I'm brewing a smoked porter next, inspired by this recipe from Leah's past homebrewing exploits.

Check out the latest post on Brewer's Friend, featuring Leah Dienes and her transition from homebrewer to pro brewer, including the recipe for her award-winning Smoked Weizen. https://www.brewersfriend.com/2021/08/06/leah-dienes-of-apocalypse-brew-works/

Sure but not all human induced processes are the same, right? In any case, I don't think any one is arguing here that what Omega is doing, with their GMO yeasts, is dangerous or ethically wrong. I think everyone is agreeing on that (at least who have posted).

In the article, Laura makes the distinction between introducing genes from other species to an organism and merely turning off or removing a gene already in an organism. She surely doesn't say either is an issue, but does draw a distinction between them.

Have you tried bottle conditioning? Might be an interesting experiment.

I understand. Just want to keep it in perspective - it's just beer, not really important. I wouldn't call it an apology, but I get your point.

Hi, I posted a new article on the blog about my experiences judging at my first homebrew competition post-pandemic. Let me know what you think. Would also love to hear about your experiences with our hobby and homebrewing community, either during the pandemic and now that many of us are vaccinated.

Check out the new blog post on the beer that combines high drinkability, fetching aromatics and a sense of delicateness with high abv and a mouthful of flavor - the Belgian Golden Strong. The article goes through the style's history (spoiler alert: it involves fascist brewers), the style's...

Good suggestion, thanks. I imagine there is a function in the BF software to toggle between metric and English, will check on that.

I think it would make a specialty version of hefe, in that it shouldn't be throwing off the spice, pepper or cloves that you normally associate with that style. All banana, none of the spice. But that's not from experience, I haven't brewed with it yet. Let us know who it goes.

That sounds interesting! With those hops it should be a nice fruity beer.

I published an article yesterday on the blog complimenting the information for new brewers already here - its a step by step walk through of a first brew day with a recipe for a malt extract Sweet Stout - check it out. As always, feedback is welcomed!

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it! It was fun to talk with Laura, Keith and Bianca and I learned a lot. I never brew German wheat beers because of the clove (not my favorite), but I'm thinking of doing a stout with Bananza - a banana stout, leaning on the chocolate more than the roast...

I agree that the yeasts are obviously GMO, but I think they are not what we (as consumers) typically think of as GMO in the food chain sense. In the case of scientists building a better tomato, for example, they've added content, not edited what was already in the tomato. I'm sure Laura would...

Hi AG Brewer, take a look at the blog article, a couple of Omega staff who are homebrewers gave their experiences. One, Keith, said that underpitching Bananza had a bigger impact on ramping up the banana than temps.

What style are you thinking of brewing with the Sundew, @Dornbox ?

https://www.brewersfriend.com/2021/05/13/ingredient-series-gene-edited-yeast/ I'm curious about folks experience with Bananza and Sundew and also any feedback on the article. The intention to have to occasional articles like this, on ingredients - is this helpful or interesting? TIA!

https://www.brewersfriend.com/2021/05/13/ingredient-series-gene-edited-yeast/ Just posted a new blog article on Omega Yeast's use of CRISPR gene-editing technology to create two new super fruity yeasts. Interviews with three Omega research and lab staff, all of whom are brewers, including...

Thanks very much, folks!

Hi All, we're rebooting the Brewer's Friend blog, you can read the first post with more info and the general topics we'll be covering here. The first substantive post is a look at a season style, the Helles Bock or Maibock. This article looks at the history of the style, the charateristics...