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Nitrosamines
Brewing Science Fact or Fiction? 

Fact or Fiction Part VI – Nitrosamines in Beer.

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Bryan 5 Comments Bacillus coagulans, brewing issues, contamination, Escherichia blattae, Nitrosamines, Obesumbacterium Proteus

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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botulism toxin
Brewing Science Fact or Fiction? 

Fact or Fiction – Botulism in Beer? Part V

January 29, 2020November 2, 2020 Bryan 14 Comments botulism, brewing issues, contamination, pathogens

An in-depth discussion of the risk of introducing botulism during brewing.

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Homebrewing Recipes 

Is this beer cursed?

September 21, 2014September 15, 2017 Bryan 0 Comments brewing issues, random

One full mashtun! The readers of my blog know I had a bit of trouble recently – I had to

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Homebrewing Random 

If at first you don’t succeed, throw everything out and try again!

September 10, 2014September 15, 2017 Bryan 6 Comments brewing issues, contamination

Its been another bad day – beginning a few months ago with my first dumper in 7 years, due, I

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Homebrewing Random 

The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.

July 16, 2014September 15, 2017 Bryan 1 Comment brewing issues, contamination

Instead of weeping when a tragedy  occurs in a songbird’s life, it sings  away its grief. I believe we could 

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Brewing Science Fact or Fiction? 

Fact or Fiction? Can Pathogens Survive in Beer?

February 18, 2014September 15, 2017 Bryan 10 Comments brewing issues, contamination, pathogens

My blogging has been not overly great in 2014 – between illness, an unseasonably cold winter and an unusually busy

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Recent Posts

  • The Fifty Meter Beer Project Part 12 – Hop Harvest!
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  • The Fifty Meter Beer Project Part 11 – Threshing and Winnowing, Sad Hops, and Wild Yeast!
  • The Fifty Meter Beer Project Part 10 – Harvesting Bere and a Q&A
  • The Fifty Meter Beer Project Part 9 – Capturing Wild Yeast + an Update

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