In Zymurgy Spring 1995 (Vol. 18, No. 1) “Club News,” we learned that clubs may apply for not-for-profit status through the Internal Revenue Service. Once clubs are established as not-for-profits, they are considered tax-exempt and are able to…
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Learn processes to incorporate historical recipes into your modern mead making in ways that meet your individual goals and preferences.
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Add 2 campden tablets to the fresh juice and let sit over night. Add sugar, raisins, yeast and yeast nutrient. Ferment at basement temperatures until done. Back sweeten with apple juice to taste. Add sorbate to stabilize. Clarify and transfer to…
Mash at 150° F (66° C) until conversion is complete. Lauter and sparge to collect 7.5 gal. (28.5 L) of wort and boil 60 minutes. Do not add Whirlfloc or Irish moss. At flameout, wait until wort cools to 180°…
Mash at 150-152° F (65-67° C). Ferment at 68° F (20° C), rising to 70-72° F (21-22° C) in second day of fermentation.
By John Moorhead, American Homebrewers Association February 27, 2020 [Update for July 30, 2020: Senate Bill 7369 passed the Senate Floor on July 22, 2020. House bill 9063 currently sits in the…
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Join Sam Wineka, lab manager of Bootleg Biology, to discuss all the benefits of blending yeasts in brewing. Learn why you might want to consider blending strains in your next brew and how to maintain a practical yeast bank at…
Single infusion mash at 155° F (68° C) for 60 minutes. Add first wort hops (FWH) as wort is being collected in the boil pot. Boil for 60 minutes, following ingredient additions as listed. Turn off heat and let temperature…
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Russell Schehrer, a former AHA Homebrewer of the Year and the man the Brewers Association Award for Brewing Innovation is named after, used a grand total of five different hop varieties the first year after Wynkoop Brewing opened in 1988.…
