It all began with a beer and a question. It was late Friday afternoon and the AAB crew was winding
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For this anniversary issue, I decided to set aside the stack of new publications that have arrived, and instead contact
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Homebrewing as a mainstream hobby has been poked and prodded so much that there would seem to be little left


