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Recreating 3,000-Year-Old Beer
After 3,000-year-old yeast was cultured from ancient ceramic vessels, a homebrewer starts a journey that combines history, archaeology, and
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English Porter
English porter was the first industrial beer style that was widely exported and led to the development of regional variations worldwide. Por
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SMAH, The Beer
This recipe is a starting point for experimenting with a new grain, calling for ~10% of an adjunct and keeping everything else out of the wa
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Fonio Gold
The intention on this beer was to take advantage of the crisp and tropical fruit character of fonio to give an extra hop dimension to an oth
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Fibonacci Saison
A saison with spelt, chit malt, and fonio to provide additional earthy and rustic characters for a real Farmhouse feel.
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Sinai Sour
A recreation of an ancient Egyptian beer someone living three millennia ago might have recognized as beer.
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Gordon Strong’s English Porter
This recipe uses brown malt as a flavor component and uses non-traditional Munich malt to boost malt flavor without increasing residual swee
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Bear Chase Brewing Co.’s Evenin’ Sunset clone
The Replicator visits the farm in Bluemont, Virginia, where Bear Chase Brewing opened in 2017 to get the recipe for cloning their Evenin’
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Wee Heavy: The Strong Scotch Ale
Strong Scotch ale, or wee heavy, is a rich, warming beer with a full-bodied, chewy, sweet malt profile. There are many approaches homebrewer
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Go Big!
There is more to brewing a big beer than upping all of the ingredients. These beer styles test the limits of mash tank capacity, yeast healt
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Trans Canada Brewing Co.’s MisBEEhavin’ clone
This extra special bitter blends the sweetness of buckwheat honey with the bitterness of the hops. As a homebrewer, this prize was an amazin
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The King’s Diamonds
This is a riff on Drew’s classic “Queen’s Diamonds” barleywine that’s slightly updated to modern ingredients and a change in histo