2017JF-660
Jan/Feb 2017

Zymurgy readers share their favorite homemade gadgets that are sure to have you itching to upgrade your brew day setup. Plus, a look at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition winners.

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13 Homebrew Gadgets for 2017

By Zymurgy Readers

Sharpen your saws and dust off your drills. Zymurgy readers share the homemade homebrew tools that make for better brewing, cleaning, and serving.

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Zymurgy: January/February 2017

One Mash to Rule them All: The Grand Wort Challenge

Virgin wort comes straight from the mash tun and is a blank canvas upon which to paint the brewer’s art. Here’s what a homebrew club did with 200 gallons of the stuff.

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Zymurgy: January/February 2017

Advanced Brew-in-a-Bag Mashing

Single-vessel brewing has taken off as homebrewers have embraced its simplicity. Lean how brew-in-a-bag can simplify even complex step mashes.

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Zymurgy: January/February 2017

GABF Pro-Am Competition

The 88 entries in the 2016 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am competition ranged from perennially popular styles to the unusual and creative. Discover why three of them took home medals.

Recipes in this Issue

  • 1996 Samuel Adams Scotch Ale (Original 1996 Partial-Mash Recipe)
  • 1996 Samuel Adams Scotch Ale (2017 All-Grain Adaptation)
  • Comfort Sour
  • Gavin’s Glorious German Pilsner
  • Noche Buena-Style Graf Vienna
  • Gavin’s Majestic Munich Dunkel
  • Classic Vienna Lager
  • Michigan Homebrew Festival Welcome Beer
  • Beelzebub’s Backside Craft Vienna Lager
  • Just Rye’te
  • French Taunter Saison
  • The Kölsch Experiment
  • Mountain Man Imperial IPA
  • Golden Spike
  • A Dark and Mild Night
  • 1996 Samuel Adams Scotch Ale (2017 All-Grain Adaptation)
  • 1996 Samuel Adams Scotch Ale (Original 1996 Partial-Mash Recipe)
  • A Dark and Mild Night
  • Comfort Sour
  • Gavin’s Glorious German Pilsner
  • Noche Buena-Style Graf Vienna
  • Gavin’s Majestic Munich Dunkel
  • Classic Vienna Lager
  • Michigan Homebrew Festival Welcome Beer
  • Beelzebub’s Backside Craft Vienna Lager
  • Just Rye’te
  • French Taunter Saison
  • The Kölsch Experiment
  • Mountain Man Imperial IPA
  • Golden Spike

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