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• Brewery Ommegang's Hennepin Ale clone

  • Hennepin is a beer with a high original gravity and a low ending gravity — with a resulting 8% alcohol! Ommegang achieves this by using approximately 20% cane sugar in this beer, but they suggest that homebrewers try using Belgian candi sugar. For yeast, Randy suggested that you use a Belgian strain with a high attenuation and a mild ester and phenolic flavor.

• Can you use brewpots made from other materials than stainless-steel?
• What is the purpose of pectic enzyme in many fruit beer recipes?
• Advertiser Reader Service
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• Brewery Ommegang's Hennepin: The Replicator
  • A homebrew clone recipe for this Belgian-style ale from Cooperstown, New York.
• Pectin & New Kettles: Mr. Wizard
  • The wise one answers your homebrewing questions!
• Beer the Partial-Mash Way
  • Expand your extract brewing horizons by learning how to use small amounts of base malts in a partial mash.

• Last Call
  • Homebrewing in the heart of Africa.
• Build a Clean-in-Place Device: Projects
  • Tired of scrubbing your carboys? This project will do the work for you.
• Fermentation Chemistry: Homebrew Science
  • Find out the details of what happens when yeast meets wort and learn why you should care as a brewer.
• Brown Ale: Style Profile
  • Tips, techniques and recipes for brewing both a traditional and modern version of this classic beer style.
• Lakefront Brewery Eastside Dark
  • A German-style dark lager recipe from Milwaukee.
• Aeration: Tips from the Pros
  • Learn about aerating your wort from three professional brewers.
• Homebrew Nation
  • Members of Barleyment and the business of homebrew.
• Mail
  • Fining cask-conditioned ales, fliter housings and more.
• The SWIG Method
  • Brew more beer in less time -- make two styles from one mash with the Split Wort of Increased Gravity method.
• Boil Hops, Not Extract
  • Boost your bitterness and control your color by boiling the hops first and adding the malt extract later.
• Lighten Up Your Extract Brews!
  • Not enough pale in your ale? Too much dunkel in your weizen? Well, lighten up! Here's help for extract brewers who'd like their beer to turn a whiter shade of pale.
• Beer on a Plate
  • A shrimp appetizer, German potato salad and porterhouse steak -- this great meal can be made by cooking with beer!