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Welcome to the Walsh

By: Billy Mitchell

01/03/2017

Billy Mitchell travels outside of his native Scotland to visit one of the newest distilleries in Ireland – Walsh Whiskey in Royal Oak, County Carlow. A quick flight from Edinburgh to Dublin and an hour’s car journey heading southwest, we find him on the banks of the river Barrow at Leighlinbridge.

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ATP testing - Quality monitoring for every brewer’s tool kit

01/03/2017

Anecdotes from craft brewing booms of the past (c.1997) identify poor quality as a root problem leading to market contraction. While overall quality is shaped by a bevy of factors (ingredients, process, tools, and sheer artistry of the brewmaster), one common element of outstanding craft brewers who survived the bust is a commitment to controlling, measuring, and improving factors that infl uence end-product quality.

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Analytics for craft brewers

By: Dan Griffiths

01/03/2017

A roundup of methods and equipment for those on a budget. Chemical, physical and microbiological analysis in many smaller breweries is often not carried out in-house, due to time and money constraints. However, developing at least some of these abilities can bring many advantages to the progressive craft brewer.

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At the home of the fl ying hippo - A look at Lost and Grounded Brewers in Bristol

By: Roger Putman

01/03/2017

Alex Troncoso’s own brewery has been a long time a-coming. Born in Guatemala, the son of a Chilean engineer, his early years were spent in the USA before he moved to Brisbane, Australia when he was 16 years old. He was soon home-brewing after returning to the States and gained a chemical engineering degree at the Colorado School of Mines back in 1996. Back in Australia, he wanted to brew but found few openings so went down an iron-ore mine in Tasmania before moving to Melbourne to make fertilisers. The brewing job fi nally come along at Stockade in Melbourne and he remembers taking a big pay cut to get it.

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Yeast pitching and counting

By: Aaron Golston

01/03/2017

Many have argued that malt or hops are the soul of beer. However, without yeast, brewers would be left with a bitter, sugary, and nonalcoholic product.

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Are you checking?

By: Shane McNamara

01/03/2017

A look into nitrates and Apparent Total N-Nitroso Compounds (ATNC) to remind brewers why they should be testing for these as part of their complete food-safety measures.