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• Old Soldier Ale

  • The name of this beer commemorates the fact that this is being written on the 60th anniversary of D-Day.

• Old Oddity
• What is the best way to add a citrus fruit flavor to your beer?
• For an all extract brew, is it ok to only use dried malt extract without liquid malt syrups?
• Advertiser Reader Service
  • Click here for links to advertisers appearing in the September 2004 issue of Brew Your Own.
• Dry & Fruity: Mr. Wizard
  • The wise one answers your brewing questions.
• Old Ales
  • From 19th-Century England to today, a new look at old ales. You're not Peculier if you want to learn about this style of beer. Plus: two old ale recipes

• Last Call
  • A Connecticut Yankee in a beer tour of Belgium.
• RIMS and HERMS Brewing: Advanced Homebrewing
  • Are you an advanced homebrewer seeking stable mash temperatures? Are you willing to accept the runaround? Then we've got the machines for you. The basics of brewing with a RIMS or HERMS.
• Build a Hop Transducer: Projects
  • What is this thing that Dogfish Head Brewing has unleashed? Here's how to build the ultimate serving gadget for hopheads!
• Scottish Ale: Style Profile
  • Learn how to brew this malty classic ale.
• Brewing Bitter Ale: Tips from the Pros
  • Two "ordinary" brewers discuss the best in their bitters.
• Homebrew Nation
  • Making mead, a homebrew club from the Big Easy and a homebrewer from the "big freezy."
• Mail
  • Kiss those (fortified) grits goodbye, an unknown acronym and a low-carb question.
• A Brewer's Roundtable -- The Pros Talk Shop About Hops
  • How can one little cone bring so much happiness? Professional brewers give their thoughts on hops and hoppy beers in our brewers' roundtable. Pull up a seat and join the discussion.
• Attack of the Hop Clones
  • Clone recipes to recreate your favorite commercial hoppy brews, including: Dogfish Head's 90-minute IPA, AleSmith IPA, Three Floyd's Dreadnaught, Hop Rod Rye, Racer 5 IPA, Russian River's Pliny the Elder, Rogue Imperial IPA, Lagunitas IPA, Acme IPA, Elissa IPA, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, Bell's Two Hearted Ale and Stone Brewing's Ruination IPA.
• Practical Approaches to Controlling Bitterness in Homebrews
  • Your brewing calculator says your beer will be 45.27 IBUs....but will it? How will you know? What you need to know to make sense of bitterness calculations and hit your target bitterness consistently.