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May/June 2006

May/June 2006

Check out the featured stories, such as Brewing Champage Beer, Along the Bamber Beer Trail, Late Hopping for Flavor and Aroma, Gator Tails and Better Ales, and Prairie Homebrewers Award of Brewing.

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About Zymurgy


Cover Story

Brewing Champagne Beer

By Drew Beechum

Brewing a brut takes a little extra work and time, but when you’re popping the corks and wowing everyone – even your non-beer-drinking friends – it’s worth the effort.

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Prairie Homebrewers Award of Brewing

The Prairie Homebrewing Companions created their own Award of Beer prgoram to improve members’ brewing skills. Can it work for your club?

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Along the Bamberg Beer Trail

Many German cities seem to go hand-in-mug with a single style of beer. None, however, seems as intimately connected as Bamber and its seductively smoky rauchbier.

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Late Hopping for Flavor and Aroma

Have you recently come across a craft brew with a massive hop flavor and a smooth bitterness that you really loved? The secret is very large additions of late hops.

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Gator Tails and Better Ales

We take a look at the unique challenges facing Florida brewers as the Sunshine State gears up to host the National Homebrewers Conference June 22-24.

Recipes in this Issue

  • McCollum Mead
  • Claude of Neptune All-Grain Recipe
  • Claude of Neptune Malt/Extract Recipe
  • Coopers Rye Beer
  • Brut du Faucon Noir
  • Smokey the Beer
  • Brut du Faucon
  • Evil Twin

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