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January/February 2002

January/February 2002

Check out the featured stories such as Porter: The Granddaddy of English Brown Beers, Solera Ale: Beer that Gets Older As You Drink It, Gracefully Maturing: Old Ales Tempt the Palate, Cult Classic: Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout, A Dry Stout for Every Homebrewer, and Mild Musings.

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About Zymurgy


Cover Story

Porter: The Granddaddy of English Brown Beers

By Roger Protz

One of the first real recognized “styles” of beer was porter. Follow its tortured history from the early 1700s to today—with recipes along the way.

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Zymurgy: January/February 2002

Solera Ale: Beer That Gets Older As You Drink It

Here’s a brilliant brewing idea for every homebrewer. With it you’ll produce beers of incredible depth and complexity.

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Zymurgy: January/February 2002

Gracefully Maturing: Old Ales Tempt the Palate

True old ales may be rare, but they are still alive and well across the sea. See what’s new—and old—about old ales.

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Zymurgy: January/February 2002

Cult Classic: Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout

Oatmeal may seem an odd ingredient for beer, but it has a long history and still lends both its character and its name to this famous beer.

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Zymurgy: January/February 2002

A Dry Stout for Every Homebrewer

The brewing of dry stout is a standard of the homebrewer’s art. Learn what it takes to make this simple beer hit the mark.

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Zymurgy: January/February 2002

Mild Musings

The smallest of this issue’s offerings comes from an appropriate perspective. An itinerant Anglophile ponders the culture and brewing of mild.

Recipes in this Issue

  • Randy Oskey & Kerry Wyckoff’s Backyard Wheat
  • Cheryl Fuentes de Rehm & Bill Rehm’s Wicked Wicket Wit
  • Laventher Mead
  • Master Hunter’ Biere de Mersebourg
  • Younger’s Porter
  • Dublin Sustenance Dry Stout
  • Younger’s XXX Export Porter
  • Non-Aggressive Mild Ale
  • Usher’s Stout
  • Puna Coast Black Lager (Extract)
  • Whitbread Double Stout
  • Puna Coast Black Lager (All-Grain)
  • Whitbread Triple Stout
  • I’ll Shovelator Doppelbock
  • Merry Widow Old Ale Portion
  • Olde 14 Old Ale
  • Merry Widow Young Ale Portion
  • Ordinary Bitter
  • Samuel Smith’s Evil Twin
  • Boddintons Clone
  • John Danner’s Wheat Beer
  • Bob Krepsky’s Early Morning Wheat
  • Team Rauerville’s Bavarian Weizen
  • Whitbread London Porter

Meet the Editor-in-Chief

Dave Carpenter

Dave brewed his first batch in 2009 and started writing about beer soon thereafter. In addition to geeking out on beer and language, Dave enjoys hiking, traveling, and other gerunds as well. Email Dave