Zymurgy Magazine | January/February 2007

January/February 2007

Check out the featured stories, such as A New Twist on an Old Chiller, Increase Your Yeast with a Stirplate, Build Your Own Walk-In Cooler, Homemade Brewing Gadgets, Great American Beer Festival a Hot Ticket, and Amateurs, Pros Connect at GABF.

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Homemade Brew Gadgets

By Tony Profera

The winning of the Great Gator Tails Brewing Gadget Extravaganza at the AHA Conference shares some simple homebrew gadgets that are easy to make yourself.

Zymurgy: January/February 2007

A New Twist on an Old Chiller

By: Jamil Zainasheff

Like many brewers, are you looking for a better way to chill your wort? One brewer’s solution: combining an immersion chiller with a whirlpool for more rapid chilling.

Zymurgy: January/February 2007

Increase Your Yeast with a Stirplate

By: Erik Beer

Building a simple stipulate from recycled materials that might already be found around your house can result in an increased pitchable yeast cell count for brew day.

Zymurgy: January/February 2007

Build Your Own Walk-In Cooler

By: Gabe Fisher

Looking for a bigger space to lager all your beer? If you have an extra room in the house and are handy with tools, why not construct your own walk-in cooler?

Zymurgy: January/February 2007

Great American Beer Festival a Hot Ticket

By: Marty Jones

More than 41,000 people—up from 29,000 in 2005—converged on the Colorado Convention Center in Denver for the 25th Great American Beer Festival.

Zymurgy: January/February 2007

Amateurs, Pros Connect at GABF

By: Stan Hieronymus

With the Sam Adams LongShot Competition and the new GABF Pro-Am competition, amateurs and pros pooled their skills to brew some great new craft beers this year.