September/October 2009
Check out the featured stories, such as Confessions of a ‘Bitter’ Man, Backwards Brewing: Mild Ales, London Brown Ale, Think Like a Judge, and Winners Circle.
Check out the featured stories, such as Confessions of a ‘Bitter’ Man, Backwards Brewing: Mild Ales, London Brown Ale, Think Like a Judge, and Winners Circle.
Perhaps the session beer’s time has finally arrived. This should have been expected, an inevitable backlash against the Imperial style beers that are pervading the market.
Bitters are beers for drinking, for enjoying several pints over the course of an evening, rather than for carefully paced sipping. They are the “daily bread” of beer drinking.
Without question, London Brown Ale (known in the BJCP guidelines as Southern English Brown) has been one of the major beer style casualties of the last 50 years.
An award-winning homebrewer and Grand Master V beer judge provides some insight into the judging process and how you can improve your chances of winning.
Meet the big winners of the American Homebrewers Association’s National Homebrew Competition and try your hand at brewing the winning recipes from 28 categories.
Dave brewed his first batch in 2009 and started writing about beer soon thereafter. In addition to geeking out on beer and language, Dave enjoys hiking, traveling, and other gerunds as well. Email Dave
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