Call it a happy accident, or even a beautiful mistake – but the last post ended in the place where this one begins: with my elbows resting atop a Galbraith’s Kauri table, pint of Bob Hudson’s Bitter within reach. But this time, my exceptional company is …
The Brewers Assocation released their mid-year statistics on the craft beer industry in the United States this week, and a new benchmark was reached: probably sometime in June, for the first time since the 19th century, 3,000 breweries were operating …
We (Koen and Elco) recently converted a Koen’s fridge into a BrewPi fermentation chamber and made a lot of photos of the progress. This guide will show you various options to convert a fridge or freezer into a temperature controlled fermentation chamber …
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A guide to Kiwi beer, breweries, brewers and beer regions. kiwi CRAFT will be a comprehensive guide book to New Zealand beer and breweries of New Zealand, focusing on the craft brewing industry. Please follow the development of kiwi CRAFT on Twitter and Facebook. There are …
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While I wouldn’t call myself an expert, I’ve been brewing beer at home for years with decent results. Although the hobby of home brewing is becoming considerably more popular every year, many people still don’t realize how fun and easy …
To most folks, mead is little more than that sickly-sweet honey drink from the Renaissance Faire—a hangover in a glass for nine bucks a pop. But hear me out: that’s the crappy stuff. When it’s made well, mead can be …
R U L E S f o r B R E W I N G . Care must be taken, in the first place, to have the malt clean; and after it is ground, it ought to stand …
It seems like everyone’s experimenting with making beer at home these days—but you want to make sure your results taste more like your favorite beers, and less like, well, science experiments. We asked eight Certified Cicerones for their advice on …
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Brother Xavier is pragmatic about the declining community of monks at Orval Abbey in a leafy corner of southern Belgium. “Monastic life is not a question of numbers,” he muses during a brief break in his daily routine of prayer, …
Belgium’s Trappist monks – too adept at beer brewing for their own good? Read more »
It’s safe to say Vinnie Cilurzo, owner and brewmaster of Russian River Brewing Company, knows a thing or two about making hoppy beers. His double IPA, Pliny the Elder, has earned the title of Zymurgy‘s Best Beer in America for six consecutive …