November/December 2004

It wasn’t illegal, but members of Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity (QUAFF) should be put in solitary for the unpotable potables they concocted for their Prison Brew Competition.

Be good to your mother–vinegar mother, that is–if you want to make your own tasty malt vinegar.

While most of Germany is awash in lager, the town of Düsseldorf sticks to its old ways, preferring its traditional Altbier. Take a tour of the city’s five Altbier breweries or brew your own at home.

What would happen to your beer if you changed just one variable, be it hops, yeast or water? That was the question a group of Iowa homebrewers set out to answer.

Once every 17 years, Brood X cicadas emerge along the Eastern Seaboard. What can you do about this insect invasion? Why, make a beer, of course.

Inspired by Randy Mosher’s Buckapound Brewery but lacking the mechanical skills, one brewer creates his own system.