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November 2014
2 techniques to craft German Pilsener and Bohemian Pilsner. Plus, varietal honey meadmaking.
In this issue
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article
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articleSession IPA Clones
Session IPA is a beer style that embodies the spirit of homebrewing perfectly.
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articleSingle Varietal Mead Making
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articleThe Forced Ferment Test
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articleBohemian Pilsner
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recipeBohemian Pilsner (Michael Agnew)
Michael won Gold in 2010 in the National Homebrew Competition (NHC) with this recipe.
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recipeBohemian Pilsner (James Golovich)
James won Best of Show at the 2008 Grant County Fair with this recipe.
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recipe
Bohemian Pilsner (Ted Hausotter)
Ted has won several awards for this recipe, the best of which was second place Best of Show at the Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB) in 2000.
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recipe
Bohemian Pilsner (Randy Scorby)
This recipe was the runner up Best of Show at the 2014 Central Oregon Homebrewer’s Organization Spring Fling in Bend, Oregon with this recipe.
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recipeGerman-Style Pilsener
3 different hop varieties add character to this crisp and bitter German-style Pilsener.
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articleGerman Pilsener
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projectBuild a Custom Beer Fridge
We loved the look of old antique freezers and ice boxes, so we created specs to design and build a fermentation beer fridge that had that aesthetic. Here’s our step-by-step process of framing, building, insulating, and wiring. You can follow the specifications of this project exactly and build your own fridge of this size — or — you can use this story as an inspiration to build something uniquely suited to the space and equipment in your homebrewery
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recipeA Bitter to Be Proud Of
Jamil Zainasheff provides readers with an English Bitter that they can be proud of. Find ingredients and step by step here.
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article
Best Bitter
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articleNitro Beers: Tips from the Pros
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article
Diacetyl Rest
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recipeGreen Leaf Brewing Co.’s Green Leaf Stout clone
With a dense tan head, Green Leaf Brewing’s Stout has a nose that exhibits notes of chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt. It’s heavy-bodied with a balance of sweetness and bitterness.
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projectToolbox Pump
For this pump project I used an old metal toolbox. The toolbox has multiple valves on in the front so you could use this system simply as a pump for transferring wort or whirlpooling after the boil without pumping unnecessary gunk through the chiller, or you can also easily add other components like a hopback without modifying anything. You can also use the pump to clean and back flush the plate chiller to insure that there’s no gunk left in it.
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recipeLawson’s Finest Liquids Super Session #2 clone
Sean Lawson designed Super Session to be a hoppy, flavorful beer with low alcohol for those times when you are having more than one.
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recipeBoulevard Brewing Company: Pop Up Session IPA clone
This easy-drinking hoppy ale features a balanced bitterness and aroma with a slight caramel malt character.
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recipeFort George Brewery: Suicide Squeeze IPA clone
This beer was brewed as a collaboration with Seattle’s Suicide Squeeze records. It is packed with Mosaic® and Citra® hops.
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projectBuild A Homebrew Pump
There’s nothing more frustrating on brew day than flipping your new shiny magnetic driven pump on and nothing happens.
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mr-wizardOxygen Quality
The Wiz answers questions about oxygen quality, not removing the trub and recipe formulation.
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article
Preventing (& Fixing) Stuck Fermentations
By understanding the causes of stuck fermentations and how to avoid them, you should never get stuck again.
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recipeA Stroll by the Wandle
This recipe is inspired by the wonderful time I had visiting Sambrook’s Brewery in London to meet with the London Amateur Brewers club. I based this recipe on information Head Brewer Sean Knight shared with me about their Wandle ale.