The Technical Edge: Washing Your Yeast
No, that's not the Blob that ate the brewer. A mixture of diatomaceous earth and yeast. DE is used for filtering. Picture from Wiki Commons Written by Brad Smith for…
Beer History: Hitler and Beer
Courtesy Statemaster.com. Stamp commemorating the 1923 beer-related coup event issued years later. Reported by Ken Carman for professorgoodales.org Stories abound of stupid things done while visiting your local pub, bar…
The Technical Edge: Malt Conditioning
This image shows malt samples milled with a 0.65 mm (26 mil) mill gap. The left hand sample has been conditioned and the right hand sample has been milled dry.…
Beer May Be Good for Your Bones
A cold brew has high levels of dietary silicon, analysis shows. Picture source: Kirsty Wigglesworth for AP While researchers don't recommend gulping beer to meet your silicon intake needs, a…
Is this Still the World’s Smallest Commercial Brewery?
(Prof. GA wonders, if Bragdy is still brewing, how it compares with the nanobreweries. See previous article. This post may qualify as mostly a "historic marker." The end of this…