by BC Brew
01.29.2009
Beer and patience aren’t words you would normally associate with one another. With an old ale like Fuller’s Vintage Ale, however, controlling your impulse to open this beer will pay dividends like a maturing investment. Its high alcohol and the yeast added to the bottle mean that you can cellar this ale for years after [...]
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by BC Brew
01.11.2009
Barley wine is not your run-of-the-mill beer. It’s challenging to make well. There is a lot more sugar the yeast has to chew through than a conventional beer. If the yeast is not sufficiently robust, it can stall from exhaustion before the beer is adequately fermented. That also represents a financial risk as a lot [...]
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