Author: Adem Tepedelen

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  Homebrewing Features

  Power to the People

  January 1, 2013 - Adem Tepedelen In a funny sort of way, homebrewing has come full circle. Thirty-four years ago, our country’s 39th President, Jimmy Carter, signed H.R. 1337 which effectively legalized homebrewing nationwide. And now, shortly after another presidential election, our 44th President, Barack Obama, has released to the public his recipe for the first beer ever brewed on the... View Article
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  Homebrewing Features

  Power to the People

  January 1, 2013 - Adem Tepedelen In a funny sort of way, homebrewing has come full circle. Thirty-four years ago, our country’s 39th President, Jimmy Carter, signed H.R. 1337 which effectively legalized homebrewing nationwide. And now, shortly after another presidential election, our 44th President, Barack Obama, has released to the public his recipe for the first beer ever brewed on the... View Article
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  Learn Beer - Sidebars - Styles - Styles Features

  Lagunitas Freaks Out Over Zappa Beers

  July 1, 2009 - Adem Tepedelen Limited edition releases are nothing new to the rock world. Seattle label Sub Pop Records launched its limited edition, monthly Singles Club in 1988 by releasing 1,000 copies of Nirvana’s debut seven-inch “Love Buzz” to club subscribers. Today that rarity sells on eBay for more than $1,000.
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  Learn Beer - Sidebars - Styles - Styles Features

  eBrew?

  July 1, 2009 - Adem Tepedelen The sale of limited edition beer on online auction sites like eBay is a prickly topic among craft brewers. Though there are obvious questions regarding the legality of individuals selling alcohol without following the same regulations that retailers and breweries are subject to, these are skirted by the below eBay-approved disclaimers that rationalize the sale... View Article
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  Full Pints - Learn Beer - Styles - Styles Features

  Gotta-Have Beers

  July 1, 2009 - Adem Tepedelen There’s a bite to the breeze coming off Lake Michigan on this unseasonably cool spring evening in Northern Indiana. The people queued outside the large, industrial-looking building—some are Chicagoland locals, while others have traveled a great distance to get here—don’t seem to notice. They’re dressed warmly enough and there is plenty of beer being passed... View Article
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  Brewing Features - Sidebars

  Iconic Cities and the Beers that Made Them Famous

  May 1, 2009 - Adem Tepedelen Burton-on-Trent, England The bedrock below Burton, where the city draws its water is rich in minerals—calcium, magnesium, sulphur—and thus quite hard. Though you don’t specifically taste them in the English pale ales, such as Bass, that made the area famous, the effect they have is unmistakable. The clipped, pronounced edge to the hop bitterness is... View Article
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  Brewing Features - Full Pints

  It’s The Water

  May 1, 2009 - Adem Tepedelen Here is the paradox of water as it relates to brewing beer: it is, by volume, the dominant ingredient, yet it’s the one that you hear the least about. Hops, with the myriad of exotically named varieties—Fuggles, Tettnanger, Crystal, Nugget, et al.—is the attention-getter that has become the sexy ingredient du jour. Malt, beer’s backbone... View Article