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Black Mead Matters?

It’s winter. Does anyone actually make a black mead, or a black braggot and then add spices? I have no idea – I suppose a cursory internet search could tell me, but I’m lazy. It’s winter after all. Maybe I’ll go for broke with a braggot. A black spiced braggot. 300 °L belgiann candy sugar […]

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Beer Hello World! Laboratory Technique Professional Developments

CBG Summit 11.17.2020

Looks like I’m giving another talk on kveik yeast with Matthew Peetz from Propagate Lab. I guess if people care, they can sign up at the Colorado Brewers Guild website to watch the virtual presentation on Zoom. Whoop whoop.

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Beer Junk Laboratory Technique

An IPA of the Frozen North

Not really. The Norwegian kweik yeast has been a relatively new fad in the fermenting world, but I have had even less time playing with it myself. I’ve brewed with it for about half a year, playing with parameters and protocols, and while I’m comfortable with it, I wouldn’t necessarily call myself an expert – […]

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Beer Laboratory Technique Professional Developments

Spike Brewing: Ask A Pro

Well, it looks like our partnership with Spike Brewing is building up quite a bit! I’ll be authoring a couple of short articles for the novice homebrewer in their Ask A Pro series. Hopefully it comes out soon! 🙂 All of us at Tivoli are excited to start direct research and piloting new experimental formulations […]

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Beer Laboratory Technique

Radler/Graff/Cider Experiment

One of the most recent brewing experiments taking place in the labs revolves around the current fad-but-not-really-fad drink: the radler.   A radler is traditionally lager that is split with a citrus soda, and is (in my opinion), incredibly delicious on  hot day. It’s fantastic for quenching thirst after a long bike ride (hence the radler […]

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Hello World! Laboratory Technique

Technique Videos

Simple, routine organic chemistry techniques have been added to the Presentations and Posters in a separate section. You can view the laboratory technique videos there. Hopefully more will be added as time goes on.