Beyond Brahma
Our image of Brazil is exotic, tropical, and utterly wild, but there is a good deal more to this huge and varied country. There is jungle, but there is lots of rich agricultural land. It snows in the South. The ...
Randy Mosher
A Certified Success
I have to confess to not being much of a Boy Scout. Actually, I went directly from being a dutiful Cub to the shabbiest excuse for an Explorer that you ever saw, blithely skipping the whole merit badge thing in ...
Just Because I Can Springtime Doppel Alt
5 Gallons (19 liters) OG: 1067/16.3°P Alcohol: 6.0%/vol Bitterness: 50 IBUs Color: deep gold (8 SRM) Yeast: a kölsch or other German ale strain. All-Grain Recipe (calculated at 75% efficiency) 10 lbs (4.5 kg) Pilsener malt 3 lbs (1.4 kg) ...
Freestylin’
For most brewers, our notions of beer are strongly shaped by classic beer styles. Beers like pale ales, stouts and bocks are convenient landmarks, beacons of stability in a sea of possibilities. We tend to jump from style to style, ...
Strasbourgeois
Strasbourg-style Bière de Mars. c. 1850 (after Lacambre) 5 Gallons (19 liters) OG: 1062/15.2°P Alcohol: 5.5%/vol Bitterness: 32 IBUs Color: pale amber (10 SRM) Yeast: a European ale strain. All-Grain Recipe (calculated at 75% efficiency) 9.5 lbs (4.3 kg) English ...
Beer Marches On
It’s spitting sleet. The sky is a sheet of lead. The wind, damp and raw, burns the flesh. But amidst the gloom of March, there are signs of the unstoppable change of the seasons. Birdsongs share the air with the ...
Two Botanic Beauties
Mr. Clarke’s Dandelion Stout 5 gallons (19 liters) 2.5 oz (71 g) fresh dandelion leaves,* chopped 2.5 oz (71 g) crushed, peeled fresh ginger root 0.5 oz (14 g) balm (Melissa officinalis) herb, dried 1 oz (28 g) brewers licorice ...
Botanic Brews
I’m not much for soda pop. To my taste, most of it is bland, mass-market stuff lacking in real character or subtlety. But in researching old beers, I’ve seen references to earlier “soft” drinks, not entirely alcohol-free, brewed for refreshment ...
Night Train to Lublin Export Lager
5 gallons (19 liters) Recipe calculated at 75% efficiency Original Gravity 1060 (14.8 °P) Bitterness: 49 IBU All-grain recipe: 7.5 pounds European two-row pils malt 2 pounds US six-row lager malt 10093 2 pounds Vienna malt 10105 A standard infusion ...
Export Lager: A Long-Distance Love Affair
For at least a thousand years, the ability to brew beer in excess of local needs and ship it off to distant drinkers has been a valued source of both prestige and cash. Beer is a serious claim to fame ...
