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September/October 2008

September/October 2008

Check out the featured stories, such as Hop Crisis? What Hop Crisis?, Brewin’ Down the Haus in Zinzinnati, Winners Circle, Relax and Have a Homebrew, and Secrets of Brewing ESB.

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About Zymurgy


Cover Story

Hop Crisis? What Hop Crisis?

By Matt Brynildson

The award-winning brewmaster of Firestone Walker offers his perspective on how to get more hop character into your beer without necessarily adding more hops.

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Zymurgy: September/October 2008

Brewin’ Down the Haus in Zinzinnati

More than 950 homebrewers converged in Cincinnati for the American Homebrewers Association’s National Homebrewers Conference June 19-21.

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Zymurgy: September/October 2008

Winners Circle

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.

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Zymurgy: September/October 2008

Relax and Have a Homebrew

An award-winning homebrewer shares his perspective on two different approaches to the homebrewing craft, and how he managed to find a happy medium.

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Secrets of Brewing ESB

The brewing director of Fuller, Smith and Turner in England shares the secrets to brewing a great Extra Special Bitter, plus the recipe for Fuller’s ESB.

Recipes in this Issue

  • 400 Rabbits Ale
  • Berliner Weisse
  • Belgian Tripel
  • American Barleywine
  • Berliner Weisse with Sour Cherries
  • American Wheat Ale with Lemon Verbena
  • Smoked Weizenbock
  • Colonial Stock Ale with Molasses & Spruce Tips
  • Semi-Sweet Mead
  • Melomel
  • Petillant Sweet Metheglin with Ginger
  • Medium Sparkling Cider
  • Sparkling Medium Cider with Cherries
  • Mayahuel
  • Imperial IPA
  • Belgian Specialty Ale
  • Weizen
  • American Stout
  • Robust Porter
  • Northern English Brown Ale
  • American Pale Ale
  • Scotch Ale
  • Standard/Ordinary Bitter
  • Dusseldorf Altbier
  • Cream Ale
  • Helles Bock
  • Munich Dunkel
  • Vienna Lager
  • Pilsner/Bohemian Pilsner
  • Hog Island Oyster Stout
  • Light Lager
  • Russian Imperial Stout
  • Pito

Meet the Editor-in-Chief

Dave Carpenter

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