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Mike and Stephanie Butler of Olathe, KS, members of the Kansas City Bier Meisters homebrew club, won a gold medal in Category 12: Amber & Brown American Ale in the 2023 National Homebrew Competition Final Round in San Diego. The Butler's American Amber Ale earned gold out of 133 entries.
Philly Sour yeast (discovered very close to the recipe creator's home in Pennsylvania) and Belle Saison yeast are pitched together to provide complexity, then plum and jasmine tea were added after primary.
Brandon Holt and Kevin Holt of San Diego, CA, members of the QUAFF homebrew club, won a gold medal in Category 11: American Pale Ale in the 2023 National Homebrew Competition Final Round in San Diego. The Holt's American Pale Ale earned gold out of 123 entries.
Learn how to streamline and monitor every aspect of brewing, from supplies, to mash, to fermentation and packaging, by using Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things tools.
It’s not easy becoming one of the official breweries of Munich allowed to pour at Oktoberfest. This is the story of the newest Munich brewery Giesinger Brau, and how they are carving their own unique path to delicious Bavarian beer.
Genius tinkerers Pierre Margraff and Andy Tipler continue their three-part feature on eliminating the need for tanked CO2 with this third and final installment: dispensing homebrew from a DIY bag-in-a-keg system.
This guava blonde ale won a bronze medal in Category 27: Fruit Beer during the 2023 National Homebrew Competition Final Round in San Diego.
Off flavors are myriad, running the gamut from ash to cabbage by way of cardboard, plastic, elastic, and more. Their number is legion, but all homebrewers should be familiar with the basic six: acetaldehyde, diacetyl, phenol, dimethyl sulfide, oxidation, and skunk.
Witbier is a wheat-based beer style with Belgian origins that date back over 400 hundred years. The classic Belgian style pairs the qualities of wheat with spices to create an incredibly refreshing yet elegant ale.
Shane & Susan Kammerer of Shawnee, KS, a member of the Kansas City Bier Meisters homebrew club, won a gold medal in Category 36: Fruit Mead in the 2023 National Homebrew Competition Final Round in San Diego. The Kammerer's Melomel earned gold out of 58 entries.
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