March/April 2009
Buy this issue today!One of the winners of Boston Brewing Company's LongShot contest.
Many recipes for Altbier use a large percentage of Pilsner malt along with some Munich malt, but in this recipe Munich II as the base malt lends a fantastic malt presence that blends beautifully with the hops.
Based on the winter specialty brewed yearly by Anchor, with different spices each year. When tasted young the anise was dominant, but the nutmeg became more noticeable with age. The base beer supports the spice with moderate hopping, good attenuation and a hint of chocolate.
Based on the Russian River Brewing Company’s Pliny The Elder, this recipe has two hop additions (Northern Brewer and Cascade), a higher starting gravity and a 153 °F (67 °C) versus 151 °F (66 °C) mash temperature.
One of the winners of Boston Brewing Company's LongShot contest.
One of the winners of Boston Brewing Company's LongShot contest.
The Wizard dismisses the dangers of dry hopping.
Try these three bonus recipes from award-winning Australian homebrewers. A BYO.com exclusive!
Wish you could grow hops, but don’t have a suitable in-ground location? With a little knowledge of container gardening, you can grow hops virtually anywhere — including your deck, patio or driveway. Growing plants in containers presents some added challenges, but the basic principles of container gardening are straightforward.
Just because you work in a cubicle doesn’t mean you can’t grow some high-rise hops.
Controlling the temperature of your fermentations is one of the best ways to improve the quality of your beers; we’ll show you how — from low-tech tricks to high-tech equipment.
The Wiz has a wild answer to a question about locally-brewed beer.
Three homebrewers who won at Boston Brewing Company’s LongShot contest and the beers they brewed.
Enter your homemade homebrew labels to win some great prizes in the 14th annual label contest!
A home hopyard doesn’t have to be an eyesore. Build a hop trellis that is attractive and harvest-friendly.
Two brewers from down under discuss dark ales, done Aussie style.
A club from South Australia and a winning recipe from Canada. Also, the basics of brewing a lager. Plus: the Replicator clones Ice Harbor’s Runaway Red Ale.
Do you want to grow your own hops, but don’t have a suitable in-ground space to dedicate to it? Learn how to grow hops successfully in containers.
Here are the top seven scoring category winners in the Australian Amateur Brewing Championships (AABC).
It's a mash tun . . . and a brew kettle? Using the brew-in-a-bag method of Australian homebrewers, one vessel can serve both purposes.
This article takes a look at Australian pale ale, as typified by Coopers Sparkling Ale — a beer with an unlikely name and an even more unlikely yeast sediment. Michael Jackson once described this beer as an Australian classic.
The homebrewing scene in every country is strongly influenced by its overall beer scene and each is shaped by a different combination of laws, economics, agricultural products, cultural affinities and brewing history. So, to begin to understand Australian homebrewing, let me tell you a little more about the Aussie beer scene — there's much more to it than just giant cans of Foster's.
