October 22, 2015
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I found a couple of bottles of homebrewed Schwarzbock from 2013, and I decided to see how it had developed during two years in bottle. This one ended up at an ABV of 6.8% and with a final gravity of … Continue reading
October 7, 2015
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Time for another wedding beer. This time not for my own wedding, but for two of my friends’ wedding. The groom requested one dark and malty beer (the wedding is in January, so that would fit with the cold weather) … Continue reading
June 14, 2015
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Today it was time to brew the third batch of beer for my wedding in August (see my previous posts for the Wedding Pils and Wedding Blond): an American Pale Ale-like beer, fermented with one of my newly created A62×C902 … Continue reading
March 13, 2015
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Note, this is a repost of an article I wrote for VTT’s Industrial Biotechnology Blog. Lager beers – sometimes crisp & light pilsners, sometimes dark & malty doppelbocks, have a common denominator: They are all produced using the lager yeast … Continue reading
February 17, 2015
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For my PhD thesis, I’ve been researching the flavour- and stress-related properties of brewing yeast hybrids. It has been known for some time that lager yeast (Saccharomyces pastorianus) is actually a hybrid species, and that one parent was the well-known … Continue reading
December 23, 2012
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I’ve been having a blast working at the brewing laboratory at VTT, and today I thought I’d try a couple of beers brewed at work. The first two are research-related, while the third was brewed in honor of VTT’s 70th … Continue reading
January 31, 2012
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Last Sunday was a long day, as two friends (Johan & Marcus) and I brewed up two batches of smoke-themed beers (a smokey lager and peat-smoked porter). We started at around 11:30 AM and put the primaries in the fermentation … Continue reading
January 25, 2012
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Sunday I will be brewing two beers together with a couple of friends. One friend expressed a desire for smoked beer, so both beers we will be brewing will have a smoky character. We will be brewing a Smoked Lager, … Continue reading
October 1, 2011
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Brewery: Kunstmann Country: Chile Style: Lager ABV: 5.8% Size: 330 ml Bought from: Gift from Chile Not on Beer Advocate RateBeer Yesterday I also tried two beers that my father had brought home from a business trip in … Continue reading
July 3, 2011
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Brewery: Mikkeller Country: Denmark (Brewed in Belgium) Style: (American) Premium Lager ABV: 5% Size: 330 ml Bought from: Alko, 3.95€ Beer Advocate RateBeer This is a lager brew by Mikkeller for the Danish burger bar ‘Burger & Bun’ … Continue reading