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Brewing Experiments


December 1, 2010

Ginger Beer Plant 101


Written By: Bruce, Topics: Alternate Brewing,Brewing Experiments,Homebrew Recipes,Simple Home Brewing

A recent article I wrote about making Ginger Beer got me thinking about Ginger Beer Plant, an essential ingredient of Ginger Beer, but not something that is readily available. Sure, you can probably track some down online, but then you can’t be sure that..

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November 27, 2010

Color – The Flavor Indicator, Part 1: Malt


Written By: Lisa, Topics: Brewing Equipment,Brewing Experiments,Homebrew Recipes,Simple Home Brewing

Color - The Flavor Indicator, Part 1: Malt It's called the Maillard reaction. It's the same thing that happens when breads toast and cookies bake in the oven. It's why beer is that color. It's how we make artificial maple syrup. In fact, it's how sunles..

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November 20, 2010

In the Mead Hall


Written By: Bruce, Topics: Alternate Brewing,Brewing Experiments,Homebrew Recipes,Simple Home Brewing

A thousand years ago, when they weren’t out raiding and pillaging, the Vikings of Northern Europe spent a lot of their spare time sitting around in their Mead Halls, scaring the wits out of each other with ghost stories, regaling one another with tales o..

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September 18, 2010

Brewing With Honey


Written By: Luke, Topics: Brewing Experiments,Homebrew Recipes

Braggot is a historical fermented beverage, most often associated medieval Britain. Made from ale wort fermented with honey, ale blended with fully fermented mead, or ale laced with honey and spices, Braggot was often blended on the spot by a tavern’s Pu..

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August 4, 2010

Brewing With Smoke


Written By: Luke, Topics: Brewing Experiments

The notion of smoked beer, or rauchbier as the Germans call it, has been around since brewing beer began. In fact, until the invention of the drum-style kiln in 1818, the malt used in brewing was cured with fires made of wood, coal, coke, straw or peat. An..

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July 4, 2010

Brewing With Chocolate


Written By: Luke, Topics: Brewing Experiments,Homebrew Recipes

There are few things in this world as ancient, as revered, as cherished and as highly consumed as beer. One of those things, however, is chocolate. Its history, health benefits, allure and powers as an aphrodisiac are all well documented. Thus it only make..

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May 19, 2010

Brewing With Fruit


Written By: Luke, Topics: Brewing Experiments

Brewing beers with fruit additions is both fun and delicious, especially as the weather warms and we drag on into summer. But like with any brewing additive, there are many variations and schools of thought on the easiest and best ways to flavor a fruit be..

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April 9, 2008

No boil starters


Written By: Thirsty, Topics: Brewing Experiments

So there is no argument, most everyone will agree that a proper yeast count will yield a healthy fermentation, which will lead to proper attenuation as well as yeast performing in a comfortable lower stress environment. This equates to the most accurate fl..

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April 2, 2008

Perfect Peach Experiment


Written By: vinyalwhl, Topics: Brewing Experiments

I brewed this up last month and at first tasting it is very very good. This isn't your typical peach flavored wheat, as it doesnt employ apricot or peach flavorings from your LHBS, or from real peaches. Instead, its a sort of herbal beer that I flavored ..

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