Mushrooms: Foraging and Brewing Tips
It’s common to find mushrooms in a pasta dish, on a pizza, or accompanying a steak. But there’s another place where mushrooms can really shine: in beer.
It’s common to find mushrooms in a pasta dish, on a pizza, or accompanying a steak. But there’s another place where mushrooms can really shine: in beer.
Sustainable brewing is producing the best possible beer in a socially, environmentally, and ethically responsible manner, while being economically viable.
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Brewing with alternative grains presents a challenge for homebrewers used to brewing with barley and wheat, but gluten-free beer has come a long way in terms of flavor.
You might think that taking barley and wheat out of beer would make it impossible to brew, but not so for determined homebrew explorers. Driven by food allergies among friends and loved ones, they have conquered the making of beer without its most sacred ingredient.
Even if you don’t avoid gluten all the time, you might just discover that alternative grains offer their own unique delights.
Deep in the forests of Oaxaca, a moonshiner ferments sugarcane into tepache before distilling it into aguardiente. The yeast responsible for that transformation has been kept alive for unknown generations, but just what kind of yeast is it?
Kevin Olson of Raymore, MO, a member of the ZZ Hops homebrew club, won a gold medal in Category 20: Strong European Lager in the 2023 National Homebrew Competition Final Round in San Diego. Olson's Dunkles Bock earned gold out of 76 entries.
New Mexico homebrewing legalization information, including specific New Mexico statutes regarding homebrewing/homebrew and New Mexico Alcoholic Beverage Control contact information.
Seminar
Listen to a fireside chat about some of the newest innovations, techniques, and dos and donts of gluten-free homebrewing.