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Using PCR to Identify Contamination in Beer – Part 3

Note to my readers: This technique does not work as well as hoped, for reasons discussed below. I am, however,

Its always fun to brew using things you find in your backyard, or in the nearby parks and forests. Last

In which I, mostly accidentally, brew a bitter almost entirely out of stale malt. Is it good, or is it bad? You’ll have to read the post to find out!

Questions about identifying yeast, by their morphology as seen through a microscope, come up frequently in brewing forums. I also

My more regular readers may have noticed that my posting activity is down quite a bit over the summer. This

Six months ago I embarked on an experiment to assess how well drying kveik (Norwegian landrace yeasts) works as a

One of the nice side effects of my blog and yeast exchange is that people sometimes send me stuff. Recently,

Wow, summer is flying by – its already time for the 5 month follow-up on my drying kveik experiment! For

I have an unexpected update on my dried kveik experiment. My foray into Kveik brewing began back in 2016, and

Recipe & tasting notes for a kveik grapefruit sour NEPIA.