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From dextrose to brewer’s crystals, River North founder Matt Hess covers some of the key things to consider when choosing and adding sugars to boost the gravities of very strong beers.
Barleywines and wheatwines explore the boldest flavor frontiers of their respective grains. Now, daring brewers are applying that maximalist approach to wine-strength beers brewed with millet, rye-wheat hybrids, smoked malts, and more.
It was once indispensable to their refined character, but Brettanomyces is rarely involved with oak-aged barleywines these days—and that’s not all they’ve lost since the 1800s.
Brad Clark, founder of Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, gained notoriety for his big stouts while head brewer at Jackie O’s in Ohio. Here, he discusses his approach to bodybuilding for those beefy black beers.