The September/October 2020 Zymurgy is now available! Check out the featured stories, such as Cidermaking For Brewers, Making Hard Cider from Juice, The Lost White Beers of Belgium, Milkshake IPA Demystified, and British Hops: Traditional and Modern.
From Norman cidre bouche and German apfelwein to English scrumpy and New England cider, there’s a cider for every palate. Learn to think like a cidermaker and turn apples into delicious elixirs in this overview of traditional cider methods.
Classic witbier is popular in Belgium and in many American taprooms, but it’s easy to forget that it was almost lost for good. Its survival can be credited to one man, and its story is one of Europe’s first craft brewer and of the biggest brewery in the world.
Think of milkshake IPA, and you might think craft beer has gone too far or that it’s an abomination. But it doesn’t have to be! By adding a low level of sweetess, fruit acids in milkshake IPA are slightly offset, allowing fruit and hope flavors to shine through.
Hop growers in Kent and Suffolk refer to hop fields as hop gardens. Those in Herefordshire and Worcestershire call them hop yards. No matter what you call the fields, British hops all benefit from the same maritime climate and terroir.
Most store-bought apple juice is made from culinary apples that lack the complexity we want for the most interesting hard ciders. Fortunately, there are tools and techniques we can use to transform these plain sources into delicious outcomes.
Recipes in this Issue
Adore
Strawberry Tupelo
Rhubarb Mead
SRB MEad
2
Blueberry Mead
Applewine
Squirt’s Perry
2011 Honeycrisp Celebration
Northern Lights
Bartlett Perry
Common Cider
1953 Morrell’s College Ale
Olicana American Pale Ale
Zed’s Dead Red
Tri-Paul-Bock
Smoke Screen
Sitzung Helles
Albanach Laidir
Mow the Damn Lawn!
El Hefe
2010 Barleywine
Way Off Kilter
Hop Canyon Habanero IPA
Gueuze
Mark’s Chipotle Lichtenhainer
Apple Juiced!
Cinnamon-Vanilla Metheglin
Del Norte Mild
Fermented Hot Sauce
Semi-Dry Apple Cider
Short Cider
Who Tweaked My Cider?
Pantry Cider
Apples & Cherries Living Together
Leuven White Beer, 1851
Hoegaarden white beer, 1851
Peeterman, 1851
Her Name Was Strawberry!
Purple Stuff
Oatmeal Stout
Common Cider
1953 Morrell’s College Ale
Mow the Damn Lawn!
El Hefe
2010 Barleywine
Way Off Kilter
Hop Canyon Habanero IPA
Gueuze
Mark’s Chipotle Lichtenhainer
Apple Juiced!
Cinnamon-Vanilla Metheglin
Adore
Strawberry Tupelo
Rhubarb Mead
SRB MEad
2
Blueberry Mead
Applewine
Squirt’s Perry
2011 Honeycrisp Celebration
Northern Lights
Bartlett Perry
Del Norte Mild
Fermented Hot Sauce
Cider Riot! Everybody Pogo Hoppy Dry Cider
Semi-Dry Apple Cider
Short Cider
Who Tweaked My Cider?
Pantry Cider
Apples & Cherries Living Together
Leuven White Beer, 1851
Hoegaarden white beer, 1851
Peeterman, 1851
Her Name Was Strawberry!
Purple Stuff
Olicana American Pale Ale
Zed’s Dead Red
Tri-Paul-Bock
Smoke Screen
Sitzung Helles
Albanach Laidir
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
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