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BeerDNA – Precision Beer Profiling (PBP™)
BeerDNA is a fictional (and slightly terrifying) beer app powered by Precision Beer Profiling (PBP™). It analyzes massive amounts of user data to generate hyper-personalized recommendations for beers, bars, recipes, and even beer trips.
What Is Alpen Weisse Really?
What is Alpen Weisse beer? This weird wheat beer style gets taste tested and broken down—is it a real style or just a fancy name for Hefeweizen?
How to Backsweeten Hard Cider Safely (No Bottle Bombs)
Learn how to backsweeten hard cider safely using apple juice concentrate. Compare 0, 10, and 20 g/L sweetness levels, avoid bottle bombs, and discover the best method for homebrewers to dial in perfect balance.
Cider Yeast vs Saison Yeast – Which One Makes Better Cider?
I brewed the same cider using two very different yeasts — a traditional cider yeast and a Saison beer yeast — under identical conditions. The results were surprisingly different, and calling a winner wasn’t as easy as I expected.
Brewing Hard Apple Cider with Saison Yeast: What Happens When You Use the “Wrong” Yeast?
What happens when you ferment hard apple cider with Saison yeast? A hot, pressure-fermented cider experiment that breaks the rules—and delivers surprising results.
I’ve Brewed Tons of Cider… But Never With Cider Yeast (Until Now)
I’ve brewed cider for years — under pressure, with beer yeast, and even once with my sourdough starter — but somehow I had never actually used cider yeast. Until now. In this experiment, I finally fix that blind spot by pressure-fermenting a dry cider with BV818 and seeing what cider yeast really brings to the table.
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