewing Techniques - 1996) This is a three-part article about the growth of craft brewing in...
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The Science of Beer Color
Beer Color Demystified The Nature of Light Light is a type of radiant energy — a class that includes everything from radio waves to X-rays....
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The Role of Genealogy in Hop Substitutions
A Question of Pedigree When your favorite hop is nowhere to be found, check out other members of the family to find a suitable alternative....
