XMas in Morocco Black Saison
A black saison featuring caramelised dates, cardamom and Brettanomyces.
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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,
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Staghorn Mead
Its always fun to brew using things you find in your backyard, or in the nearby parks and forests. Last
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Stale Malt Bitter
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!
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Basic Yeast Morphology
Questions about identifying yeast, by their morphology as seen through a microscope, come up frequently in brewing forums. I also
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Beer-Flavoured-Beer (Light Lager)
My more regular readers may have noticed that my posting activity is down quite a bit over the summer. This
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Drying Kveik – The Grand Finale
Six months ago I embarked on an experiment to assess how well drying kveik (Norwegian landrace yeasts) works as a
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XJA – An Experimental Hop IPA
One of the nice side effects of my blog and yeast exchange is that people sometimes send me stuff. Recently,
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Drying Kveik – 5 Months
Wow, summer is flying by – its already time for the 5 month follow-up on my drying kveik experiment! For
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Drying Kveik – 965 Days!
I have an unexpected update on my dried kveik experiment. My foray into Kveik brewing began back in 2016, and
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