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Archive for September, 2009

Fall Hop Harvest Guidelines

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Now that you have spent the entire growing season diligently caring for your vines, it is time to harvest what can turn out to be copious amounts of hops on healthy, mature plants. The following will cover some guidelines for you to follow in order to assure that you ...

White Labs WLP300 Yeast Review

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

White Labs has always been a favorite of mine, no matter the yeast variety, they produce excellent beer and are very reliable yeasts. Aside from the fact that you get a great product, you get a really cool test tube looking vial that is already labeled, which you can ...

Hugh Hefe Hefeweizen AG (5.5 US gal)

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Summer is the season for light and bright beers. A favorite that is light in body, low abv, but full of flavor and complexity is the hefeweizen. Perfect for a thirst quencher and suitable for a twist of citrus if you so choose. The following recipe is based on ...

What is SMaSH brewing

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

Beers are complex. They typically consist of several types of malt, some base, some specialty, and this lends to the complexity of the beer. In the same sense, many beers use more than one hop type, again adding to the complexity and dimension of the beer. Beer ...