February 25, 2013
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It has been known for some time that lager yeast, i.e. Saccharomyces pastorianus, is a hybrid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ale yeast) and another ‘lager species’ of Saccharomyces. Libkind et al. (2011) recently discovered a new species of Saccharomyces, named Saccharomyces … Continue reading
February 21, 2013
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Today I got a nice package in the mail, containing six beers from the Myrkkyluostari homebrewery. The beers include a couple of all-brett beers, a wheat kriek, a smoked kölsch and a quadrupel. Should be really interesting trying these out, … Continue reading
February 16, 2013
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I apologize for the lack of activity on the blog. We still haven’t got our ‘garage brewery’ up and running, so there has been no new homebrews. We hope to get it finished before the end of February, and will … Continue reading
February 9, 2013
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On Thursday we finally bottled the 3-way split batch of the Hoppy Amber Ale we brewed about three weeks ago. The beers were fermented from the same wort base, but with three different yeast strains: WLP007 Dry English Ale, WLP090 … Continue reading
February 3, 2013
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I recently bought some bulk CO2 hop extract, as I was interested in trying it out. Many craft brewers (e.g. Russian River, The Alchemist, and Lagunitas) use hop extract for bittering additions in their heavily hopped beers, such as Imperial … Continue reading
February 1, 2013
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There has been some homebrewing activity since the last update, as during the past week I finally bottled the Black Lodge Imperial Stout, Purring Nun Belgian Dark Strong Ale and the Lucious Lynx Barleywine. It was one heck of a … Continue reading