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Quote of the moment:
"You guys are great! I bought my guy a homebrew kit last year for Christmas...he LOVES it!!! He said it's the one thing he can do without me!! hahaha.. Thanks!" - Jill
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From Virtual to Reality...
It was a good day for a homebrew - especially when the homebrews have travelled far and wide to meet at the beer and pizza mecca of Charlotte know as "The Mellow Mushroom." And why would there be such a gathering? To meet the faces behind the icons of our Brewboard, of course! To shake hands, share stories, judge homebrews, and lift a few pints together.
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Still longing for island wines...
You can visit vineyards on both the north and south forks of Long Island in the same day. Vineyard to vineyard the trip is only about an hour. But in spite of being a native — or perhaps because of it — I prefer to think of them as separate spaces. They seem to have different characters, the north relaxed and homey, the south seductive and stylish. |
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Raise a Glass to centuries of dedicated abbey brewers...
To understand Abbey Ales, and how religion and brewing came to exist in such an unexpected and beneficial harmony, one has to journey back to the early days of Christianity and the dawn of the monastic tradition.
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Serious Brew
The beer nuts are at Brewsky’s.
The Guild has been coming here for over 15 years. Barrel-shaped chandeliers hang from the ceiling, and beer iconography festoons the walls. A model train skirts the interior, each of its wagons displaying a different beer brand. Blue and yellow streamers pay tribute to the owner’s Ukrainian roots, a nationality better known for harder stuff.
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Introducing new HBA wallpaper for your desktop. These exclusive wallpapers will express the true homebrewer in you.... |
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A Capitol City approach to brewing!
Finding a parking spot in downtown DC is the only negative to enjoying a great glass of barleywine. As this is the Capitol City brewing company in our Capitol city, they have taken the liberty of christening most of their beers with an appropriate (and patriotic) name such as their barleywine - "Sammy's Barleywine".
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You and Your Yeast!
You’ve cooled your finished wort and you’re ready to pitch the yeast… But how thorough have you been in preparing your yeast?
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Beer and Food: An Introduction
Most commonly, when you think of pairing a beverage with food you think of wine. Zinfandel goes with spicy food and bbq, chardonnay or merlot go well with chicken, cabernet sauvignon compliments beef dishes, sauvignon blanc goes with fish and so on. Of course, all this depends on how they are served and most importantly what your individual tastes are. |
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The Skeptical Homebrew
You have undoubtedly heard that phrase before, perhaps in a discussion of politics, television or light beer. I comes to use from Henry Louis Mencken, and alone would have been enough to earn him a place in our collective memory. But he gave us more.
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Longing for Island Wines
Just to dispel a common misconception, Long Island actually is long. One hundred and eighteen miles from mouth to tail, to be exact. So if you know a girl with red hair from Long Island, chances are that — even though I grew up there — I don’t know her. |
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A Bohemian Original: The Czech Pilsner...
First brewed in 1842 Bohemia, the Pilsner was a lager beer unlike any other at the time. The golden color, crystal clarity, light crisp body made this beer from a small European town an instant international success and one of the most imitated styles in the world. In a beer world dominated by dark, heavy, cloudy ales, the Pilsner’s popularity skyrocketed. |
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All about Yeast for your next batch of wine!
A number of readers have recently asked how much of a 5-gram sachet of wine yeast they need to use to get a good fermentation in a 1-gallon batch of must. The answer is all of it.
A good fermentation is one in which an adequate population of healthy yeast receives adequate nutrition at an appropriate pH and temperature to metabolize sugar until it is all consumed...
Check out Jack's WineBlog! |
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A Few Words with Charlie Papazian
Check out our interview with the father of American Homebrewing...
Charlie is currently the president of the Association of Brewers which is the parent company of various other divisions including the American Homebrewers Association and the Institute for Brewing Studies. |
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The Brewboard's Top 10
The Top 10 Topic Threads from 2003
With the arrival of the New Year, and the impressive milestone of 100,000 posts on our Brewboard (Cheers all around!), we thought we'd look back and pick our favorite 10 Brewboard topic threads from 2003.
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How I evacuated a Cruise Line with a simple Homebrew!
The cruise line said it was okay to bring alcohol aboard as long as you consume it in your cabin and not in the public areas of the ship. Two five gallon kegs in duffel bags at the luggage drop off for eleven days at sea seems reasonable. |
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It's Time!
Nearly everyone North Carolinian I talk with – from Murphy to Manteo – knows about our state’s “dumb beer law.” That may be a bit harsh, so let’s call it the Tar Heel State’s antiquated restriction on beer.
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| Brixx Pizza | | by Rich Rabassa | JUNE 28, 1999: Charlotte, NC-- | | Located in the heart of charming Dillworth (Charlotte, NC), this brick oven pizzeria is a must stop! |
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