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September/October 2003

September/October 2003

Check out the featured stories, such as A Taste for Color, I Can See Clearly Now: What is Beer Haze and Why Do We Care?, National Homebrewers Conference Wrapup, That’s a Good Looking Beer!, and Rogue Ale Brewery: Pirate of the Amber Waves.

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About Zymurgy


Cover Story

I Can See Clearly Now: What is Beer Haze and Why Do We Care?

By John Palmer

American craft beers often display a bit of haze and may look downright muddy. But as homebrewers, we want our friends and fellow brewers to be impressed with our beers, and a nasty haze can make a bad first impression. Here’s the lowdown on clarifying the situation.

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Zymurgy: September/October 2003

A Taste for Color

In all respects, beer color is a slippery thing. Brewers quantify it with a single number and yet not all 10 SRM beers look the same. And just how do you get from malt color to beer color in some meaningful way? Our man of beer arts and sciences has the answers.

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Zymurgy: September/October 2003

National Homebrewers Conference Wrapup

Man, oh man, did we have fun. Read, check out the photos and mark your calendars for enxt year’s shindig.

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Zymurgy: September/October 2003

That’s a Good Looking Beer

From neighborhood punters to worldly beer judges, people drink with their eyes. A veteran judge and brewer examines the link between beer appearance and flavor with thoughts about what drinking eyes may perceive.

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Zymurgy: September/October 2003

Rogue Ale Brewery: Pirate of the Amber Waves

We had so many recipes from top brewers to cram into our July-August issue that we ran out of room. Here’s another dozen taste treats from that ruffian of the Pacific Northwest.

Recipes in this Issue

  • Sandra’s Sly and Skinny Wit Bier
  • New Entrant
  • Cider
  • Herb & Spice Mead and Braggot
  • Fruit Mead
  • Traditional Mead
  • Brown Ale
  • English & Scottish Strong Ale
  • Barleywine & Imperial Stout
  • European Dark Lager
  • Bock
  • Porter
  • Stout
  • Wheat Beer
  • Strong Belgian Ale
  • Belgian & French Ale
  • Lambic & Belgian Sour Ale
  • Fruit Beer
  • Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
  • Smoked Beer
  • Specialty/Experimental/Historical
  • German Amber Lager
  • Kolsch & Altbier
  • Rogue Old Crustacean Clone
  • Rogue Smoke Clone
  • Rogue Oregon Golden Ale Clone
  • Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar
  • Rogue Mocha Porter Clone
  • Rogue Chocolate Stout Clone
  • American Lager
  • European Pale Lager
  • Light Ale
  • Bitter & English Pale Ale
  • Scottish Ale
  • American Pale Ale
  • India Pale Ale
  • Oak Barrel Imperial Stout
  • Rogue Younger’s Special Bitter Clone
  • St. Rogue Red Clone
  • Rogue Imperial IPA Clone
  • Rogue Brutal Bitter Clone
  • Rogue Shakespeare Stout Clone
  • Rogue Dead Guy Ale Clone

Meet the Editor-in-Chief

Dave Carpenter

Dave brewed his first batch in 2009 and started writing about beer soon thereafter. In addition to geeking out on beer and language, Dave enjoys hiking, traveling, and other gerunds as well. Email Dave