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> <channel><title>Maine Brews &#187; Homebrewing</title> <atom:link href="http://www.mainebrews.com/news/category/home-brewing/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.mainebrews.com/news</link> <description>Home Brewing &#38; Craft Beer in Maine</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:19:22 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Brewday recap: Lambic #1 (pLambic) with Turbid Mash</title><link>http://www.mainebrews.com/news/2012/01/lambic-1-turbid-mash/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=lambic-1-turbid-mash</link> <comments>http://www.mainebrews.com/news/2012/01/lambic-1-turbid-mash/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:28:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joel Mahaffey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Fermentation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Homebrewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Recipes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[all grain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lambic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mixed culture fermentation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pLambic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sour beer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[turbid mash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wild yeast]]></category> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainebrews.com/news/?p=1715</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just a quick write-up on yesterday&#8217;s brew&#8230; Since last year&#8217;s vow of small beers (under 5%), I&#8217;ve become a little obsessed with a good English bitter, something that&#8217;s a bit of a rarity this side of the Atlantic. Yesterday&#8217;s was &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainebrews.com/news/?p=1679</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a long-term love/hate relationship with Belgian beers, but this year I fell in love with Saisons. They&#8217;re often everything you don&#8217;t find in a typical Belgian beer, hoppy, dry and bitter [Note: I know there are some Belgian &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainebrews.com/news/?p=1657</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last December I brewed the first beer I&#8217;ve ever intended for really long-term aging, an Old Ale. This recipe is based on the recipe that was built on HomeBrewTalk for their 11-11-11 swap beer. The idea is to have lots of &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainebrews.com/news/?p=1655</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to make an effort to review more of my beers online, as I&#8217;ve posted a lot of recipes, but never any follow up after that. Well, rarely. I brewed an Oatmeal Stout in November, trying for the first &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainebrews.com/news/?p=1621</guid> <description><![CDATA[This past weekend I made my first English bitter since the springtime, marking a return to low-gravity beers that I am very excited for. Low-gravity, meaning under 4% beers, which by American standards, is a very light beer. The reason &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainebrews.com/news/?p=1604</guid> <description><![CDATA[This fall was my first opportunity to brew a wet hop ale. For anyone who hasn&#8217;t made one before, this is a beer brewed with fresh hops, picked as close as possible to the time that you brew, allowing as &#8230; <a
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