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Brewing Science Fact or Fiction? 

Fact or Fiction – Are Dead Yeasts Yeast Nutrient?

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 Bryan 0 Comments fact or fiction, nutrient, protein, yeast

This post was motivated by a letter read by Cade at the beginning of episode 65 of The Brü Lab.

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Homebrewing Recipes 

One Beer, Four Decades of IPA Trends

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Bryan 0 Comments fad, IPA, NEIPA, recipe, tasting notes

IPAs have changed a lot since the mid-1990’s when I first started brewing them. Can you combined four decades of IPA trends into a single beer?

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Brewing Science Zymurgy 

Metabisulfite and Long-Aged Beers

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 Bryan 6 Comments barleywine, brewing methods, experiment, long-aged beers, Metabisulfite, video, vintage beers

This blog post is a short summary of a 7-year long experiment looking at whether metabisulfite can be used to

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a glass of pilsner in the snow
Homebrewing Recipes 

Perfecting a Pilsner

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Bryan 0 Comments pilsner, recipe, SMaSH, tasting notes

Pilsners are a thing of simple beauty, but brewing a good one can be a challenge. It took a few iterations, but I finally have a great SMaSH recipe.

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Homebrewing Recipes 

Nottingham Has Fallen?

February 9, 2022May 25, 2022 Bryan 0 Comments cider, recipe, tasting notes, yeast

Nottingham is widely regarded as one of the best yeasts for English-style cider out there. Can a wild yeast take its place?

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Old Man Yells at Cloud
Brewing Science Zymurgy 

How Not To Test A Sanitizer

January 20, 2022May 25, 2022 Bryan 5 Comments brewing science, experiment, sanitizer

A post in which I grumble about the tendency of home and pro brewers to “test” sanitizers stupidly, leading to a lot of bad information.

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Beer-Adjacent Foods Cheese Making Fermented Foods Food 

Poutine!

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 Bryan 0 Comments cheese, fermented food, food, poutine, recipe

A post all about one of the best beer-adjacent foods which also happens to be a fermented food! Saddle up and learn how to make poutine!

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camembert cheese in an aging container
Cheese Making Food 

Addressing Rennet & Setting Issues in Late-Season Milk

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 Bryan 0 Comments cheese, curd, curd set, milk, rennet

Rennet is to cheese what amylase is to beer…but this is not what I expected to be writing for my

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General Homebrewing Homebrewing Recipes Vintage Beers 

Advent 2021 – Russian Imperial Boched’ Braggot

December 24, 2021December 24, 2021 Bryan 4 Comments bochet, braggot, imperial stout, recipe, Russian Imperial Stout, tasting notes

Recipe and tasting notes for my entry into this years advent exchange – a braggot made by blending an imperial stout with a bochet mead.

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Homebrewing Random 

25 Years of Homebrewing

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 Bryan 2 Comments anniversary, brewversary, history, wild brewing

On December 5th 2021 I hit a new milestone in my homebrewing adventure – the 25th anniversary of the first

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