Fact or Fiction – Safety and Health of Raw Milk
There are a lot of claims regarding the safety and dangers of consuming raw milk. This article takes a critical eye to separate hype from reality.
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Fact or Fiction?
All posts from my “Fact or Fiction” series.
Fact or Fiction – Are Dead Yeasts Yeast Nutrient?
This post was motivated by a letter read by Cade at the beginning of episode 65 of The Brü Lab.
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Fact or Fiction Part VI – Nitrosamines in Beer.
In this article I discuss the formation of nitrosamines during fermentation, the risk presented by these compounds, and what we as brewers can do to eliminate them.
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Fact or Fiction – Botulism in Beer? Part V
An in-depth discussion of the risk of introducing botulism during brewing.
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Fact or Fiction – Biogenic Amines in Beer
A recent topic that recently has become of some concern among wild brewers is the potential risk presented by biogenic
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Fact of Fiction – Can Pathogens Survive in Beer? The RDWHAHB Edition
Its time for the third instalment of my pseudo-series Can Pathogens Survive in Beer (Part 1 – of course they can,
Read moreFact or Fiction? Can Pathogens Survive in Beer – Mould Edition.
The topic of pathogens in beer is a persistent one; two years ago I wrote an extensive post on the
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My blogging has been not overly great in 2014 – between illness, an unseasonably cold winter and an unusually busy
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