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Zymurgy: March/April 2014

Brewing Vintage Beer

What is it about certain beers that improve with time? In this article, we’ll explore what makes a beer more suited to aging and how to brew a vintage beer.

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Zymurgy: May/June 2015

Sweet & Sour: Adding Fruit to Sour Beer

The key to making a soured fruit beer is to produce an excellent base beer to which you will add fruit. You can’t transform a bad sour beer into a good one by adding fruit.

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Zymurgy: May/June 2015

Improving Your Homebrew

One of the most common requests I get from brewers is for me to taste their beer and then tell them how they can make it better. Here’s how I’ve improved some of my own beers.

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Zymurgy: May/June 2015

Ramping it Up: Homebrewery Upgrades

What’s on your homebrewing wish list? Here are some of my recent acquisitions: things that made me wonder why I didn’t buy these items years ago.

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Zymurgy: May/June 2015

Smart Brewing: The Basics of Homebrew Safety

With all due respect to the guy who said, “Relax, don’t worry, have a homebrew,” don’t relax too much. Making beer at home can have dire consequences if not done safely.

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Zymurgy: May/June 2015

Homebrew Toxicology: Debunking the Myths

Homebrewers don’t need to look hard to find articles warning them of hidden dangers in the beer they drink or materials they use in their homebrew setups.

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Zymurgy: March/April 2015

Groundbreaking: Cultivating New Hop Varieties

More new varieties are on the way, including plenty from the other hop growing countries and some from parts of the U.S. where farmers only recently began growing hops.

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Zymurgy: March/April 2015

Calcium and Magnesium in Brewing Water

Calcium and magnesium are important co-factors in yeast health and performance, but what are their appropriate levels in brewing water?

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Zymurgy: March/April 2015

Malt: The Soul of Beer

Talking to great brewers about how they envision a beer and then pull the malt bill together gives insight into all brewing processes, in this excerpt from Malt.

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Zymurgy: March/April 2015

Transformers: Easy Recipe Tweaks

Slight variations can transform a recipe for a certain style into one that is completely different. Here are some guiding principles for creating your own switcheroo.

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