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Matthias Trum is the sixth-generation brewer at Bamberg’s Heller-Trum Bräu—better known as Schlenkerla—and he is as obsessed with local history as he is with producing world-class smoked lagers via their old-fashioned methods. Bamberg has a long history of brewing, and Trum is a great student of that history—and his family has played an important role …

Podcast Episode 305: Matthias Trum of Schlenkerla Isn’t Preserving the Ashes, He’s Keeping the Rauchbier Fire Burning Read More »

Link to article By Michael D. Morgan Missing Linck Yeast was discovered clinging to life in a pre-prohibition fermenting vat, found in the lost lagering cellars of the 19th century Linck Brewery (Cincinnati, Ohio). It should have been dead. But instead, it was rescued, cultivated, propagated, and unleashed in the 21st century. Now, through the …

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Link to article Join us in San Diego for the 45th annual Homebrew Con, June 22-24, 2023. Sunny San Diego is known for its idyllic climate, world-famous zoo, and meteoric rise as “The Craft Beer Capital of the World.” Over the past two decades, the San Diego craft beer scene has seen immense growth and …

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We see the word all the time in beer reviews, especially in those of hop-forward beers: “lemongrass.” It’s a useful descriptor, and it lazily comes to mind when your senses are sending your brain signals that say “lemony” but also “grassy.” It’s easy to mash those words together into one. And, to be fair, real …

Special Ingredient: Lemongrass | Craft Beer & Brewing Read More »

Most of the information in this article came from a Five Star Chemicals Webinar presented by Kara Taylor To view the webinar, click here. Hazy IPAs are crowd-pleasers—that fruity, juicy profile is approachable even to non-beer drinkers. Not everyone, however, is a fan. “They all kind of taste the same,” says Kara Taylor, head of …

Why All Hazy IPAs Taste the Same—and How to Brew Something Distinctive Read More »