Zymurgy Magazine | November/December 2008

November/December 2008

Check out the featured stories, such as Pumpkin Beer: The Holiday Crowd Pleaser, Create Your Own Holiday Traditions, 30 Years of AHA and Zymurgy, Beers With Staying Power, and Mead: Party Likes It’s 1949.

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Pumpkin Beer: The Holiday Crowd Pleaser

By Mark Pasquinelli

The upcoming holiday celebrations deserve something special, a libation that will leave your guests abuzz. In my house, that means pumpkin beer.

Zymurgy: November/December 2008

Create Your Own Holiday Traditions

By: Bryan Selders

The lead brewer at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery offers tips on brewing with non-traditional ingredients such as fruits and herbs. Basil raspberry porter, anyone?

Zymurgy: November/December 2008

30 Years of AHA and Zymurgy

By: Amahl Turczyn Sheppach

American Homebrewers Association founder Charlie Papazian looks back at 30 years of the AHA, plus a peek at some past Zymurgy covers and memorable recipes.

Zymurgy: November/December 2008

Beers With Staying Power

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Our Commercial Calibration judges, in honor of the AHA’s 30th anniversary, tasted two craft beers that have stood the test of time: Anchor Liberty and Boulder Planet Porter.

Zymurgy: November/December 2008

Mead: Party Like It’s 1949

By: Charlie Papazian

In an extended World of Worts column, Charlie Papazian gathers some friends in England to taste 60-year-old meads, with some surprising results. Here are his tasting notes.