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For years the Falcons, like other homebrewers, have strived to find better ways to brew. Here they presen their various efforts and techniques they use for brewing and how they view styles.
Brewer's Style Series
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A Saison for Every Season
by : Drew Beechum
My first attempt to define what makes a Saison a Saison
- American Lager: Brewing Dougweiser by : Rick Burnside
- Brewing a Beer Without Hops - Gruit Ales by : Steve Cook
- Brewing A Winning Eisbock by : HERMSman
- Brewing Dortmunder Adambier by : johnaitchison
- Cullen's Witbier by : CTDFalconer
- Dort: The Evolution of a Recipe by : Deacon
- Formulating and Brewing a Winning Chocolate Porter by : Gregg Van Citters
- Milds: Pale and Dark by : Drew Beechum
- Roggenbier by : Jeremy Raub
- The Sal's Wee Heavy by : SalTheYounger
Experiments
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Does the Addition of Olive Oil to Yeast Destroy Head Formation and Retention in Your Beer?
by : riverattachment
In the last year there was a buzz going on about using Olive oil to replace Oxygenation. In this experiment, we try and see if the oil affects the head retention
Grand Hydrometer Talks
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Brewing Sour and Wild Ales
by : Drew Beechum
Sure you can through a bunch of hops in a kettle but can you, dare you to brew on the wild side?
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Coffee for Your Beer (or Soul)
by : Drew Beechum
What's the best way to get your coffee in your beer?
Hops
- Growing Hops by : Deacon
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Hop Tea, the Proper Way
by : Drew Beechum
Stop trying to learn your hops by boiling them in water! A simple technique to better hop tea.
- Using and Balancing Your Hops by : Drew Beechum
Ingredients
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Coffee for Your Beer (or Soul)
by : Drew Beechum
What's the best way to get your coffee in your beer?
- Home Beer Wine Cheesemaking Shop Ingredients by : Drew Beechum
Phantom Brewer
- A Dry Counterflow Chiller by : The Phantom Brewer
- A Tip to Help Prevent Boilovers by : The Phantom Brewer
- Batch Sparging by : The Phantom Brewer
- Clean that Kettle - Beerstone by : The Phantom Brewer
- CO2 Powered Bottling by : The Phantom Brewer
- Cold Pitching Yeast by : The Phantom Brewer
- Cold Soaking Dark Grains To Adjust Your Beer Color by : The Phantom Brewer
- Dissolving Sugar in the Boil Cleanly by : The Phantom Brewer
- Draining Carboys Fast by : The Phantom Brewer
- Foil Diffuser for Sparging by : The Phantom Brewer
- Forced Ferment Test by : The Phantom Brewer
- Getting Those Kegs Ready by : The Phantom Brewer
- Hoppier Extract Beer by : The Phantom Brewer
- How to turn a Refrigerator into a Kegerator by : The Phantom Brewer
- Keg Hopping by : The Phantom Brewer
- Organizing Your Brew by : The Phantom Brewer
- Portable CO2 and Beer Service by : The Phantom Brewer
- Stealing The Wort For Your Starter by : The Phantom Brewer
- Stove Top Stuffing - Modified Decoction Mashes for Weak Stoves by : The Phantom Brewer
- Tip Potpourri by : The Phantom Brewer
- Using a Cornelius Keg as an HLT by : The Phantom Brewer
- Yeast Recovery System by : The Phantom Brewer
Yeast
- Making a Starter from A Bottle Conditioned Beer (Technique from "Bad" Tom Hamilton by : Drew Beechum
- Settling Yeast for Decanting by : Drew Beechum
- The Starter Made Easy (Pressure Cooking Your Starter Wort Ahead Of Time) by : Drew Beechum
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Yeast Propagation and Maintenance: Principles and Practices
by : MB Raines
MB Raines, our widely published yeast expert graciously lent us her expertise in this guide to everything you need to make yourself a yeast rancher and a grower of happy yeasts.