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Beer Essentials—Homebrewing

By K. Florian Klemp Published July 2007, Volume 28, Number 3 0 Comments | Post a Comment

Homebrewing—and homebrew—has improved its image over the past twenty years. Why? The explosion of better information, ingredients and equipment has made it relatively simple to make an impressive glass of suds, and ingenuity and innovation still have plenty of room to run. Good brewers combine the eclectic disciplines of chef, scientist and artist. Why homebrew? Because it’s fun, creative, challenging and you get good beer to share with your friends. There is no reason not to take the plunge. Browse the goodies in this section and dream about the fancy stuff, splurge on the cool stuff, and definitely get the basics. Don’t look back. Join a homebrew club. Dazzle your friends. Get good, and you might even be The Next Great Brewer.

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Roll Out the Barrel

By Randy Mosher Published January 2005, Volume 25, Number 6 0 Comments | Post a Comment

Everything old is new again; that’s one of the great things about the craft beer revival. Creative brewers feel quite free to take the elements of the past and build any kind of modern beer they can imagine. As you may know from flipping the pages of this fine magazine, the beer barrels are rolling out again, in the form of barrel-aged beer.

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