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Dear California AHA Member, Your action is needed now to ensure AB 2609 is signed into law. If signed, this bill will allow homebrewer organizations to host homebrew events in the state of California like the Southern California…
Joe Nielsen of Berkley, Mich. earned a gold medal for his tripel, rising above 421 other Category 18: Belgian Strong Ale entries in the 2013 National Homebrew Competition. Joe's tripel uses three sugar adjunct additions: table sugar, honey and light brown…
Lots of unusual ingredients are used in making beer, especially by us homebrewers. So it's really no surprise that oysters—the kind from the ocean, not the Rocky Mountains (although that's happened, too)—eventually made their way into the brew kettle. It may sound…
On the most basic level, it doesn't get much easier than making mead. Simply mix honey with water in a fermenter and pitch yeast. If you stopped there, chances are you'll have mead in a few months. However, certain measures can…
The concept is simple: if yeast doesn’t provide the necessary tools and environment to conduct a healthy fermentation, the final mead or beer can be riddled with flaws. In order to combat this problem, mead nutrient additions can be added to yeast during…
Sour beer has risen to "holy grail" status for many craft beer drinkers, and not surprisingly more and more homebrewers are exploring how to brew high-quality funky beers at home. We asked Michael Tonsmeire, author of American Sour Beers, for…
The entire mead making process for this recipe is covered in the Making Mead Start by placing the honey containers in a warm water bath to allow the honey to flow easily. Fill up a clean and sanitized primary…
Many homebrewers are firm believers that most beer styles are always "in season," but when the mercury starts to live above 80°F we tend to gravitate towards refreshing, low-alcohol homebrew. Here are five recipes that you can brew today and have…
Treat water with 1 g baking soda, 5 g calcium chloride, 4 g Epsom salts, 4 g gypsum and 4 g calcium carbonate. Single infusion mash at 149° F (65° C) for 90 minutes. Ferment 10 days at…
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